Canada
10 wing and kite foil spots, with conditions, best season and the schools and rental stations at each.
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Mar–Jun · Sep–Oct
A prairie reservoir north of Lethbridge, far from any ocean yet one of Canada's windiest spots, where westerly flows from the Rockies spread out over the plains…
1 center · Lessons Lake Champlain – Venise-en-Québec Quebec- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- May–Oct
A village at the northern tip of Lake Champlain, an hour from Montreal, and the local spot for Quebec's riders. Southerly and westerly winds blow over shallow…
1 center · Lessons
Lake Huron – Sauble Beach
Ontario
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Miles of natural sandy shore on the Bruce Peninsula, with chop and waves from Lake Huron in winds from south-south-west to north-north-west of 12–30 knots…
Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Apr–May · Sep–Nov
One of Canada's largest lakes, an hour north of Winnipeg, with sandy beaches such as Grand Beach and the Sunset Bowl, a low, U-shaped sand island 800 m offshore…
Lamèque Island
New Brunswick
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Apr–Sep
An island on New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula with a kite park on a waist-deep lagoon with a sandy bottom, glassy flat in places and ideal for learning, and…
Magdalen Islands – Havre-aux-Basques Quebec- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Jun–Oct
An archipelago in the Gulf of St Lawrence with steady winds, shallow lagoons, cliffs and endless beaches, Canada's hidden gem for kite and wing. The bay of…
3 centers · Lessons
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- May–Oct
Canada's small maritime province. Kite Point, or Princetown Point, on Malpeque Bay near Kensington is the island's favourite spot, with flat, shallow water kept…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Squamish
British Columbia
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- May–Sep
A summer thermal funnels up Howe Sound between mountains and hits the Squamish Spit at 15–30 knots most afternoons from May to September, over flat to lightly…
5 centers · Lessons, Rental
Toronto – Cherry Beach
Ontario
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Toronto's city spot on Lake Ontario, with a view of the skyline. North-easterlies give flat water and south-south-westerlies clean, full wind with chop and…
2 centers · Lessons
Vancouver Island – Nitinat Lake
British Columbia
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Jun–Sep
A tidal lake a short distance inland from the west coast of Vancouver Island, reached by logging roads. Whenever it is sunny to the east, a thermal of 15–30…
Schools and rental
14 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
Founded in 1986, the largest kite, windsurf, wing and foil shop and school in eastern Canada, based by Lake Champlain.
Aerial Kiteboarding SquamishA kite school in Squamish that also teaches wing foiling.
Aerosport Les Îles Magdalen Islands – Havre-aux-BasquesThe Magdalen Islands' first kite school, opened in 1998, teaching kite, wing and foil.
CCS Kite Club Prince Edward IslandPrivate kite and kitefoil lessons and Core gear rental at Kite Point on Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island.
Element Sports Keho LakeAlberta kite and snowkite school with IKO instructors who teach wherever the wind is, including Keho Lake.
InFlow Adventure SquamishWing foil courses on Howe Sound with certified coaches and small groups, including a twelve-hour beginner course.
Kite Arcade Prince Edward IslandNova Scotia kite shop that also teaches in Prince Edward Island in spring, summer and autumn.
PB Kiteboarding Toronto – Cherry BeachToronto kite, wing and snowkite shop since 2004, teaching lessons at Cherry Beach, Woodbine and Ashbridges Bay.
Plein Vent Les Îles Magdalen Islands – Havre-aux-BasquesA kite school teaching in a shallow lagoon.
Squamish Watersports SquamishBoat-assisted wing foil lessons in Squamish with all gear, wetsuits, hot showers and a hot tub.
Squamish Wind Sports School SquamishCertified hydrofoil and kite lessons in Squamish at several levels.
We Love Kiteboarding Toronto – Cherry BeachIKO lessons at Cherry Beach, Woodbine and Ashbridges Bay in Toronto, where the Tommy Thompson Park arm keeps the water flat.
West Coast Wind Sports SquamishWest Coast Wind Sports runs a First Flight Camp for newcomers to wing foiling in Squamish.
Wind aux Îles Magdalen Islands – Havre-aux-BasquesA windsurf and wing foil school with a private site and jet ski sessions for advanced wingers.