First pick
Parc Le Rocher
Park or garden
122 ha11.9 km of path
2 h 40 minto walk all 11.9 km of path
6.8 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.05.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sainte-Julie · parks, protected land & trails
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec) begins where Sainte-Julie ends
The 10 km around town hold 45 protected areas. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5.8% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
5.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
45
within 10 km, 15 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Each figure for Sainte-Julie, set against 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km5.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.7%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas15Areas 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-Julie comes 13th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (29,234 to 33,003 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-Julie5.8%
Towns its size3.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Julie15
Towns its size9
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Julie0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Sainte-Julie’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 12 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierrefonds-Ouest QC | 34% | 25% | 48 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Des Explorateurs QC | 23% | 12% | 46 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Du Plateau QC | 22% | 25% | 48 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre QC | 17% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Portobello South ON | 12% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Centretown ON | 12% | 1.5% | 37 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Savane QC | 11% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | La Cité QC | 9.1% | 0% | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Verdun-Centre QC | 8.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Du Moulin QC | 8.2% | 9.9% | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Magog QC | 7.5% | 1.2% | 53 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | West End BC | 6.6% | 51% | 12 | 4 | 76 |
| 13 | Sainte-Julie QC | 5.8% | 0.7% | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Constant QC | 5.8% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Johnston Heights BC | 5.8% | 29% | 131 | 7 | 6 |
| 16 | Rockland ON | 5.2% | 0.9% | 57 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Alloa ON | 4.2% | 8.7% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown ON | 4.1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Killarney BC | 4% | 3.5% | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Conception Bay South NL | 3.6% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| 21 | Victoria-Fraserview BC | 3.1% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Chambly QC | 2.7% | 1.1% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Est (Montréal-Nord) QC | 2.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Boisbriand QC | 2.3% | 0.2% | 35 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Annex ON | 2.1% | 0% | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| 26 | Vimont QC | 1.9% | 0% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Crémazie QC | 1.8% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Val-Bélair QC | 1.7% | 2.9% | 27 | 2 | 12 |
| 29 | St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands ON | 1.7% | 6.1% | 12 | 9 | 48 |
| 30 | Glenfield-Jane Heights ON | 1.6% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Courtenay BC | 1.4% | 2.9% | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Nouveau-Bordeaux QC | 1.4% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Meadowvale Village ON | 0.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Alma QC | 0.8% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 35 | Elmira ON | 0.8% | 0% | 27 | 10 | 1 |
| 36 | Grimsby ON | 0.7% | 1.5% | 26 | 7 | 8 |
| 37 | Lisgar ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Chestermere AB | 0.5% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | DT Core ON | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Fort Saskatchewan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Sainte-Julie
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
28 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Sainte-Julie
Largest first: Parc Le Rocher leads with 122 ha. Numbers match the map.
28 named parks and woods, 200 ha in all
Parks & gardens 200 ha
68% of the area is in just two places: Parc Le Rocher and Parc de la Coulée.
