First pick
Parc Régional des Chutes Dorwin
Park or garden
22 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
7.3 km northfrom the centre
Sentier de l'ÎleSentiers forestiers drainésSentier du Cap Rocheux+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.00.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sainte-Julienne · parks, protected land & trails
From Sainte-Julienne, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (36 km)
The 10 km around town hold 3 protected areas. Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage Municipale De Rawdon.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
86 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
36 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Sainte-Julienne, 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.7%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
Beaches4Beaches 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-Julienne sits 5th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (12,773 to 13,230 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-Julienne0.2%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Julienne0
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Julienne0
Towns its size1
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sainte-Julienne is weakest for walking routes: 21 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | View Royal BC | 21% | 45% | 35 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Westboro ON | 13% | 5.5% | 32 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Centre-Ville QC | 11% | 22% | 40 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | North Saanich BC | 9.2% | 5.1% | 37 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 | Quantztown ON | 8.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Windsor Park NS | 7.6% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC | 6.9% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Prince Rupert BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Deerfield ON | 5.2% | 6.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Madoc ON | 5.1% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Springdale ON | 4.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Aloha Estates BC | 4.3% | 2% | 111 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Carrville Corners ON | 4.1% | 0.5% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Peel Village ON | 3.8% | 0.9% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | New Springbrook ON | 3.1% | 2.4% | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Lakeview AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | New Brighton AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | Stratford PE | 2.7% | 0.9% | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| 19 | Albert Park SK | 2.7% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Yonge-St.Clair ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Ayr ON | 2.4% | 1.8% | 36 | 8 | 4 |
| 22 | Regent Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 23 | Yonge-Bay Corridor ON | 2.2% | 0% | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 24 | Erin ON | 2.1% | 0.2% | 48 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 26 | Rawdon QC | 1.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Forest ON | 1.7% | 6.7% | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 28 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | Brighton ON | 1.3% | 4.2% | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Kincardine ON | 1% | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 31 | Dakota Crossing MB | 0.8% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Amos QC | 0.5% | 0.2% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Lloydminster (Part) SK | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Rutherford AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Sainte-Julienne QC | 0.2% | 1.7% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Huntington Hills AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Downtown AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Thompson MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Redstone AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Sainte-Julienne
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
6 named parks and woods to walk in near Sainte-Julienne
Parc Régional des Chutes Dorwin is the largest, at 22 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 35 ha in all
Parks & gardens 35 ha
Between them, Parc Régional des Chutes Dorwin and Soccer Ste-Julienne cover 84%.
Parc Quatre-vents
Park or garden
2.3 ha0.2 km of path
1.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Fernand-Bouvrette
Park or garden
0.9 ha
4.4 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Joseph-Édouard-Beaupré
Park or garden
0.2 ha
0.9 km westfrom the centre
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
1 in 10 people in Sainte-Julienne 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 (6.4%)Further (94%)
Sainte-Julienne6.4%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. About 12,200 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Sainte-Julienne has 3 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sainte-Julienne1.7%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
The nearest big park: La Mauricie National Park, 86 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)
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
36 km south-east8.1 km²since 1984
National park
La Mauricie National Park
86 km north-east536 km²since 1970
A provincial park is closer: Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), at 36 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
28 km of paths in and around Sainte-Julienne
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
28 km
in and around the town (160.2 km²)
Woodland
68%
about 109.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-JulienneTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-JulienneTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland68%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 91% of Canadian towns. For path density, 79% 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-Julienne
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-Julienne in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 55 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 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. Daytime highs run from -6 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. The climate in Sainte-Julienne →
Beaches
Plage Municipale De Rawdon, 1.7 km away, is the beach near Sainte-Julienne
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Municipale De Rawdon1.7 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 3 more, nameless. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Sainte-Julienne: 10 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 10 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 10
Barrage de castorin town
DirectionsGloriettein town
DirectionsGrand maraisin town
DirectionsGrottein town
DirectionsLac à Moisanin town
DirectionsPresqu'îlein town
DirectionsPlus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Mont Aquilonin town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Beauréal Réserve Naturellein town
DirectionsBeauréal Réserve naturellein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 10
Plus 10 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 5
Camping Champs Boisesin town
DirectionsCamping Kellyin town
DirectionsDomaine La fiertéin town
DirectionsCamping Parc Ensoleillé0.5 km from town
DirectionsCamping Morin0.9 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Julienne
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-AlexisSaint-EspritRawdonSaint-JacquesSaint-CalixteSaint-LiguoriSainte-Julienne
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Julienne | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Saint-Alexis 4.8 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Esprit 8.2 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Rawdon 9.7 km | 1.7% | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Saint-Jacques 10 km | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Calixte 12 km | 3.6% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Saint-Liguori 12 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
For protected land, Rawdon and Saint-Calixte have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Sainte-Julienne
How far is the nearest provincial park from Sainte-Julienne?
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 36 km from the edge of town.
When should you visit Sainte-Julienne for the outdoors?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Sainte-Julienne?
La Mauricie National Park is closest, at 86 km.
What is the nearest beach to Sainte-Julienne?
The nearest is Plage Municipale De Rawdon, 1.7 km from town.
Is there protected land near Sainte-Julienne?
Yes: 0.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Where Sainte-Julienne’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).