Explore New Glasgow, 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.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Glasgow, 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 New Glasgow 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 New Glasgow.
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 | New Glasgow |
| Type | Village |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Sophie; La Rivière-du-Nord |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.834722 |
| Longitude | -73.877778 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5J |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EQWYV |
New Glasgow is a village in Sainte-Sophie; La Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. New Glasgow is located at 45.8347°N, 73.8778°W.
New Glasgow rests within the quiet embrace of the Laurentian foothills, defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Rivière Jourdain. It lies 11.8 km north-east of Saint-Jérôme, QC (from Saint-Jérôme, QC: bearing 56°T), and is situated 9.6 km north-north-west of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines. The land here holds the heavy, damp scent of pine and stone, where the earth tilts upward toward the Colline Lafontaine. Near the water, the air feels cooler, catching the mist that rises where the Chutes de New Glasgow break the current into white foam. At dusk, the light turns a bruised, metallic violet, clinging to the jagged edges of the terrain while the surface of the Rivière Jourdain mirrors the deepening sky in long, dark ribbons. The history of New Glasgow lingers in the sturdy lines of its older structures and the persistence of its local industry, which has long turned the resources of the surrounding woods and water to its advantage. Life in New Glasgow moves with a focused, deliberate energy, far removed from the sprawl of distant urban centers, even as the proximity to Lac Clearview offers a quiet sanctuary for those who watch the seasons shift across the water. While the grander scale of Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville sits at a distance, the immediate environment provides a rugged, intimate scale for those who work and dwell here. The local character is marked by an enduring resilience, a quiet pride in the way the land yields to human enterprise without ever truly surrendering its wild, northern core.
New Glasgow s'étire avec une patience tranquille sur les rives de la Rivière Jourdain, là où le sol semble retenir encore le murmure des anciens défrichements. Le relief s'élève doucement vers la Colline Lafontaine, offrant un horizon qui se dessine avec une sobriété presque paysanne sous les ciels changeants du Québec. À proximité immédiate, le fracas des Chutes de New Glasgow rythme le quotidien, imposant une présence constante et vivante qui accompagne le labeur des habitants. Plus loin, le Lac Clearview repose dans un silence minéral, miroir immobile reflétant la lumière déclinante qui colore les écorces et les champs. L'histoire de New Glasgow s'est construite sur cette terre travaillée, entre les méandres de l'eau et les pentes boisées qui dictaient autrefois le tracé des chemins. Aujourd'hui, la vie locale conserve ce lien ténu avec le paysage, un équilibre entre la rudesse des éléments et la douceur des soirées où l'air se rafraîchit. Malgré le passage des décennies, New Glasgow garde une allure de terre apprivoisée, où chaque sentier et chaque courbe de terrain racontent une persévérance silencieuse, loin des grandes agitations, à une distance respectable du Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville, laissant aux résidents la pleine mesure d'une nature restée fidèle à elle-même.
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Explore New Glasgow, 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: 45.834722, -73.877778. 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 New Glasgow includes the postal code (J5J), 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 New Glasgow 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) |