Michigan Beach, Sandy beach and residential area on Lake Ontario, Canada

Michigan Beach is a beach and residential settlement on the shore of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada, about 400 km southwest of Ottawa. The surrounding area is densely built up and densely populated, with roughly 1,361 residents per square kilometre. It lies within the Niagara Region, whose largest city is St. Catharines.

Michigan Beach lies in St. Catharines, Niagara Region, on land ceded by the Mississaugas to the British Crown in 1782 for European settlement. Loyalists arrived in the 1780s, and early histories name Serjeant Jacob Dittrick and Private John Hainer among the first settlers, taking Crown patents in 1790 where Dick's Creek meets Twelve Mile Creek. The first Welland Canal, built 1824–1833, made St. Catharines the hub of commerce and industry for the Niagara Peninsula.

Michigan Beach lies in St. Catharines, the Niagara Region city nicknamed "The Garden City" for its 4 square kilometres of parks, gardens and trails. The surrounding city holds a place in Black Canadian history: the Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church, was established in 1855 on land William Hamilton Merritt granted, and Harriet Tubman lived in St. Catharines.

Michigan Beach lies on the Lake Ontario shore in St. Catharines, Ontario, about 51 km south of Toronto across the lake. The surrounding area is densely built up, with roughly 1,361 residents per square kilometre, so the shoreline is reached through residential streets rather than open countryside.

Michigan Beach lies in Ontario, about 400 km southwest of Ottawa, in a densely built-up area with roughly 1,361 residents per square kilometre. The surrounding shoreline is part of St. Catharines, the Niagara Region city that grew around the first Welland Canal, built from 1824 to 1833.