THE ONTARIO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Erie/Ontario Lake Plain setting.
Ontario town has 32.4 square miles of land in Wayne County. Its Census reference point is in Erie/Ontario Lake Plain, 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
Ontario and Wayne County
Ontario is associated with Wayne 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.
Ontario by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Ontario, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 56.1 percentage points lower than the 56.3% recorded for Wayne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ontario town has 8 times the land area of nearby Ontario CDP (4.03 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

