Best Kitespots in Canada
90 spots · North America
Kite days peak in June at 35 %.
Median of 40 spots with model data, one per grid cell.
- Kite spots
- 90 spots
- Median kite days
- 38 % of days
- median spot, over the year
- Water
- 8 °C
- median, 2023 to 2025
Kitesurfing in Canada
Canada has 90 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 38 % kite days over the year; Iles-de-la-Madeleine leads with 72 %. The spots spread over 11 regions.
Water -1 to 19 °C over the year.
Best time to visit Canada
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Kite days at the median spot range from 24 % in July to 47 % in November.
Water -1 °C in February to 19 °C in August. Air -2 °C in February to 20 °C in August, day maximum.
Kitesurfing in Canada: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf in Canada?
No month reaches 50 % kite days at the median spot. The windiest month is November with 47 %, from 2017 to 2025.
Which is the best kite spot in Canada?
Iles-de-la-Madeleine has the most kite days in Canada: 72 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.
How warm is the water in Canada?
The water ranges from -1 °C in February to 19 °C in August at the median spot. Wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves in February, 3/2 in August.
Regions by month
Median kite days of the spots in each region.
Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 32 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 29 |
| New Brunswick | 70 | 74 | 68 | 65 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 75 | 69 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 53 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 45 | 39 | 31 | 33 | 46 | 46 | 57 | 58 |
| Quebec | 26 | 35 | 39 | 39 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 30 | 36 | 32 |
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Water temperature by region and month
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 8 °C | 8 °C | 8 °C | 9 °C | 12 °C | 14 °C | 15 °C | 16 °C | 15 °C | 12 °C | 10 °C | 10 °C |
| New Brunswick | -1 °C | -1 °C | -1 °C | 2 °C | 7 °C | 12 °C | 19 °C | 20 °C | 17 °C | 13 °C | 7 °C | 1 °C |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | 1 °C | 4 °C | 7 °C | 13 °C | 15 °C | 14 °C | 12 °C | 8 °C | 4 °C |
| Quebec | -1 °C | -1 °C | -1 °C | 2 °C | 5 °C | 10 °C | 13 °C | 13 °C | 12 °C | 9 °C | 4 °C | 1 °C |
Median water temperature of the spots in each region, 2023 to 2025, from the Open-Meteo marine archive.
Top spots outside our destinations
Good spots that no kiteCOMPASS destination covers yet, ranked by kite days per year.
Kite days per year, % of days
- 1Iles-de-la-Madeleine
Canada
72 % - 2Miscou Lighthouse
Canada
69 % - 3Pigeon Hill Harbour
Canada
68 % - 4Camping Gionnet
Canada
68 % - 567 %
- 6Campbell Point
Canada
65 % - 7Ste-Marie-St-Raphael
Canada
64 % - 8Puvirnituq
Canada
57 % - 9Point Michaud
Canada
57 % - 10Manuels Beach
Canada
54 %
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By region
Newfoundland and Labrador
4 spots · 50 % kite days per year
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All spots in Canada
Iles-de-la-Madeleine leads with 72 % kite days per year, followed by Miscou Lighthouse (69 %) and Pigeon Hill Harbour (68 %).
Kite days per year, % of days
- 1Iles-de-la-Madeleine
Canada
72 %Kite days by month at Iles-de-la-Madeleine: Jan 80 %, Feb 79 %, Mar 80 %, Apr 76 %, May 68 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 72 %, Oct 72 %, Nov 78 %, Dec 77 % - 2Miscou Lighthouse
Canada
69 %Kite days by month at Miscou Lighthouse: Jan 68 %, Feb 75 %, Mar 74 %, Apr 66 %, May 66 %, Jun 68 %, Jul 62 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 65 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 78 %, Dec 69 % - 3Pigeon Hill Harbour
Canada
68 %Kite days by month at Pigeon Hill Harbour: Jan 73 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 72 %, Apr 67 %, May 61 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 60 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 79 %, Dec 73 % - 4Camping Gionnet
Canada
68 %Kite days by month at Camping Gionnet: Jan 71 %, Feb 75 %, Mar 71 %, Apr 66 %, May 64 %, Jun 67 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 77 %, Dec 69 % - 67 %
Kite days by month at Chiasson Office (Lagoon Side): Jan 71 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 67 %, May 63 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 63 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 76 %, Dec 72 % - 667 %
Kite days by month at Chiasson Office (Ocean Side): Jan 71 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 67 %, May 63 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 63 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 76 %, Dec 72 % - 7Campbell Point
