Lac aux Canards
46.8343° N, 70.814° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac aux Canards, Quebec. 46.8343° N, 70.814° W
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borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-aux-canards-near-quebec/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- États trophiques des lacs (RSVL), Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP), Données Québec.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Lac aux Canards covers 1.17 km², making it larger than 77% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 1.9 km north of Morin.
- Area
- 1.17 km²
- larger than 77% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 6.2 km
- longer than 67% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 0.4 mSecchi depth, 2018
- less clear than 100% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 86 m
Today on the water
11.1 °C
Observed at Montmagny, as of 11:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northeast shore.
| Time | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 12. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Montmagny (local forecast), as of 11:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:22 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:52 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:07 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:37 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:42 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:25 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: hypereutrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 14 years between 2004 and 2018; the latest annual mean is 0.4 m.