Explore Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, 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 Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec. 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 Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 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 Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans.
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 | Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans; L'Île-d'Orléans |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.0 |
| Longitude | -70.816667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ESBES |
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is a municipality in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans; L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is located at 47.0000°N, 70.8167°W.
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans occupies the easternmost reach of the island, standing watch where the widening St. Lawrence pulls away toward the sea. It lies 10.1 km east of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC (from Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC: bearing 100°T), and is situated 7.8 km south-east of Beaupré. The salt-heavy wind carries a distinct, sharp clarity, cooling the air as it moves over the Coteau Fortin and settles along the banks of the Rivière Dauphine. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic violet, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the water’s edge. While the Chutes Jean-Larose remain a distant landmark ten kilometers away and the silence of Le Petit Lac lies fifteen kilometers to the west, the immediate horizon of Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is defined by the immense, shifting presence of the river. Agriculture remains the pulse of the land, with long-tilled soil supporting the orchards and farms that have defined the island’s character for generations. The people of Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans maintain a quiet persistence, working the earth in a cycle dictated by the harsh winters and the brief, brilliant summers. This eastern tip of the island serves as a point of reflection, where the isolation of the landscape encourages a focus on the tangible—the quality of the harvest, the maintenance of the homestead, and the bracing influence of the river air. History here is found in the weathered wood of the oldest barns and the steady, unyielding resolve of those who choose to live where the island meets the vast, grey expanse of the St. Lawrence.
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans s'étire avec une patience séculaire le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve élargit son souffle sous une lumière qui semble suspendre l'heure. La terre, nourrie par une agriculture tenace, descend doucement vers les eaux de la Rivière Dauphine, dessinant un horizon où la ligne des champs rejoint l'immensité liquide. À proximité de Coteau Fortin, le relief garde la mémoire des premiers défrichements, ces gestes répétés qui ont façonné le caractère résolu de Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. Le silence y possède une texture particulière, à peine troublé par le passage des marées ou le murmure du vent qui remonte depuis le Petit Lac, lointain écho dans la topographie environnante, tandis que les Chutes Jean-Larose, situées à une dizaine de kilomètres, ajoutent leur fracas discret à la géographie du secteur. Les demeures, tournées vers le courant, conservent une simplicité austère, héritière d'une tradition où chaque récolte et chaque automne marquent le rythme intime des jours. Ici, l'air porte une fraîcheur saline, une sensation de bout de monde qui n'est pourtant que le début d'un vaste espace, offrant à celui qui s'y attarde une présence physique, presque tangible, de ce littoral québécois où le temps s'écoule avec la lenteur majestueuse du fleuve.
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Explore Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, 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: 47.0, -70.816667. 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 Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans includes the postal code (G5V), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). 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 Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 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) |