First pick
Terrain de jeux des loisirs
Park or garden
2.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Ulric
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Charny · CC BY-SA 3.03.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Ulric · parks, protected land & trails
Saint-Ulric Water Fowl Gathering Area reaches Saint-Ulric
Biggest among them: Sector of Matane-Les Méchins Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, 31,628 ha, 9.0 km off. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 66 km from town is Gaspésie National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park.
Protected land
3.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
7
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
66 km
Gaspésie National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
How Saint-Ulric compares with other Canadian towns
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km3.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas7Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Ulric ranks 14th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,658 to 2,587 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Saint-Ulric3.4%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Ulric7
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Ulric0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Saint-Ulric does best for protected land nearby: 13 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Saint-Ulric QC | 3.4% | 0.1% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Saint-Ulric
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Saint-Ulric
Terrain de jeux des loisirs is the largest, at 2.6 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
Few people in Saint-Ulric live near a park
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (0%)Further (100%)
Saint-Ulric0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 1,700 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Saint-Ulric, 3.4% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Ulric0.1%
Within 10 km3.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All 7 are public land. The largest named one is Sector of Matane-Les Méchins Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, at 31,628 ha.
Saint-Ulric Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 682 ha · reaches Saint-Ulric
Saint-Ulric Est Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 670 ha · reaches Saint-Ulric
Rivière Tartigou Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 519 ha · reaches Saint-Ulric
Baie des Sables Est Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 461 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
Matane Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 266 ha · 6.5 km from the edge of town
Baie-des-Sables Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 628 ha · 7.4 km from the edge of town
Sector of Matane-Les Méchins Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 31,628 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
Gaspésie National Park (Québec) is 66 km away
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Québec national park (provincial)
Gaspésie National Park (Québec)
66 km east802 km²since 1981
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Ulric; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. The province names its big parks parcs nationaux, though they are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Saint-Ulric has 0 km of footpaths in and around it
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
0.3 km
in and around the town (165 km²)
Woodland
54%
about 89.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-UlricTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-UlricTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland54%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 85% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
No named walking route passes Saint-Ulric on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Saint-Ulric: June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Mont-Joli (44 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -6 | -1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 74 | 65 | 70 | 64 | 76 | 76 | 93 | 78 | 86 | 97 | 74 | 81 |
Expect around 323 cm of snow over a winter. July is the warmest month, with highs around 23 °C; January the coldest, at -7 °C. October is the wettest month (97 mm) and April the driest (64 mm). The climate in Saint-Ulric →
Beaches
Saint-Ulric is on the coast: 30 km of shoreline within 5 km
The OpenStreetMap coastline within 5 km of the town’s edge; no beach is mapped there.
Source: OpenStreetMap coastline, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Saint-Ulric has a waterfall within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Monts Chic-Chocsin town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Chute de la Grotte-des-Fées1.5 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Ulric
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 14–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saint-Ulric.
MataneSayabecSainte-FélicitéSaint-Ulric
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ulric | 3.4% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Matane 14 km | 11% | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Sayabec 25 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Félicité 29 km | 27% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Around Matane and Sainte-Félicité the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Ulric
How far is Saint-Ulric from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-Ulric.
Is there protected land near Saint-Ulric?
Yes: 3.4% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Which is the biggest protected area near Saint-Ulric?
Sector of Matane-Les Méchins Territorial reserve for protected area purposes: 31,628 ha, a nature reserve.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Ulric?
June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Saint-Ulric?
Gaspésie National Park (Québec), 66 km away.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Ulric’s outdoors figures
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).