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List of social nudity places in North America

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This is a list of places where social nudity is practised in North America for recreation. This listing includes notable nude beaches and private resorts. This listing also includes places where female toplessness is permitted in jurisdictions where it is normally forbidden.

Anguilla Nude bathing on beaches is illegal in Anguilla.

Captain's Bay is a secluded beach where people bathe nude (illegally).

Antigua and Barbuda The only beach in Antigua and Barbuda with legally sanctioned nudity is Eden Beach. The beach is open to everyone but access is through the Hawksbill Resort. Guests at the resort have access to lounge chairs and umbrellas. The resort also staffs a small hut during the tourist season which offers cold drinks to resort guests.

Canada

Alberta CottonTail Corner Naturist Beach, near Edmonton GET NAKED BANFF is an annual activity in Banff National Park. Weaslehead Clothing-Optional Area located in Weaselhead Flats in Calgary Hidden Beach - Clothing Optional Area Fish Creek Provincial Park in Calgary Prince's Island Park - Clothing Optional Area located in downtown Calgary. Sunny Chinooks Camping Association has a landed campground for members near Sundre. Helios Nudist Association, between Edmonton and Tofield, is billed as North America's northernmost nudist camp. Nose Hill Park has been used as a within city limits hiking spot for naturists for years and is in a sort of legal grey area and can be legally justified with a lawful excuse. Many sports utilize parks for summer training and parks are used for many ethical purposes. Lawful excuse is not comprehensively defined, but rather evolves over time based on case law and the circumstances of the moment. The introduction of the “lawful excuse” provision introduces the opportunity for a defendant to provide evidence that could meet “an air of reality threshold test” and therefore allow an acquittal.

British Columbia British Columbia has thousands of kilometres of coastline and thousands of lakes, as well as millions of hectares of natural parks and undeveloped land. The vast majority of these areas are mostly uninhabited and nude swimming and sunbathing can be done with little concern for disturbing others. In the populated areas, particularly the Lower Mainland, Greater Victoria, and the Okanagan, nudity is generally practiced only in certain established or isolated locations (usually beaches) and on private properties.

Blackburn Lake, Salt Spring Island Brunswick Beach, Lions Bay Crescent Rock Beach, Surrey Little Tribune Bay, near the Tribune Bay Provincial Park on Hornby Island Lost Lake, Whistler Mission Flats Beach, Kamloops Nipple Point in Salmon Arm sees occasional nude use. Norrish Creek, Mission Prior Lake on Vancouver Island near Victoria Sol Sante Club, north of Victoria on Vancouver Island Van Tan Club, naturist club near North Vancouver Witty's Lagoon Regional Park in Metchosin near Victoria, at the southern extremity of the beach (beyond the painted "nude" signs on fallen trees) Wreck Beach is the second largest clothing-optional beach in North America with over 100,000 visitors each year. On the shore of the Georgia Strait and the north arm of the Fraser River, it is part of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, which is adjacent to the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver.

Manitoba Naturist Legacy Park, a family-oriented naturist park Patricia Beach

Newfoundland and Labrador Soldiers Pond in St. John's, unofficial clothing-optional swimming area

Nova Scotia Crystal Crescent Beach in Provincial Park, near Sambro, has a clothing-optional section.

Ontario All areas of Ontario, unless otherwise specified by town or city by-laws, allow both males and females to be topless in public.

Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park is a year-round facility north of Toronto in East Gwillimbury. Bare Cliffs Beach on Lake Meech in Gatineau Park, Quebec. East Haven Club in The Nation Jewel Lake Wilderness Park in North Bay Ponderosa Nature Resort in Flamborough Port Burwell Beach in Port Burwell Provincial Park Sandbanks Provincial Park has an unofficial nude beach area away from the mainstream beach area with signs posted against it. Sunny Glades Naturist Park in Bothwell Sunward Naturist Park in Calabogie

Toronto The city of Toronto permits nudity at public events, such as the World Pride Parade and the World Naked Bike Ride.

Bare Bluffs Beach, Toronto Hanlan's Point Beach on the Toronto Islands

Quebec Quebec has its own "Fédération québécoise de naturisme" (Quebec Naturism Federation). As the only French-speaking province in Canada, it has the distinction of having its own federation of francophones naturists. There are no officially recognized nude beaches in the province, but there are places that have secluded areas where nudity is accepted.

Parc national d'Oka (Oka National Park) Plage du Lac Simon, Duhamel Plage du Parc de la Pointe-Taillon, Lac Saint-Jean Plage de Boom Défense, Gaspé Peninsula Plage de Cap-aux-Oies, Charlevoix Les falaises dénudées du lac Meech, dans le parc de la Gatineau, unofficial nude beach

Montérégie Centre écologique et naturiste La Pommerie

Bas-Saint-Laurent Centre naturiste La Vieille Ferme

Centre-du-Québec Camping D.S.A

Lanaudière Centre naturiste l’Oasis inc.

Prince Edward Island Blooming Point Beach, in Prince Edward Island National Park along the northern shore of Prince Edward Island, contains an unofficial clothing-optional beach.

Saskatchewan Greenhaven Sun Club, naturist campground near Regina Paradise Beach (Bareass Beach), near Saskatoon

Costa Rica Montezuma Beach – Playa Grande Playa Playitas, west of Manuel Antonio National Park and south of Quepos

Cuba Cayo Largo Cayo Santa Maria La Mariela

Dutch Antilles

Bonaire

Curaçao Curaçao has no legal nude beaches. There are several beaches on the west end of the island that allow topless sunbathing.

The Natural Curaçao is a clothing-optional mini-resort in Willemstad that also offers boat trips.

Sint Maarten Club Orient, Orient Bay, family-friendly clothing-optional beach resort

French Antilles The following beaches in the French Antilles.

Guadeloupe Plage Anse Tarare (Beach) The naturist beach of Saint-François in Guadeloupe is Anse Tarare. It is the only officially naturist beach on the island. It is located near Pointe des Châteaux. Plage naturiste de Sainte-Rose (Beach) other naturist beach. Domaine naturiste Lizardy (Nudist hotel Bungalows)

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