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Ontario & The Prairie Provinces
ONTARIO [ ↑ ]
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NUDE BEACHES
Ontario's premier nude beach is located on an island in Lake Ontario just offshore from Toronto. Hanlan's Point Beach 43.6189N, 79.3933W [1] was made a legal nude beach in 1999, and since then it has evolved from an obscure nude beach to a very popular one. Accessible only by passenger ferry, the beach is just a few kilometers from Toronto's distinctive skyline, but it is a world of its own. Also in the Toronto area, Beechgrove Beach 43.7592N, 79.1530W [2] is a much lesser known and more lightly attended lakeshore beach located in the eastern suburb of Scarborough.
Toronto is toward the west end of Lake Ontario. Going toward the east end of the lake, Sandbanks Beach 43.9148N, 77.2946W [3] is located in a provincial park near the town of Belleville. It is a beach that goes on and on from a single point of access, and nude bathers are often dispersed along the vast expanse in spite of park signs that advise that nudity is not allowed.
In southern Ontario about halfway between Detroit (Michigan) and Buffalo (New York), there are two beaches on Lake Erie that attract small numbers of nudists. Both are within an hour's drive south of London. Port Burwell West Beach 42.6489N, 80.8341W [1] in Port Burwell is the better established for bare bathing and is likely to have the most nudists, although crowds are never very large. John E. Pearce Provincial Park 42.6047N, 81.4367W [2] near Wallacetown draws limited crowds due to access difficulties.
LODGING
Sunny Glades
42.6110N, 81.9003W 
Bothwell (between London and Windsor)
Sunward Naturist Park
45.2537N, 76.7091W 
Calabogie (west of Ottawa)
East Haven Sun Club
45.3576N, 75.1039W 
Casselman (southeast of Ottawa)
Ponderosa Resort
43.3656N, 80.0764W 
Freelton (between Hamilton and Guelph)
The Ridge
43.8785N, 80.2786W 
Grand Valley (northwest of Toronto)
Cedars Campground
43.3269N, 80.0403W 
Millgrove (Hamilton)
Bare Oaks
44.1489N, 79.3712W 
Sharon (north of Toronto)
Riverside RV Campground
44.5685N, 77.3006W 
Tweed (between Toronto & Ottawa)
The Point Tent & Trailer Resort
42.7177N, 80.3587W 
Vittoria (near Lake Erie)
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THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES—Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta [ ↑ ]
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NUDE BEACHES
Canada's prairie provinces—Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta—seem incongruous with nude beaches, being located north of Montana and North Dakota, but each province has a few places that attract nude bathers.
Manitoba has two nude beaches, but they are essentially the same place—sort of. About 90 kilometers northeast of Winnipeg on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, Patricia Beach 50.4287N, 96.5986W [2] and Beaconia Beach 50.4348N, 96.5886W [2] are nearly adjacent, separated by a small channel of water. While these beaches are within sight of one another and are essentially mirror images, it is not especially convenient to get from one beach to the other. The particular geography of the area has resulted in Beaconia evolving into a virtually all-gay nude beach, while Patricia is preferred by straight nudists. Both beaches are well attended, making them the most established nude beaches in the prairie provinces.
Likewise in Saskatchewan, the small city of Saskatoon also has two nude beaches—one straight and one gay, by custom. While both are sandbars on the South Saskatchewan River, they are about 8 kilometers apart as the crow flies but nearly 40 kilometers apart by car. Cranberry Flats 52.0233N, 106.7064W [2], on the east side of the river and closer to the city, is preferred by gay nudists. Paradise Beach 51.9743N, 106.7749W [2], on the west side of the river, is the choice of straight nudists. Both beaches are lightly attended.
The oldest known nude beach venue in Alberta is a remote area of the Weaselhead Flats 50.9923N, 114.1622W [2], a wetlands area along the Elbow River in Calgary. This once-obscure site has gained a bit of traction since it has been documented and promoted by a local naturist group. In 2020, the same group established an easier-to-reach naturist site in Calgary called Hidden Beach 50.9297N, 114.0581W [2], located in an off-the-beaten path corner of the Glennfield Day-Use Area of Fish Creek Provincial Park. Farther north in the province, Cottontail Corner 53.3579N, 113.7663W [2] near Edmonton is an area along the North Saskatchewan River that has the distinction of being Canada's northernmost nude beach, and it is also one of the newest, established circa 2013.
LODGING—Manitoba
Naturist Legacy
50.2691N, 96.7206W 
Libau (northeast of Winnipeg)
LODGING—Saskatchewan
Green Haven Sun Club
50.5539N, 104.1365W 
Balgonie (northeast of Regina)
LODGING—Alberta
Eagle Creek Campground
52.9069N, 115.0073W 
Alder Flats (southwest of Edmonton)
Sunny Chinooks Campground
51.7971N, 114.6394W 
Sundre (northwest of Calgary)
Helios
53.3669N, 112.6629W 
Tofield (southeast of Edmonton)
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