THE NIAGARA FALLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ontario Lowlands setting.
Niagara Falls city has 14.1 square miles of land in Niagara County. Its Census reference point is in Ontario Lowlands, within Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands.
Glacially shaped lowlands and irregular plains border the Great Lakes and adjacent hills. The lakes influence regional weather, while local landforms reflect both glacial deposits and former shorelines.
Regional context: Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Niagara Falls and Niagara County
Niagara Falls is associated with Niagara 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.
Niagara Falls by land and water
The Census records 2.75 square miles of water within Niagara Falls, or 16.3% of its total area. It is 37.8 percentage points lower than the 54.2% recorded for Niagara County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Niagara Falls city has 1.5 times the land area of nearby Niagara town (9.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