Parc de la Coulée
Park or garden
14 ha4.4 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.4 km of path
1.1 km north-westfrom the centre
Rue Jean-Lesage
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Armand-Frappier
Park or garden
9.8 ha3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Edmour-J.-Harvey
Park or garden
11 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
2.5 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Desrochers
Park or garden
6.3 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
2.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc N.-P.-Lapierre
Park or garden
6.9 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
1.1 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Jules-Choquet
Park or garden
4.8 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Tuleries
Park or garden
3.6 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the centre
Parc des Tuleries
Directionsto a point inside
All 28 named parks and green spaces
Parc Le RocherPark or garden · 122 ha · 11.9 km of path
DirectionsParc de la CouléePark or garden · 14 ha · 4.4 km of path
DirectionsParc Armand-FrappierPark or garden · 9.8 ha · 3.7 km of path
DirectionsParc Edmour-J.-HarveyPark or garden · 11 ha · 2.2 km of path
DirectionsParc DesrochersPark or garden · 6.3 ha · 2.1 km of path
DirectionsParc N.-P.-LapierrePark or garden · 6.9 ha · 1.7 km of path
DirectionsParc Jules-ChoquetPark or garden · 4.8 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsParc des TuleriesPark or garden · 3.6 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc du MoulinPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsParc Arthur GauthierPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc du LuxembourgPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'ÉrablièrePark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc RinguetPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc Jordi-BonetPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Yves-Saint-ArneaultPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Joseph-VéronneauPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'Arc-en-CielPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc Maurice DuplessisPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc ComtoisPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc Denise-PelletierPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc canin de Sainte-JuliePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de GenèvePark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc du PrévertPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc du SorbierPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc le RucherPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc de ViennePark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc du Bois-FrancPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc Paul-de-MaricourtPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
8 in 10 people in Sainte-Julie 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 (78%)Further (22%)
Sainte-Julie78%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 7,000 residents live further than 400 m from one. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
5.8% of the country within 10 km of Sainte-Julie is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sainte-Julie0.7%
Within 10 km5.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 45, 15 are public and the remainder private. Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec) covers 884 ha, the most of any named area. 29 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 884 ha · reaches Sainte-Julie
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 814 ha · 6.2 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île de Varennes) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 24 ha · 7.1 km from the edge of town
Îles de Boucherville (fleuve Saint-Laurent) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 283 ha · 7.2 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Sainte-Thérèse) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 322 ha · 7.4 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Battures Tailhandier) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 280 ha · 7.7 km from the edge of town
Fleuve St-Laurent (Ile aux Vaches Nord) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 9.0 ha · 8.0 km from the edge of town
Fleuve Saint-Laurent (Iles de Boucherville) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 26 ha · 8.0 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Verte) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 320 ha · 8.1 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Sainte-Thérèse / et Ci) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 411 ha · 8.3 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison figures.
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
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec) meets Sainte-Julie
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)
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
At the edge8.8 km²since 1985
Québec national park (provincial)
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
6.2 km west8.1 km²since 1984
For a national park, people in Sainte-Julie travel more than 100 km. There are 2 provincial parks within 10 km. Sépaq runs Québec’s parcs nationaux, which are provincial parks under another name.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 113 km in and around Sainte-Julie
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
113 km
in and around the town (89.8 km²)
Woodland
25%
about 22.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-JulieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-JulieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland25%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 71% of Canadian towns. For path density, 55% 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
No mapped walking route near Sainte-Julie
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Sainte-Julie in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Montreal Trudeau (Airport) (35 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 66 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 89 | 103 | 84 | 92 |
For dry weather, February is best (66 mm); October gets 103 mm. Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. Snow totals about 217 cm a year. The climate in Sainte-Julie →
Things to do
Near Sainte-Julie: 10 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 111 playgrounds, the biggest group. Look up to Mont Saint-Bruno: 218 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Mont Saint-Bruno218 m · 0.3 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Parc des Étangs Antoine-Charleboisin town
DirectionsRéserve naturelle des Quatre-Tempsin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 6
Plus 6 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 111
Plus 111 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Parc canin de Sainte-Juliein town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Julie
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-Bruno-de-MontarvilleSaint-Mathieu-de-BeloeilSaint-AmableBouchervilleSaint-Basile-le-GrandMcMastervilleSainte-Julie
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Julie | 5.8% | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville 6.8 km | 4.4% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 6.9 km | 3.6% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Amable 7.0 km | 4.3% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Boucherville 8.0 km | 7.1% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand 8.2 km | 4.3% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| McMasterville 9.1 km | 5.5% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Sainte-Julie’s protected share.
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.
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Sainte-Julie
Are there protected areas near Sainte-Julie?
Within 10 km, 5.8% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Sainte-Julie?
No national park lies within 100 km of Sainte-Julie.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sainte-Julie?
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), which reaches the edge of town.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Sainte-Julie?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Sainte-Julie?
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), a québec national park (provincial) of 884 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on Sainte-Julie
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).