Camping is the cheapest way to spend a week by a lake or in a national park, and Quebec has more than a thousand campgrounds: private sites with a pool and activities, national park campgrounds, rustic campsites, and ready-to-camp units in furnished tents, yurts, cabins or tiny houses for those without gear. This guide brings together Quebec’s campgrounds and ready-to-camp units, with each one’s listing, services and prices.
Our favourites
Parc national d’Oka, Laurentians. Thirty-five minutes from Montreal and open year-round, with serviced and unserviced sites and ready-to-camp units, including two tents adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Société de protection du lac Boisseau, La Conception, Laurentians. A tent or ready-to-camp unit right on the lakeshore at the foot of the climbing walls, with canoeing, kayaking and hiking trails close at hand.
Camping du Parc naturel régional de Portneuf, Saint-Alban. A quiet rustic campground, for tents, trailers or ready-to-camp units, from which to head out hiking, canoeing or to visit the Trou du Diable cave.
Camping Chalets la Luciole, Sainte-Luce, Bas-Saint-Laurent. Cottages and sites a few steps from the beach at Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer, with direct access to the sea and sunsets over the St. Lawrence.
Camping du parc national des Grands-Jardins, Charlevoix. A site for a tent, tent trailer or RV in the heart of nature, or a ready-to-camp unit at the Pied-des-Monts campground for travelling light.
Booking
National parks open reservations in winter and the best sites go within hours; private campgrounds are booked in spring for July and the construction holiday. Weeks in June and late August are much easier to get and often cheaper.
Choosing your site
On the listing, look at services (water, electricity, sewer), shade, distance to washrooms and the beach, and the noise policy: a family campground with activities does not offer the same evening as a rustic site. A site on the edge, away from the entrance, is the best compromise between quiet and convenience.
Packing right
For a first time, ready-to-camp avoids buying gear: the tent, beds and often the stove are on site. Otherwise, a written list (lamp, tarp, rope, fire starter, cooler, bug spray) prevents the omissions that ruin a night.
⛺ Campgrounds by region
QuebecAbitibi-TémiscamingueBas-Saint-LaurentCentre-du-QuébecCharlevoixChaudière-AppalachesCôte-NordEastern TownshipsEeyou Istchee Baie-JamesGaspésieÎles-de-la-MadeleineLanaudièreLaurentidesMauricieMontérégieOutaouaisSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Quebec
42 places
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
56 places
Bas-Saint-Laurent
59 places
Centre-du-Québec
36 places
Charlevoix
44 places
Chaudière-Appalaches
69 places
Côte-Nord
53 places
Eastern Townships
111 places
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James
9 places
Gaspésie
111 places
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
9 places
Lanaudière
80 places
Laurentides
91 places
Mauricie
69 places
Montérégie
78 places
Outaouais
72 places
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
93 places
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