Hanlan's Point Beach

Hanlan's Point Beach
Rainbow Road, Hanlan's Point Beach
TypePublic nude beach
LocationToronto, Ontario
Coordinates43°37′11.1″N 79°23′38.4″W / 43.619750°N 79.394000°W / 43.619750; -79.394000
EstablishedNovember 1880 (1880-11)
Operated byToronto Parks
HabitatsFreshwater coastal sand dunes
DesignationEnvironmentally Significant Area (Toronto); Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (Ontario)
WebsiteHanlan's Point

Hanlan's Point Beach is a nude beach on The Island just offshore from downtown Toronto, Ontario. It stretches for 2 km along the western shoreline of Hanlan’s Point, facing the open waters of Lake Ontario. Recognized by the City of Toronto as one of the ten oldest surviving queer spaces in the world, it is also Canada’s oldest surviving queer space and the site of the country’s first Gay Pride in 1971.