Explore Birch Cliff, Ontario, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birch Cliff, Ontario. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Ontario or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Birch Cliff and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Birch Cliff.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Birch Cliff |
| Type | Urban Community |
| Province / Territory | Ontario (ON) |
| Location | York |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 43.68893 |
| Longitude | -79.27323 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | M1N |
| Area Code | 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | FAYKN |
Birch Cliff is a urban community in York, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Birch Cliff is located at 43.6889°N, 79.2732°W.
Birch Cliff stands as a quiet watchman perched upon the elevated ridges that overlook the vast, slate-grey expanse of Lake Ontario. It lies 10.0 km south-east of Toronto, ON (from Toronto, ON: bearing 126°T), and is situated 13.7 km south-east of North York. The terrain rises sharply from the water’s edge, where the land pushes upward toward Heise Hill, grounding the neighborhood in a topography defined by sudden, steep slopes and shifting earth. At dusk, the light catches the moisture rising from the lake, turning the air into a translucent veil that softens the hard lines of the residential streets. While the Don River flows through the distant landscape some 8 km away, the immediate horizon of Birch Cliff belongs entirely to the lake, which dictates the cooling winds and the persistent humidity of the seasons. History in Birch Cliff persists in the older homes that anchor the bluff, reflecting a legacy of growth that once favored those seeking a reprieve from the density of the city. The local economy finds its footing in small-scale commerce and service-oriented businesses that cater to the daily needs of those who reside along the crest. Though the wilderness of Parc urbain national du Canada de la Rouge stretches out 27 km away, the residents of Birch Cliff maintain a more intimate relationship with the immediate shoreline, where the sound of waves hitting the base of the cliffs becomes a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the noise of passing cars. People move through their days with a focus on the practical, yet the proximity to such a large body of water ensures that the mood of the inhabitants shifts in accordance with the weather moving across the open expanse.
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Explore Birch Cliff, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 43.68893, -79.27323. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Birch Cliff includes the postal code (M1N), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Birch Cliff is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |