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Somebody mentioned the "Gatineau" to, that's really local to "the Ottawa Region". I've only day-tripped and skied there, so I'd try Google for that, Gatineau camping -- the Quebec web sites might display French-first but (if you don't read French) they most likely have an English version, see e.g. the top-right corner of this web page. I imagine that anything in the Gatineau is likely to be very popular (i.e. need booking in advance), perhaps more than Algonquin, so more regulated. I think it's run by the "National Capital Commission" which is maybe federal rather than provincial. I guess it will be pleasant unless you don't like neighbours or something, but not backcountry, I think you're meant to stay on the official trails there.

Actually I haven't seen Canadian forest or woods that can easily walk through except on a designated pre-prepared trail, I don't know what it's like in Russia -- I think that in somewhere like Southern Ontario you're likely to be on a hiking trail or going by canoe (or kayak or whatever) and (if you're paddling) perhaps preferring to avoid paddling upstream by staying on lakes.

Yes I'd guess you can do that in a park (depending on how good the fishing is) -- except cutting firewood, though you can collect dead wood -- walking on a hiking trail and booking a camp-site.

Somebody mentioned the "Gatineau" too in a comment, that's really local to "the Ottawa Region". I've only day-tripped and skied there, so I'd try Google for that, Gatineau camping -- the Quebec web sites might display French-first but (if you don't read French) they most likely have an English version, see e.g. the top-right corner of this web page. I imagine that anything in the Gatineau is likely to be very popular (i.e. need booking in advance), perhaps more than Algonquin, so more regulated. I think it's run by the "National Capital Commission" which is maybe federal rather than provincial. I guess it will be pleasant unless you don't like neighbours or something, but not backcountry, I think you're meant to stay on the official trails there.

Actually I haven't seen Canadian forest or woods (or brush) that you could easily walk through except on a designated pre-prepared trail (or in winter on skis if the snow is really deep) -- I don't know what it's like in Russia -- I think that in somewhere like Southern Ontario you're likely to be on a hiking trail or going by canoe (or kayak or whatever) and (if you're paddling) perhaps preferring to avoid paddling upstream by staying on lakes.

Yes I'd guess you can do that in a park (depending on how good the fishing is) -- except cutting firewood, though you can collect dead wood -- walking on a hiking trail and booking a camp-site.

Or a lot of backcountry campsites might be intended for access by canoe, not on a hiking trail but e.g. on an island in a lake -- islands are good camping-spots.

You're not meant to cut trees and so on, you'd bring your own equipment -- i.e. tent and fuel and so on -- some people take canoes instead of hiking. You buy firewood pre-cut inside the park. Or I guess you can bring your own fuel, charcoal or gas or solid fuel tablets.

Yes I'd guess you can do that in a park (depending on how good the fishing is) -- except cutting firewood -- walking on a hiking trail and booking a camp-site.

Apparently when backcountry camping you are allowed to collect dead wood to burn though, so maybe that's all you want.

You're not meant to cut trees and so on. You'd bring your own equipment, i.e. tent -- and possibly fuel and so on too -- some people take canoes instead of hiking. You buy firewood pre-cut inside the park (and maybe aren't allowed to bring wood from outside). Or I guess you can bring your own fuel, charcoal or gas or solid fuel tablets.

Apparently when backcountry camping you are allowed to collect dead wood to burn -- so maybe that's all you want. You might not find any (dead wood lying around) at the popular road-accessible campgrounds, but you're not asking about those.

Yes I'd guess you can do that in a park (depending on how good the fishing is) -- except cutting firewood, though you can collect dead wood -- walking on a hiking trail and booking a camp-site.

You're not meant to cut trees and so on, you'd bring your own equipment -- i.e. tent and fuel and so on -- perhaps in a canoe rather than walking. You might buy firewood, I don't know if they sell it in the park or whether you buy it outside (perhaps from some farm along the main road, or at a store, perhaps even a more-rural supermarket). I think charcoal is easier to buy than wood, even in the city I think that people with gardens use charcoal for barbecues (so I'd expect that's sold in e.g. urban or suburban supermarkets). You can surely buy wood somewhere -- split logs, dried -- because people make camp-fires (in a fire-pit that's part of each camp-site).

No that doesn't sound to me like a "provincial park".

You're not meant to cut trees and so on, you'd bring your own equipment -- i.e. tent and fuel and so on -- some people take canoes instead of hiking. You buy firewood pre-cut inside the park. Or I guess you can bring your own fuel, charcoal or gas or solid fuel tablets.

No that doesn't sound to me like a "provincial park".

However, I'm not sure that in Canada you can just walk some 20 km to a lake in a forest, cut down some firewood and fish up you dinner without breaking any laws

Yes I'd guess you can do that in a park (depending on how good the fishing is) -- except cutting firewood -- walking on a hiking trail and booking a camp-site.

Apparently when backcountry camping you are allowed to collect dead wood to burn though, so maybe that's all you want.