THE NEW CANAAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills setting.
New Canaan town has 22.2 square miles of land in Western Connecticut Planning Region. Its Census reference point is in Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Canaan and Western Connecticut Planning Region
New Canaan is associated with Western Connecticut Planning Region in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
New Canaan by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within New Canaan, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 16.4 percentage points lower than the 17.9% recorded for Western Connecticut Planning Region. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Canaan town has 14.3 times the land area of nearby New Canaan CDP (1.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.