Canada 
In numbers.
1.0m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jun
Oct
Best months
18m
Elevation
The water at Rapides du Cheval Blanc, month by month
It roars from March to May.
The fullest months: from March to May. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 1.0 m³/sJan
- 0.5 m³/sFeb
- 2.0 m³/sMar
- 3.4 m³/sApr
- 2.7 m³/sMay
- 1.7 m³/sJun
- 0.6 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.5 m³/sSep
- 1.7 m³/sOct
- 0.9 m³/sNov
- 1.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.39 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.4 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and October.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Rapids in Laval, Quebec, Canada
Rapides du Cheval Blanc is a waterfall in Canada.
Getting there.
- Pierrefonds-Roxboronearest town · 2.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,430 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at YUL airport (Montréal)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 120car parks
- —swimming spots
- 8picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- 56bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHampton, Novotel Montreal Aeroport, Tour Axial and 5 more
- 53restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Pierrefonds-Roxboro2.1 km in a straight line
- Roxboro2.2 km in a straight line
- Dollard-Des Ormeaux2.8 km in a straight line
- L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève5.7 km in a straight line
- Deux-Montagnes5.8 km in a straight line
- Chomedey6.5 km in a straight line
- Saint-Eustache7.7 km in a straight line
- Pointe-Claire7.9 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Night °C | -16 | -15 | -8 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | -2 | -11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 68 | 76 | 95 | 93 | 109 | 95 | 98 | 88 | 114 | 81 | 98 |
| Wet days | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 24 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (18 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 137% | 82% | 89% | 53% | 35% | 42% | 83% | 129% | 71% | 79% | 77% | 67% |
| 2021 | 68% | 80% | 68% | 72% | 20% | 67% | 86% | 40% | 80% | 93% | 82% | 70% |
| 2022 | 53% | 113% | 103% | 113% | 84% | 116% | 73% | 94% | 110% | 37% | 94% | 94% |
| 2023 | 112% | 83% | 71% | 105% | 53% | 73% | 174% | 109% | 31% | 111% | 63% | 124% |
| 2024 | 105% | 37% | 79% | 100% | 72% | 104% | 107% | 175% | 56% | 30% | 68% | 93% |
| 2025 | 48% | 117% | 87% | 88% | 86% | 46% | 66% | 58% | 48% | 91% | 101% | 61% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Rapides du Cheval Blanc
Canada
- —Height
- 1.0 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–Jun, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7294256) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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