This list of protected areas of Quebec includes federally, provincially and municipally administered parks and wildlife reserves in

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, the largest province in

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National Parks

Note that both federally and provincially administered parks in Quebec are labelled ''"parc national"'' (national park). Federal national parks are distinguished by the addition of "of Canada" in their official name.

Parks Canada

The following parks are managed by

Parks Canada Parks Canada (PC; french: Parcs Canada),Parks Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Parks Canada Agency (). is the agency of the Government of Canada which manages the country's 48 National Parks, th ...

: * Forillon National Park of Canada * La Mauricie National Park of Canada * Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada * Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, a

National Marine Conservation Area National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs) is a Parks Canada programme responsible for marine areas managed for sustainability and containing smaller zones of high protection. They include the seabed, the water itself and any species which occur th ...

(jointly with Sépaq)

Sépaq

In Quebec, provincial parks are called "national parks", and are managed by the ''

Société des établissements de plein air du Québec The ''Société des établissements de plein air du Québec'' (English: Quebec Outdoor Establishments Company), also known as ''Sépaq'', is the agency of the Government of Quebec that manages parks and wildlife reserves. Sépaq falls under the a ...

'', also known as Sépaq.

Aquatic, Biodiversity, and Ecological Reserves of Quebec

The ecological reserves, Les réserves écologiques: Des habitats protégés au naturel
consulted the December 31, 2006 the biodiversity reserves and the aquatic reserves are managed by the ''Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs'' (Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks) of Québec.

Zone d'exploitation contrôlée

In Quebec, the 86 "

zone d'exploitation contrôlée A ''zone d'exploitation contrôlée'' (in French; acronym ZEC) is a "Controlled harvesting zone" located in public lands areas of Quebec, in Canada. ZECs are a system of territorial infrastructures set up in 1978 by the Government of Quebec to take ...

" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC) are managed by non profit corporation. This category of protected areas is subdivided by "Zec of rivers" (mainly for fishing mission) and "Zec of lands".

Regional Parks

* Parc régional Boréal ( Manicouagan); ; ; ; ; ; * Parc régional des Trois-Sœurs (

La Tuque La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 sq ...

); ; * Parc régional du Marécage-des-Scots ( Le Haut-Saint-François); ; ; ; *

Parc régional Obalski The Obalski Regional Park (''in French: Parc régional Obalski'') is a regional park located in the municipality of Chibougamau, in the Regional County Municipality (MRC) of Jamésie, in administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in C ...

(

Chibougamau Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman it has a population of 7,504 people (2016 Canadian Census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou Istc ...

). *Parc régional de la Rivière Gentilly *

Parc régional des Appalaches The Parc régional des Appalaches (''in English: Appalaches Regional Park'') is a regional Park (Quebec), regional park located in Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, Canada. This park includes ...

( Montmagny) * Parc régional des Grandes-Coulées ( L'Érable) * Des Grèves Regional Park * Parc régional du Massif-du-Sud ( Bellechasse, Les Etchemins) * Parc régional du Mont-Ham (

Les Sources Les Sources is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is the city of Val-des-Sources. Before April 22, 2006 it was known as Asbestos regional county municipality, and before August 1990 it was known as L' ...

) * Parc régional du Mont-Saint-Joseph * Parc régional du Poisson-Blanc ( Antoine-Labelle) * Parc régional éducatif du Bois de Belle-Rivière *

Parc régional du réservoir Kiamika The Kiamika Reservoir Regional Park (''in French: Parc régional du Réservoir-Kamika'') is a regional Park (Quebec), regional park located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Douaire, Quebec, Lac-Douaire and the municipalities of Chute-Saint-Phi ...

( Antoine-Labelle); * Parc régional de la Montagne-du-Diable ( Antoine-Labelle) * Parc régional Val-David -Val-Morin * Vallée Bras du Nord * Base de plein air Ste-Foy * Centre de la Côte Boisée & Les Sentiers de l'Estrie *TERFA secteur Le Canyon des Portes de l'Enfer *Parc Aventures Cap Jaseux * Parc de la Riviere Batiscan *Parc de Gros Cap *Parc de la gorge Coaticook – Parc Découverte nature *Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Iles *Parc d’escalade et de randonnée de la Montagne d’Argent *Parc linéaire le P'tit train du Nord * Parc naturel régional de Portneuf ( Portneuf) *Parc régional de Beauharnois-Salaberry *Parc régional de la Rivière-du-Nord *Parc régional de la Forêt Drummond *Parc régional de la rivière Mitis * Parc régional de la Seigneurie-du-lac-Matapédia ( La Matapédia) *Parc Régional des Chutes Monte-à-Peine-et-des-Dalles *Parc régional des Grandes-Rivières du Lac Saint-Jean *Parc régional du Lac 31 Milles *Parc régional Saint-Bernard

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

* Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau (

Matawinie Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM ...

