First pick
Le Jardins des Sources
Park or garden
6.9 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Khayman · CC BY-SA 3.01%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sainte-Thérèse · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Sainte-Thérèse is Oka National Park (Québec), 19 km away
The Les parcours Boomerang is the one mapped walking route close by. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
Protected land
1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
23
within 10 km, 6 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
19 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Sainte-Thérèse 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 km1%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 areas6Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named 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-Thérèse is 8th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (26,155 to 28,414 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-Thérèse1%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Thérèse6
Towns its size6
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Thérèse2
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Sainte-Thérèse lags towns its size: 32 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marpole BC | 17% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Loyola QC | 14% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Austinville NS | 11% | 0% | 27 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Kitsilano BC | 10% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 5 | René-Lévesque QC | 8.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ebenezer East ON | 7.5% | 6.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Parc-Kent QC | 5.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Laurendeau QC | 4.9% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | La Prairie QC | 4.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Enfield NS | 4.4% | 5.2% | 184 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville QC | 4.4% | 20% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) ON | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Collingwood ON | 3.9% | 0.2% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Duberger—Les Saules QC | 3.7% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Vieux-Rosemont QC | 3.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Grandview-Woodland BC | 3.5% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 51 |
| 17 | Agincourt North ON | 3.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Woburn North ON | 3.2% | 5.1% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Clairlea-Birchmount ON | 2.7% | 2.4% | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn ON | 2.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Thetford Mines QC | 2.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | West Hill ON | 2.4% | 15% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 23 | Harbourfront-CityPlace ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 24 | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Lunenburg NS | 2.1% | 1.7% | 140 | 5 | 33 |
| 26 | Don Valley Village ON | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Banbury-Don Mills ON | 1.6% | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Picton ON | 1.5% | 3.6% | 31 | 1 | 13 |
| 29 | South Riverdale ON | 1.5% | 16% | 12 | 9 | 49 |
| 30 | Argyle ON | 1.5% | 0.3% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Auteuil QC | 1.4% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Beamsville ON | 1.2% | 1.3% | 26 | 5 | 9 |
| 33 | Sainte-Thérèse QC | 1% | 0% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Paradise NL | 0.8% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 35 | Beltline AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Strathroy ON | 0.4% | 0.4% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Rathwood ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Saint-Lin--Laurentides QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Amherstburg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Beaumont AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Sainte-Thérèse
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
30 named parks and woods to walk in near Sainte-Thérèse
Largest first: Le Jardins des Sources leads with 6.9 ha. Numbers match the map.
30 named parks and woods, 66 ha in all
Parks & gardens 66 ha
The area is spread out: the biggest holds 15% of it.
Parc Blainville
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
9.8 ha0.4 km of path
1.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc De Sève
Park or garden
6.7 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Ducharme
Park or garden
6.5 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sainte-Thérèse
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Jean-Maurice-Éthier
Park or garden
4.1 ha0.4 km of path
1.4 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Ruisseau
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
2.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Rivière
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 30 named parks and green spaces
Le Jardins des SourcesPark or garden · 6.9 ha · 2 km of path
DirectionsParc BlainvillePark or garden · 9.8 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc De SèvePark or garden · 6.7 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsParc DucharmePark or garden · 6.5 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc Jean-Maurice-ÉthierPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc du RuisseauPark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc des ChanterellesPark or garden · 3.2 ha
DirectionsParc de la RivièrePark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc RichelieuPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc des LiseronsPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Adolphe-ChapleauPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc PerronPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc de la CouléePark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Saint-JacquesPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc FoisyPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc BeauséjourPark or garden · 2.0 ha
DirectionsParc Le BelvédèrePark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Damase-JuteauPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc d'AmosPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Anatole-DesjardinsPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc CapistranPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc du Plateau St-LouisPark or garden · 1.0 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc Saint-PierrePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Charles BossonPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Guy-BlanchardPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc Blanche-GiguèrePark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsParc George-Émile-CharronPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsParc BergeronPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsParc VerdonPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc du JavelotPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside town
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
In Sainte-Thérèse, nearly every home is close to 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 (97%)Further (2.9%)
Sainte-Thérèse97%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 1,000 residents are further than 400 m from a park. Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
Around Sainte-Thérèse, protected areas make up 1%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sainte-Thérèse0%
Within 10 km1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 6 of the 23. The others are private conservation land. Biggest of the named areas: rivière des Mille Îles - Île Morris Muskrat Habitat, 40 ha. Another 17 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
rivière des Mille Îles - Île Morris Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 40 ha · 2.0 km from the edge of town
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Wildlife PreserveWildlife area · 24 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Marais-de-l'Île-des-Juifs Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant SpeciesWildlife area · 4.1 ha · 2.5 km from the edge of town
Île-Garth Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 17 ha · 3.9 km from the edge of town
rivière des Milles Îles (Ile Provost) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 7.3 ha · 4.7 km from the edge of town
rivière des Mille Îles - Saint-Eustache Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 28 ha · 6.4 km from the edge of town
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
Oka National Park (Québec) is 19 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)
Oka National Park (Québec)
19 km south-west24 km²since 1990
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Sainte-Thérèse, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s “national” parks are the province’s own, managed by Sépaq.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Sainte-Thérèse and its edge hold 78 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
78 km
in and around the town (28.5 km²)
Woodland
7.6%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-ThérèseTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-ThérèseTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland7.6%
0%50%100%
For woods, 53% of Canadian towns have more. Paths are denser here than in 68% 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
One mapped route to walk from Sainte-Thérèse
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Les parcours Boomerang5.4 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Sainte-Thérèse: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Montreal Trudeau (Airport) (21 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 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 66 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 89 | 103 | 84 | 92 |
The warmest days come in July (27 °C highs), the coldest in January (-5 °C). October is the wettest month (103 mm) and February the driest (66 mm). Winter brings about 217 cm of snow. The climate in Sainte-Thérèse →
Things to do
Sainte-Thérèse has a viewpoint within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 127 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Parc Marais Tylee2.0 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 127
Plus 127 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Parc Canin sud0.4 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Thérèse
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BoisbriandRosemèreBlainvilleLorraineSainte-RoseBois-des-FilionSainte-Thérèse
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Thérèse | 1% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Boisbriand 3.3 km | 2.3% | 35 | 2 | 1 |
| Rosemère 3.6 km | 1.8% | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| Blainville 3.8 km | 1.1% | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| Lorraine 5.4 km | 1.6% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Rose 6.5 km | 1.9% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Bois-des-Filion 6.9 km | 1.7% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Around Boisbriand the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Sainte-Thérèse
When is the best time for walking in Sainte-Thérèse?
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-Thérèse?
It is rivière des Mille Îles - Île Morris Muskrat Habitat, a wildlife area covering 40 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sainte-Thérèse?
Oka National Park (Québec), 19 km away.
How far is Sainte-Thérèse from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Sainte-Thérèse.
How much land around Sainte-Thérèse is protected?
Within 10 km, 1% of the land lies in protected areas.
Are there hiking trails near Sainte-Thérèse?
OpenStreetMap maps the Les parcours Boomerang close by.
Sources
Where Sainte-Thérèse’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).