First pick
Parc des loisirs
Park or garden
5.3 ha
1.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Sainte-Claire · parks, protected land & trails
No protected area lies within 10 km of Sainte-Claire
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. The closest provincial park is Frontenac National Park (Québec), 63 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
63 km
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
How Sainte-Claire 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas0Areas 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
Sainte-Claire has the 3rd least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,668 to 3,779 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-Claire0%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Claire0
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Claire0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sainte-Claire is weakest for public protected areas: 36 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baie-D'Urfé QC | 49% | 0.1% | 44 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 33% | 25% | 26 | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | Alnwick NB | 32% | 7.8% | 62 | 0 | 53 |
| 4 | Blind River ON | 21% | 41% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 12% | 5.8% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Roberts Creek BC | 11% | 17% | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Golf Course ON | 7.3% | 3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Saint-Tite QC | 5.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Central ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George BC | 4.3% | 8.5% | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Cowichan Bay BC | 4.2% | 5.7% | 64 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Westville NS | 4.1% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Industrial Sector A and Keith ON | 3.5% | 0.9% | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Berrisfield ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Lake Cowichan BC | 2.8% | 3.3% | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Parkview West ON | 2.1% | 2.7% | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | North Glenora AB | 1.9% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Killarney MB | 1.8% | 2.3% | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo BC | 1.5% | 1.1% | 60 | 6 | 47 |
| 20 | Kensington AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Studholm NB | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Deer Lodge MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Fifty Point ON | 1.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Pacific Heights SK | 1% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Alpine Place MB | 0.9% | 2.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Cameron Heights AB | 0.9% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Inkster-Faraday MB | 0.8% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ascot Corner QC | 0.7% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Flagstaff County AB | 0.4% | 0.3% | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Victoria West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Eau Claire AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | West Kildonan Industrial MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Greenfield AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Magrath Heights AB | 0.3% | 13% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cartier MB | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Dixie ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Pleasantview AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Sainte-Claire QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Saint-Michel QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Country Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Sainte-Claire
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
Walk in Sainte-Claire: 2 named parks and woods
Largest first: Parc des loisirs leads with 5.3 ha. Numbers match the map.
Parc Taschereau
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sainte-Claire
Directionsto a point inside
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
About 1 in 10 of Sainte-Claire’s residents are 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 (9.7%)Further (90%)
Sainte-Claire9.7%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 3,400 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
No protected area lies within 10 km of Sainte-Claire
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The nearest provincial park is Frontenac National Park (Québec), 63 km away.
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
63 km to Frontenac National Park (Québec)
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)
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
63 km south157 km²since 1987
For a national park, people in Sainte-Claire travel more than 100 km. Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Sainte-Claire and its edge hold 6 km of footpath
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
5.8 km
in and around the town (144.5 km²)
Woodland
52%
about 75.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-ClaireTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-ClaireTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland52%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 84% of Canadian towns. For path density, 93% of Canadian towns do better.
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-Claire
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
Walking season in Sainte-Claire: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Scott, 20 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 75 | 77 | 93 | 98 | 121 | 126 | 111 | 99 | 109 | 81 | 106 |
Expect around 287 cm of snow over a winter. July is the warmest month, with highs around 25 °C; January the coldest, at -7 °C. The wettest month is the warmest, July (126 mm); February has 75 mm. The climate in Sainte-Claire →
Things to do
Sainte-Claire has 2 waterfalls 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
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Parc Prévoloisirsin town
DirectionsCampsites 2
Plus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Claire
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-Lazare-de-BellechasseSainte-HénédineSaint-AnselmeSainte-MargueriteSaint-MalachieSaint-GervaisSainte-Claire
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Claire | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse 7.9 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Hénédine 8.3 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Anselme 8.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marguerite 10 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Malachie 12 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Gervais 13 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Sainte-Claire.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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 Sainte-Claire
What is the nearest national park to Sainte-Claire?
No national park lies within 100 km of Sainte-Claire.
When should you visit Sainte-Claire for the outdoors?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Sainte-Claire?
Frontenac National Park (Québec), 63 km away.
Sources
Where Sainte-Claire’s outdoors figures come from
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).