First pick
Parc Elwood-Dale
Park or garden
6.1 ha
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.03.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Shawville · parks, protected land & trails
Ottawa River Provincial Park, 16 km away, is the closest provincial park to Shawville
Biggest among them: Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area, 443 ha, 7.4 km off. No national park lies within 100 km. 11 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land
3.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Ottawa River Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Shawville 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km3.2%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 areas7Areas 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
Shawville comes 16th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,729 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
Shawville3.2%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Shawville7
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Shawville0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Shawville does best for protected land nearby: 15 of the other 39 have more.
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 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Shawville QC | 3.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 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
Parks, woods and paths around Shawville
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
4 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Shawville
Parc Elwood-Dale is the largest, at 6.1 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 9 ha in all
Parks & gardens 8.8 ha
Add Parc Elwood-Dale to Parc Mill Dam Park and you have 87% of it.
Veterans Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Shawville
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
A park is within a short walk for 4 in 10 in Shawville
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 (37%)Further (63%)
Shawville37%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. Around 1,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 3.2% of the land near Shawville
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Shawville0%
Within 10 km3.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
7 of the 11 are on public land. Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area leads for size with 443 ha. Another 4 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Baie Cowley Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 25 ha · 7.2 km from the edge of town
Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 443 ha · 7.4 km from the edge of town
Baie Armstrong Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 12 ha · 8.0 km from the edge of town
Sand Bay (est) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 402 ha · 8.3 km from the edge of town
Baie Féline Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 225 ha · 8.5 km from the edge of town
Baie Féline Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 15 ha · 8.6 km from the edge of town
Sand-Bay (2,0 km S.-E. de) Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.1 ha · 8.7 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
Ottawa River Provincial Park, 16 km off
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
Ottawa River Provincial Park
16 km north-west1.3 km²since 1989
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Shawville, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s parcs nationaux are provincial parks, run by Sépaq; Parks Canada’s national parks are separate.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
7 km of paths in and around Shawville
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
6.6 km
in and around the town (18.6 km²)
Woodland
19%
about 3.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ShawvilleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ShawvilleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
71% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is more wooded than 66% 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 Shawville 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 has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Shawville is best on foot in May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Luskville, 35 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 77 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 87 | 84 | 74 | 76 |
Summer highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near -6 °C. Rain and snow peak in June (99 mm) and ease in February (63 mm). Some 193 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Shawville →
Things to do
Near Shawville: 3 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 3 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Shawville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ClarendonBristolHortonShawville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Around Bristol the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Shawville
Is there protected land near Shawville?
Protected areas cover 3.2% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Shawville?
Ottawa River Provincial Park, 16 km away.
What is the largest protected area near Shawville?
It is Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 443 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Shawville?
None within 100 km of Shawville.
When is the best time for walking in Shawville?
On the normals, May and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Shawville’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).