THE CANANDAIGUA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges setting.
Canandaigua town has 56.8 square miles of land in Ontario County. Its Census reference point is in Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Canandaigua and Ontario County
Canandaigua is associated with Ontario County 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.
Canandaigua by land and water
The Census records 5.74 square miles of water within Canandaigua, or 9.2% of its total area. It is 6.4 percentage points higher than the 2.8% recorded for Ontario County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Canandaigua town has 12.4 times the land area of nearby Canandaigua city (4.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

