First pick
Parc Marie-Claire-Fleury
Park or garden
3.7 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sjvachon · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Sainte-Marie · parks, protected land & trails
No protected area lies within 10 km of Sainte-Marie
There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The nearest provincial park, Frontenac National Park (Québec), is 44 km away.
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
44 km
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Sainte-Marie beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 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
Among 40 towns its size, Sainte-Marie is 2nd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,574 to 14,180 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-Marie0%
Towns its size4.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Marie0
Towns its size6
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Marie0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sainte-Marie 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 | Kerrisdale BC | 18% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 33 |
| 2 | Hammonds Plains NS | 16% | 4.9% | 35 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Riverview ON | 15% | 1.9% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Oakridge BC | 13% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Convent Glen - Orleans Woods ON | 13% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sandy Hill ON | 13% | 1.7% | 40 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Matane QC | 11% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Ville-Émard QC | 10% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Findlay Creek ON | 8.2% | 2.5% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Beaurivage QC | 8.1% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights ON | 6.8% | 11% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terrace BC | 6.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Cloverdale BC | 6% | 0.4% | 160 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Glen Cairn ON | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC | 5.4% | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Manor Park NS | 5.3% | 0% | 22 | 6 | 21 |
| 17 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Sillery QC | 4.8% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Saint-Amable QC | 4.3% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Plateau QC | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | L'Aéroport QC | 4% | 0% | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Strathcona BC | 3.8% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 76 |
| 23 | Oakridge ON | 2.5% | 11% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 24 | Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village ON | 2.5% | 7.1% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Copperfield AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 26 | Greenwood-Coxwell ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 3 | 38 |
| 27 | West Queen West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 28 | Wychwood ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| 29 | Humewood-Cedarvale ON | 2% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills ON | 1.9% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Avondale ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dawson Creek BC | 1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Beaverton ON | 0.8% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | The Maples MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | River West ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Rossmere-A MB | 0.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wetaskiwin AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Sandwich ON | 0.1% | 2.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Sainte-Marie QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Skyview Ranch AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Sainte-Marie
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
12 named parks and woods to walk in near Sainte-Marie
Largest first: Parc Marie-Claire-Fleury leads with 3.7 ha. Numbers match the map.
12 named parks and woods, 18 ha in all
Parks & gardens 18 ha
Spread across many places, the largest holding 21%.
Parc Dulac
Park or garden
2.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
2.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Observatoire
Park or garden
2.8 ha
1.3 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Éveil
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sainte-Marie
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'OTJ
Park or garden
1.4 ha
1.2 km southfrom the centre
Véloroute de la Chaudière
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Carter
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
1.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Parc Marie-Claire-FleuryPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc DulacPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'ObservatoirePark or garden · 2.8 ha
DirectionsParc nautique SaputoPark or garden · 2.1 ha
DirectionsParc de l'ÉveilPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'OTJPark or garden · 1.4 ha
DirectionsParc CarterPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc DrouinPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsParc de la FamillePark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsParc de l'OuestPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc JordanPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc Saint-JeanPark or garden · 0.4 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
A park is within a short walk for 7 in 10 in Sainte-Marie
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 (66%)Further (34%)
Sainte-Marie66%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. That leaves about 4,700 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
There is no protected land within 10 km of Sainte-Marie
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), 44 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
44 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)
44 km south157 km²since 1987
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Sainte-Marie has its province’s. A Québec parc national belongs to the province, not to Parks Canada.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
36 km of paths in and around Sainte-Marie
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
36 km
in and around the town (160.3 km²)
Woodland
34%
about 55 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-MarieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-MarieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland34%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 76% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 76% 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-Marie
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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-Marie: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Scott (7.1 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 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 |
Summer brings the most rain: 126 mm in July; February gets 75 mm. Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -7 °C in January. Snow totals about 287 cm a year. The climate in Sainte-Marie →
Things to do
Sainte-Marie 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.
Most numerous: playgrounds (4).
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Monts Notre-Damein town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Chutes à Corrine1.5 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Parc nature du Domaine Taschereauin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Marie
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-ElzéarScottSaint-BernardSainte-MargueriteVallée-JonctionSainte-HénédineSainte-Marie
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Elzéar 6.0 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott 7.4 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Bernard 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marguerite 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vallée-Jonction 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sainte-Hénédine 14 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Sainte-Marie’s protected share.
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.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Sainte-Marie
What is the nearest provincial park to Sainte-Marie?
It is Frontenac National Park (Québec), 44 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Sainte-Marie?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Sainte-Marie?
No national park lies within 100 km of Sainte-Marie.
Sources
Where Sainte-Marie’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).