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Ontario Beaches North of Toronto

Ontario Beaches For Summer Fun

Ontario beaches for swimming are within easy reach of Toronto GTA. Choose from public beaches with beach camping in parks or private beach resorts.  Beaches  provide many of the summer sports such as beach volleyball, water sports, swimming, fishing, boating and water skiing, 

Ontario Beaches

Ontario Beahes


Ontario Water Based Fun 

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Fall Beach Colours

Fall Beach Views

Haliburton Beach

Barry's Bay Beach

Orillia Beach

Algonguin Park Beach

Barry's Bay Beach

Barrie Beach

Orillia Beach

Canadians Love for Beach Holidays Starts on Victoria Holiday Weekend

TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- 
2012 Flip Flop Report: Study Examines Beach Goer Behaviours
With the unofficial start to summer the Victoria Day weekend,  this study tells Ontario residents something they already know. 
--the preferences of the typical beach-loving Canadian vacationer....Canada is among the most enthusiastic about beach vacations,
with 45 per cent of Canadians saying they prefer a beach vacation to all other types of vacations Beach story continues.....Highway 400 leads to most of Ontario's best beach locations.

An unlikely Beach getaway destination: Oshawa, Ontario
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This story is the second in a series about swimming in Lake Ontario. We hope you enjoyed this year's (2011) swimming season! Oshawa isn't typically associated ...

How to Pack a Lunch for the Beach
Visiting the beach during summer is about spending a lot of time there, including lunch time. If you do plan to stay for lunch, as well as ensuring you're properly covered up against the midday sun. Or, you can check out the beach resorts where they pack you a picnic lunch.

Beach Volleyball Tournament in Mactier
Muskoka Beach Volleyball Tournament Blast...
Friday, July 29th from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 30th from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Come out and demonstrate your athletic prowess at the Second Annual Blast sponsored by Labatt. The only one of its kind in Muskoka and it will be action packed and fun for everyone. BeachTeams will consist of six players each. Mactier is easily accessible of of Highway 400 north, More on Muskoka Ontario.

 

Featured Ontario Beaches
Algonquin
Barrie
Georgian Bay
Georgian Bay Tiny Beaches
Haliburton
Midland & Balm Beach
Orillia
Penetanguishene

Beach News

Barrie beaches are accessible for weekend trips via Go Transit..... Wasaga Beach for its Blue Flag rating....and beach safety is always newsworthy.  Clean  According to Blue Flag reports over the past few years Ontario has some of the best beaches, and many of those fresh water beaches state of cleanliness can be found at Waterkeeper Swim Guide. 2013 is the seventh year for Blue Flag designations.  Clean beaches and clean water makes for great family vacation fun. See updates on Ontario Beach news or 2013.

 

 

Awenda Beach-Near Penetang Northwinds Beach-Georgian Bay Algonguin Park Beach

Ontario Beach Resort Getaways-Private Beaches

Algonquin Area

Barrry's Bay Area

Blind River 

Callander

Clear Lake (Emsdale)

Collingwood/Blue Mountains

Georgian Bay Area

Haliburton

Huntsville

Kawartha Lakes

Kearny (north of Huntsville)

Lake Of Bays

Lake Bernard (north of Huntsville)

Lake Simcoe

Lake Eugenia (Flesherton)

Lake Nipissing (Monetville)

Magnetawan

Minett (Muskoka)

Muskoka Lakes

North Bay area (Redbridge)

Port Loring

Port Sydney 

Powassan

Temagami

Tomiko Lake (Crystal Falls)

Torrance

Trent-Severn (Sparrow Lake)

West Nipissing

Ontario Beach Directory - Public Beaches

Algonquin Area

Barrie

Belleville-Bay of Quinte, Ontario

Durham Region

  • Brock Beaverton North Beach
  • Beaverton South Beach
  • Thorah Centennial Park
  • Lakeview Beach West
  • Scugog Kinsmen Beach
  • Uxbridge Elgin Pond

Bruce County –Lake Huron

Georgian Bay –Lake Huron

Haliburton County

  • Twelve Mile Beach,
  • Bissett Beach,
  • Horseshoe Lake,
  • Forsters Beach
  • Rotary Park Minden
  • See Photo Gallery Haliburton Beaches

Huron County

  • Amberley Beach
  • Port Albert Beach
  • Goderich Main Beach
  • St. Christopher’s Beach
  • Black’s Point Road Beach
  • Bayfield Main Beach
  • Bayfield South Beach
  • Stanley Township Sideroad #10 beach
  • Grand Bend Beach
    http://www.huroncounty.ca/

Huntsville, Muskoka

Kincardine Ontario

  • Station Beach-Blue Flag Rated
  • Inverhuron Beach
  • Boiler Beach
  • Bruce Beach
  • Lorne Beach
  • Lurgan Beach

Lake of Bays

Lake Ontario Beaches (north of Toronto)

Lake Simcoe Beaches

Magnetawan

Midland

Muskoka Ontario Beaches

National Parks with Beaches

North Bay

Ottawa Area Beaches

Orillia

Oxtongue Lake

Owen Sound/Meaford/Thornbury/Craigleith

  • Beach across the road from Owen Sound Golf Course
  • Kelso Beach (Owen Sound)
  • Hibou (Owen Sound area)
  • Ainslie Woods (Owen Sound area)
  • Meaford Beach
  • Christie Beach (Meaford area)
  • Little River Beach (Thornbury)
  • County Beach (Thornbury)
  • Northwinds Beach (Craighleith)

Parry Sound

Penetanguishene

Port Carling

Sault Ste. Marie

Sudbury

Timmins

Wasaga Beach
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/wasa.html

West Nipissing

  • West Nipissing -Duschesnay Falls
  • Callander Bay -Nestled along the south-eastern shores of Lake Nipissing
  • Sturgeon Falls -On the West end of Nipissing, a bit East of Sudbury

York Region

  • Georgina Balfour Beach
  • Georgina Claredon Beach
  • Georgina De La Salle Beach
  • Georgina Franklin Beach
  • Georgina Holmes Point
  • Georgina Island Grove
  • Georgina Jackson's Point Beach
  • Georgina Keswick Beach (Church St.)
  • Georgina North Gwillimbury Park
  • Georgina Paradise/Willow Beach
  • Georgina Parkwood Crescent Beach(South Keswick – Glenwoods)
  • Georgina Penninsula Motel
  • Georgina Port Bolster Beach
  • King Recreation Island at Seneca College
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville Shadow Lake
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville Cedar Beach(Musselman's Lake)
  • Willow Beach Dock


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Beach Tips and Checklist

Equipment and beach gear needed for the perfect beach family vacation getaway:

  • beach chair
  • beach toys (pail, shovel)
  • beach towel
  • blanket
  • beach umbrella
  • beach bag
  • beach ball
  • volleyball
  • Sunscreen
  • Hats
  • beverages includes water
  • Sun glasses
  • Good books and Magazine

The above beaches in Ontario are only a small selection of the many beaches available.  To consider more beach locations check the Ontario Lakes, Rivers and Streams which combines the names of lakes with towns and cities.

Ontario Beaches Winter Wonderlands
Breaking waves and ice formation offer up photographic opportunities on beaches during a Canadian winter.  Many beaches offer nice flat walking,cross country skiing and snowshoeing for beginners.  Waterfowl migrations during late fall and early winter can be a birders best season sightings along Ontario shorelines waterfronts. See Barrie's Minet's point beach with visiting Trumpeter swans. 

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