) * Parc régional des Sept-Chutes (

) * Parc régional du Lac-Taureau (

) * Parc régional de la Chute-à-Bull (

);

Other parks

Gatineau Park Gatineau Park (french: Parc de la Gatineau) is a federal park located in the Outaouais, Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Administered by the National Capital Commission as part of the National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital Region, ...

is federal park located near the city of

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

, just north of

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

. It is not part of the national park system of Canada and is administered by the federal

National Capital Commission The National Capital Commission (NCC; french: Commission de la capitale nationale, CCN) is the Crown corporation responsible for development, urban planning, and conservation in Canada's Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec), i ...

. *

Canal de l'Aqueduc The Canal de l'Aqueduc is an open-air aqueduct canal on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, serving part of the drinking water needs of the city of Montreal. The canal was built in 1853 by a commission headed by City Councillor Edwin Atwate ...

Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park (french: Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques) is a large nature park in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the West Island at the junction of the Lake of Two Mountains and ...

Champ de Mars The Champ de Mars (; en, Field of Mars) is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh ''arrondissement'', between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the ...

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Île de la Visitation Île de la Visitation is a small island in the Rivière des Prairies, part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, and part of the city of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. Located within the boroughs of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Montréal-Nord, the island is ...

Île Notre-Dame Notre Dame Island (french: Île Notre-Dame) is an artificial island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is immediately to the east of Saint Helen's Island and west of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the city of Saint-Lambert ...

Jacques Cartier Park Jacques-Cartier Park is a park in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, along the Ottawa River. It is at the base of the Alexandra Bridge, facing the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. It is named for French explorer Jacques Cartier, who arrived at th ...

* James-Darby Park *

Jarry Park Jarry Park (french: Parc Jarry) is an urban park in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jarry Park has total area of 36 hectares. It is considered by the City of Montreal as one of its large park ...

Lac Beauchamp Park Lac Beauchamp Park in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada is a large wooded park of 172 hectares built around a small lake in the middle of the suburban sprawl of the eastern part of the city. In the winter it has 15 km of ski and snowshoe trai ...

Maisonneuve Park Maisonneuve Park (french: Parc Maisonneuve) is an urban park in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of Montreal's large parks. Established in 1910, it is in size, in three sections. T ...

Montreal Archipelago Ecological Park Montreal Archipelago Ecological Park (French: Parc Écologique de l’Archipel de Montréal) is a project to create a new National park within an approximate radius of around the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. This project was announced t ...

Morgan Arboretum The Morgan Arboretum is a forested reserve, on the McGill University Macdonald Campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on the western tip of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Arboretum is a mixed-use woodland and recreational area, with an ...

Mount Royal Park Mount Royal (french: link=no, Mont Royal, ) is a large intrusive rock hill or small mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The best-known hypothesis for the origin of the name Montreal is the hi ...

* Oxford Park * Parc Aquarium du Québec * Parc du Mont-Comi * Parc écologique des Sansonnets *

Parc Jean-Drapeau Jean Drapeau Park (officially in French: ''Parc Jean-Drapeau'') (formerly called ''Parc des Îles'') is the third-largest park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises two islands, Saint Helen's Island and the artificial island Notre Dame Isla ...

Parc Lafontaine La Fontaine Park (french: Parc La Fontaine) is a urban park located in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Named in honour of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, The park's features include two linked ponds with a fountain ...

Place Émilie-Gamelin Place Émilie-Gamelin (known informally as Berri Square, french: Square Berri) is a city square in central Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was created to mark the 350th anniversary of the city. Bordered by Berri Street, Saint Hubert Street, Sainte Cat ...

Plains of Abraham The Plains of Abraham (french: Plaines d'Abraham) is a historic area within the Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Quebec, anada. It was established on 17 March 1908. The land is the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which took place ...

Saint Helen's Island Saint Helen's Island (french: Île Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. It is situated immediately offshore from Old Mont ...

References

External links

Sépaq official site
(Parcs Quebec)
Parks Canada official site
{{Canada topic, List of protected areas of, Protected areas of Canada

Protected areas Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...