First pick
Parc municipal
Park or garden
3.4 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
3.2 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.08.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sainte-Barbe · parks, protected land & trails
Sainte-Barbe has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns
National parks are all over 100 km off. Plage de Saint-Zotique is the one beach within 5 km. The nearest provincial park, Oka National Park (Québec), is 31 km away.
Protected land
8.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
22
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
31 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Sainte-Barbe stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round8.6% of the land within 10 km, more than 83% of Canadian townsParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Oka National Park (Québec), is 31 km off
Sainte-Barbe’s best card is protected land around it. The gap is a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Sainte-Barbe against 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km8.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town7.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas8Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Sainte-Barbe has the 5th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,993 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
Sainte-Barbe8.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Barbe8
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Barbe0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Sainte-Barbe beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 4 of 39 do better.
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 | Sainte-Barbe QC | 8.6% | 7.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Sainte-Barbe
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
A named park or wood to walk in near Sainte-Barbe
Parc municipal is the largest, at 3.4 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
Most of Sainte-Barbe is more than a short walk from 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%)
Sainte-Barbe0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. For about 2,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
The 22 protected areas near Sainte-Barbe
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sainte-Barbe7.3%
Within 10 km8.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 8 of the 22; land trusts and private owners hold the others. The largest named one is lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 1,275 ha. 14 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,275 ha · reaches Sainte-Barbe
lac Saint-Francois (Saint-Anicet / Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 789 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Saint-Zotique) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 857 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Pointe Beaudette) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 605 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
Canal de Beauharnois (Centre Du) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,028 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Boisé-des-Muir Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 12 ha · 8.4 km from the edge of town
Micocoulier Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 29 ha · 8.8 km from the edge of town
Îles-Arthur-et-Bienville Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant SpeciesWildlife area · 29 ha · 8.8 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
Oka National Park (Québec) is 31 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)
Oka National Park (Québec)
31 km north-east24 km²since 1990
No national park lies within 100 km of Sainte-Barbe; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
1 km of paths in and around Sainte-Barbe
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
0.6 km
in and around the town (78.6 km²)
Woodland
16%
about 12.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-BarbeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-BarbeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 62% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 98% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Sainte-Barbe
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap 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 Sainte-Barbe: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (ST-Anicet, 10 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 59 | 67 | 97 | 90 | 105 | 100 | 89 | 99 | 109 | 81 | 77 |
February is the driest month at 59 mm; October the wettest at 109 mm. Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -4 °C in January. Snow totals about 170 cm a year. The climate in Sainte-Barbe →
Beaches
Plage de Saint-Zotique, 4.5 km away, is the beach near Sainte-Barbe
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage de Saint-Zotique4.5 km from town
DirectionsBeach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Sainte-Barbe: 3 outdoor spots on the map
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
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping À la Claire Fontaine1.0 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Barbe
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-ZotiqueSaint-Stanislas-de-KostkaGodmanchesterLes CoteauxHuntingdonRivière-BeaudetteSainte-Barbe
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Barbe | 8.6% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Zotique 7.6 km | 7.5% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka 8.5 km | 6.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Godmanchester 8.7 km | 4.7% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Coteaux 10 km | 6.7% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Huntingdon 11 km | 3% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Rivière-Beaudette 11 km | 7.6% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Sainte-Barbe has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Sainte-Barbe
Where can you swim near Sainte-Barbe?
Plage de Saint-Zotique, 4.5 km from town; it is the one beach mapped within 5 km.
Is there protected land near Sainte-Barbe?
Within 10 km, 8.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Sainte-Barbe?
It is lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 1,275 ha.
Is Sainte-Barbe near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Sainte-Barbe.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sainte-Barbe?
The closest is Oka National Park (Québec), at 31 km.
When is the best time for walking in Sainte-Barbe?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Sainte-Barbe’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).