Cardiff Ontario Map

About Cardiff, Ontario

Cardiff is a compact rural community in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Cardiff is located at 44.9994°N, 78.0137°W.

Cardiff rests nestled amongst the rolling, granite-rich hills of the Canadian Shield, where ancient forests of pine and hardwood meet the clear, cool waters of lakes that mirror the expansive sky. It lies 13.8 km south-west of Bancroft, ON (from Bancroft, ON: bearing 236°T), and is situated 27.8 km north-north-east of Apsley. The land here is a study in resilience, carved by glaciers and softened by millennia of wind and rain, presenting a rugged beauty that feels both untamed and deeply settled. The air, especially in the quiet hours of early morning, carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a clean, invigorating breath that speaks of the wild spaces that press in from all sides. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in luminous shafts, illuminating patches of moss-covered rock and the intricate patterns of ferns unfurling in the shaded undergrowth, a subtle artistry in the landscape. This corner of Haliburton County, known as Cardiff, has long been shaped by the earth’s bounty, its history intertwined with the extraction of minerals that lay hidden beneath its surface. For generations, quarrying operations, particularly for feldspar and quartz, provided the economic pulse of the area, leaving behind scarred but ultimately healing landscapes. The echoes of this industrial past are still present, not as a blight, but as a layer of human endeavor upon the natural world, a testament to the enduring connection between people and the resources of this particular terrain. Today, while tourism and cottage life have become significant, the quiet dignity of those who worked the rock endures, a subtle undercurrent in the unfolding narrative of Cardiff.

About This Cardiff Map Page

Explore Cardiff, 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: 44.99943, -78.01372. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Cardiff includes the postal code (K0L), 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.

Location data for Cardiff 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.