First pick
Parc Municipal de Sainte-Perpétue
Park or garden
1.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Sainte-Perpétue
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.06.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sainte-Perpétue · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Sainte-Perpétue’s edge: Aire d'Aménagement de Grande-Rivière White-Tailed Deer Yard
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 6.6% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. No national park lies within 100 km. The nearest provincial park, Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, is 50 km away.
Protected land
6.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
18
within 10 km, 18 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
50 km
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
Character
Where Sainte-Perpétue stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round6.6% of the land within 10 km, more than 77% of Canadian townsParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, is 50 km off
Out of doors, Sainte-Perpétue leads with protected land around it. The gap is a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Each figure for Sainte-Perpétue, 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km6.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town6.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas18Areas 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-Perpétue ranks 6th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,698 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-Perpétue6.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Perpétue18
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Perpétue0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Sainte-Perpétue’s strong point is public protected areas, where 4 of 39 top it.
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 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Sainte-Perpétue QC | 6.6% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
Where the green is in Sainte-Perpétue
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-Perpétue: one named park or wood
Parc Municipal de Sainte-Perpétue is the largest, at 1.5 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
3 in 10 people in Sainte-Perpétue 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 (27%)Further (73%)
Sainte-Perpétue27%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. That leaves about 1,200 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
6.6% of the country within 10 km of Sainte-Perpétue 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-Perpétue6.1%
Within 10 km6.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 18 is on public land. At 8,468 ha, Aire d'Aménagement de Grande-Rivière White-Tailed Deer Yard is the largest.
Aire d'Aménagement de Grande-Rivière White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 8,468 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
03551R021 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 72 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
03551R024 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 68 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
03551R020 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 67 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
03551R025 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 57 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
03551R027 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 53 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
03551R026 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 52 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
03551R018 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 50 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
Rivière du Rochu Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 12 ha · reaches Sainte-Perpétue
Petit Lac Sainte-Anne Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 127 ha · 0.9 km from the edge of town
8 more named areas within 10 km are in the 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
The nearest big park: Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, 50 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
Provincial park
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
50 km north1,246 km²since 1998
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Sainte-Perpétue has its province’s. Despite the name, a Québec parc national is a provincial park.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
12 km of paths in and around Sainte-Perpétue
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
12 km
in and around the town (388.3 km²)
Woodland
94%
about 365.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-PerpétueTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-PerpétueTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland94%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 100% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 95% 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
No named walking route passes Sainte-Perpétue on the map
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-Perpétue in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from La Pocatiere (33 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 61 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 85 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 99 | 72 | 74 |
Winter brings about 349 cm of snow. Expect 99 mm in October, the wettest month, and 61 mm in February. The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-7 °C). The climate in Sainte-Perpétue →
Things to do
Outdoors around Sainte-Perpétue: 5 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 4 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Perpétue
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Sainte-Perpétue has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–34 km out.
Saint-PamphileSaint-AubertSaint-Jean-Port-JoliL'IsletSainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreSainte-Perpétue
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Perpétue | 6.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Pamphile 15 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Aubert 23 km | 15% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli 31 km | 52% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| L'Islet 34 km | 30% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière 34 km | 24% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Saint-Aubert, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and L'Islet have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Sainte-Perpétue
Are there protected areas near Sainte-Perpétue?
Protected areas cover 6.6% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sainte-Perpétue?
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, 50 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Sainte-Perpétue?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the largest protected area near Sainte-Perpétue?
Aire d'Aménagement de Grande-Rivière White-Tailed Deer Yard: 8,468 ha, a protected area.
How far is Sainte-Perpétue from a national park?
None within 100 km of Sainte-Perpétue.
Sources
The sources behind Sainte-Perpétue’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).