Canada
65 %Kite days by month at Campbell Point: Jan 70 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 68 %, Apr 65 %, May 59 %, Jun 57 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 75 %, Dec 71 % - 8Ste-Marie-St-Raphael
Canada
64 %Kite days by month at Ste-Marie-St-Raphael: Jan 70 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 66 %, Apr 64 %, May 59 %, Jun 58 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 60 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 75 %, Dec 69 % - 9Puvirnituq
Canada
57 %Kite days by month at Puvirnituq: Jan 42 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 59 %, May 60 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 66 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 55 % - 10Point Michaud
Canada
57 %Kite days by month at Point Michaud: Jan 63 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 64 %, May 55 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 50 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 67 %, Dec 66 % - 11Manuels Beach
Canada
54 %Kite days by month at Manuels Beach: Jan 57 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 63 %, Apr 64 %, May 49 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 37 %, Aug 37 %, Sep 48 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 62 % - 12Bellevue Beach
Canada
53 %Kite days by month at Bellevue Beach: Jan 50 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 64 %, May 51 %, Jun 52 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 47 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 53 %, Dec 55 % - 13Petit- Pokemouche
Canada
52 %Kite days by month at Petit- Pokemouche: Jan 55 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 53 %, May 51 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 61 % - 14Camping Jeannot
Canada
51 %Kite days by month at Camping Jeannot: Jan 57 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 55 %, May 48 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 38 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 48 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 61 %, Dec 59 % - 15Petite Lamèque La Bloc
Canada
51 %Kite days by month at Petite Lamèque La Bloc: Jan 57 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 55 %, May 48 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 38 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 48 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 61 %, Dec 59 %
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- 16 Point Canot, Grande Batture 51 %
- 17 Pointe-Canot 51 %
- 18 Two Gut Pond 48 %
- 19 Calvin Bay 48 %
- 20 Chestermans Beach 47 %
- 21 Cox Bay 47 %
- 22 Souris Beach 43 %
- 23 Place de Ste-Luce 42 %
- 24 Stoney Beach 41 %
- 25 Princetown Point 38 %
- 26 Lake Ontario / Frenchman's Bay 37 %
- 27 Jordan River 37 %
- 28 Victoria 37 %
- 29 Dorcas Bay 36 %
- 30 Long Point 36 %
- 31 Lake St.Clair 35 %
- 32 Plage Cartier 35 %
- 33 Mitchell's Bay 35 %
- 34 Boundry Bay 33 %
- 35 Lake Erie 33 %
- 36 Kettle Point 33 %
- 37 Pointe aux Outardes 30 %
- 38 Nootka Island 30 %
- 39 Pleasant Beach 29 %
- 40 Lake Huron / Zion 28 %
- 41 Long Beach 28 %
- 42 Wickannish 28 %
- 43 Lake Diefenbaker 27 %
- 44 Cassie Cape 27 %
- 45 Raferty Dam 27 %
- 46 Oldman River Dam Reservoir Park 26 %
- 47 Last Mountain Lake 26 %
- 48 Rathtrevor Beach 26 %
- 49 Oliphant 25 %
- 50 Wasaga Beach 25 %
- 51 Pointe Des Chenes 24 %
- 52 Sandbanks Provincial Park 23 %
- 53 Allenwood Beach 23 %
- 54 Cooking Lake 22 %
- 55 Comox Spit 21 %
- 56 Bamfield 21 %
- 57 White Bear Lake 21 %
- 58 St-Prime 20 %
- 59 Lake Winnipeg 19 %
- 60 Lac Saint-Louis 19 %
- 61 Lac Saint-Jean 18 %
- 62 Lagoon City 17 %
- 63 Keho Lake 17 %
- 64 Lesser Slave Lake 15 %
- 65 Buffalo Lake 15 %
- 66 Lac la Biche 14 %
- 67 Pointe du Lac 13 %
- 68 La Fleche 13 %
- 69 Pigeon Lake 12 %
- 70 Beauport Bay 11 %
- 71 L'Isle-aux-Coudres 10 %
- 72 Lake Baskatong 10 %
- 73 Lake Saint Ann 10 %
- 74 Eagle Lake 9 %
- 75 Sylvan Lake 9 %
- 76 Aylmer Beach 8 %
- 77 Goose Bay Beach 8 %
- 78 Kitsilano Beach 5 %
- 79 Nitinat Lake Camping 1 %
- 80 Alcan Beach 0 %
- 81 Lake Nitinat 0 %
- 82 Osoyoos Lake 0 %
- 83 Breakwater Beach 0 %
- 84 Columbia Lake 0 %
- 85 Gruchies Beach on Lakelse Lake 0 %
- 86 Lake Nimpkish 0 %
- 87 Okanagan Lake 0 %
- 88 Skeena 0 %
- 89 Skeena River Khyex 0 %
- 90 Squamish Spit 0 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Kite days by month for Canada: median of 40 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.
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