Explore L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for L'Ascension, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of L'Ascension and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to L'Ascension.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | L'Ascension |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | L'Ascension; Antoine-Labelle |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.552183 |
| Longitude | -74.829279 |
| Population | 899 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EQJSO |
L'Ascension is a municipality in L'Ascension; Antoine-Labelle, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. L'Ascension is located at 46.5522°N, 74.8293°W.
L'Ascension sits quiet and deliberate, anchored by the persistent flow of the Rivière Rouge. It lies 51.4 km north-north-west of Mont-Tremblant, QC (from Mont-Tremblant, QC: bearing 340°T), and is situated 31.2 km north-north-west of Labelle. The water here holds a particular clarity, reflecting the sky with a sharp, silver intensity that makes the surrounding woods seem deeper and more profound. Lac Sarrazin rests nearby, offering a stillness that contrasts with the constant, low-frequency hum of the river current. As the light begins to fail, the air takes on a crisp, cooling weight, settling over the terrain like a heavy wool blanket. While Parc national du Mont-Tremblant waits thirty-nine kilometers away, the immediate surroundings of L'Ascension possess a singular, inward-looking gravity, defined by the way the shadows stretch long and thin across the earth before the sun dips entirely from view. The history of L'Ascension lingers in the sturdy architecture of its buildings and the persistent industry of its people, who have long looked to the land and the timber for their livelihood. Life in L'Ascension follows the seasons with a steady, predictable grace, moving between the demands of the harvest and the long, silent endurance of winter. Local traditions are kept with a quiet intensity, marking the passage of time through small, meaningful gestures rather than grand spectacles. Whether one is watching the mist rise from the banks of the Rivière Rouge or observing the routine movements of the morning, the character of L'Ascension reveals itself in the honest, unadorned way the residents maintain their connection to this specific stretch of the Canadian landscape.
L'Ascension déploie ses habitations sur les rives de la Rivière Rouge, où l'eau semble ralentir sa course pour mieux épouser les courbes du terrain accidenté. Dans cette contrée des Hautes-Laurentides, la lumière du crépuscule s’attarde longuement sur les surfaces planes, révélant la proximité immédiate du Lac Sarrazin dont le miroir immobile capte les derniers éclats du jour. Le sol, marqué par une longue tradition agricole et forestière, conserve une rudesse noble, façonnée par des générations de défricheurs qui ont su tirer leur subsistance de cette terre exigeante. À une distance de trente-neuf kilomètres, le Parc national du Mont-Tremblant dessine une ligne d'horizon plus sauvage, rappelant aux habitants de L'Ascension que leur univers se trouve confiné entre ces reliefs protecteurs et le murmure constant du courant. L'air y possède une fraîcheur limpide, celle des matins où la brume monte lentement des berges, imprégnant les gestes quotidiens d’une patience toute naturelle. Ici, le rythme de vie s'ajuste à la rigueur du climat continental, transformant chaque changement de saison en une nécessité vitale. Entre l'activité des terres cultivées et la présence apaisante du Lac Sarrazin, L'Ascension maintient une existence sobre, tournée vers une horizontalité paisible que seule la Rivière Rouge vient ponctuer de son éternel mouvement.
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Explore L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.552183, -74.829279. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for L'Ascension includes the postal code (J0T), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for L'Ascension is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |