List of Canadian islands by area

This is a list of Canadian islands, as ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi).

Islands over 1,000 km²
Rank World rank Island's name Area (km²) Area (sq mi) Location Permanent population (2016) Notes References
15Baffin Island507,451 195,928Nunavut13,148Population does not include Cape Dorset and Qikiqtarjuaq. Both lie on small islands just off the coast of Baffin Island.[1][2]
28Victoria Island217,291 83,897Northwest Territories, Nunavut2,162Contains the world's largest island within an island within an island.[1][2][3][4]
310Ellesmere Island196,236 75,767Nunavut191Population includes Grise Fiord, Alert and Eureka.[1][2]
416Newfoundland108,860 42,030Newfoundland and Labrador492,519Population obtained by subtracting the population of Labrador from the total population.[1][5][6]The largest island in the country outside the Arctic.
524Banks Island70,028 27,038Northwest Territories113[1][3]
627Devon Island55,247 21,331Nunavut0The largest uninhabited island on Earth.[1]
732Axel Heiberg Island43,178 16,671Nunavut0[1]
833Melville Island42,149 16,274Northwest Territories, Nunavut0[1]
934Southampton Island41,214 15,913Nunavut891[1][2]
1040Prince of Wales Island33,339 12,872Nunavut0[1]
1143Vancouver Island31,285 12,079British Columbia813,543[1][7]
1246Somerset Island24,786 9,570Nunavut0Site of Fort Ross, Nunavut, last trading post established by the Hudson's Bay Company.[1]
1354Bathurst Island16,042 6,194Nunavut0Site of Brooman Point Village, a Dorset, Paleo-Eskimo and Thule village.[1]
1455Prince Patrick Island15,848 6,119Northwest Territories0Home of the now abandoned Mould Bay Weather Station.[1]
1561King William Island13,111 5,062Nunavut1,324John Franklin abandoned his ships in the area.[1][2]
1669Ellef Ringnes Island11,295 4,361Nunavut0Home of Isachsen, a formerly manned weather station, but now an Automated Surface Observing System[1]
1772Bylot Island11,067 4,273Nunavut0Although uninhabited Inuit from Pond Inlet travel to the island.[1]
1877Cape Breton Island10,311 3,981Nova Scotia132,010[1][8]
1978Prince Charles Island9,521 3,676Nunavut0[1][2]
2090Anticosti Island7,941 3,066Quebec218[1][9]
2197Cornwallis Island6,995 2,701Nunavut198[1][2]
22101Graham Island6,361 2,456British Columbia4,475[1]
23104Prince Edward Island5,620 2,170Prince Edward Island142,907[1][10]
24107Coats Island5,498 2,123Nunavut0The last home of the Sadlermiut people.[1]
25111Amund Ringnes Island5,255 2,029Nunavut0[1]
26116Mackenzie King Island5,048 1,949Northwest Territories, Nunavut0[1]
27127Stefansson Island4,463 1,723Nunavut0[1]
28158Mansel Island3,180 1,230Nunavut0[1]
29161Akimiski Island3,001 1,159Nunavut0Part of the Attawapiskat First Nation's traditional territory[1]
30170Borden Island2,794 1,079Northwest Territories, Nunavut0[1]
31172Manitoulin Island2,766 1,068Ontario13,255World's largest lake island.[11][12]
32175Moresby Island2,608 1,007British Columbia296[1][13]
33188Cornwall Island2,358 910Nunavut0[1]
34192Princess Royal Island2,251 869British Columbia0[1]
35197Richards Island2,165 836Northwest Territories0[1]
36209René-Levasseur Island2,020 780Quebec0World's second largest lake island.[11]
37228Air Force Island1,720 660Nunavut0First written record of the island's existence was in 1948.[1]
38250Flaherty Island1,585 612Nunavut882The largest of the Belcher Islands and the site of the southernmost community in Nunavut.[1][3]
39245Eglinton Island1,541 595Northwest Territories0[1]
40269Graham Island1,378 532Nunavut0[1]
41270Pitt Island1,375 531British Columbia0[1]
42272Nottingham Island1,372 530Nunavut0The island became uninhabited in October 1970[1]
43277Lougheed Island1,308 505Nunavut0[1]
44298Byam Martin Island1,150 440Nunavut0[1]
45301Wales Island1,137 439Nunavut0[1]
46302Île Vanier1,126 435Nunavut0[1]
47308Rowley Island1,090 420Nunavut0Site of an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at 69°04′01″N 079°03′54″W, and an Automated Surface Observing System.[1]
48311Cameron Island1,059 409Nunavut0From 1985 to 1996 the double-hulled tanker M.V.Arctic shipped the light crude from Bent Horn in the south-west of the island to Montreal[1]
49319Resolution Island1,015 392Nunavut0Site of CFS Resolution Island.[1]

See also

References
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  2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nunavut)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  3. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Northwest Territories)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  4. Wolchover, Natalie (January 24, 2012). "World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island Seen on Google Earth". LiveScience. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  5. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  6. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Labrador [Federal electoral district], Newfoundland and Labrador and Newfoundland and Labrador [Province] (Labrador)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  7. "Sub-provincial Population Estimates". BC Stats. Retrieved 2018-08-08.The largest island on the Pacific coast of North America.
  8. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Cape Breton [Economic region], Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia [Province] (Cape Breton)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  9. "Census Profile, 2016 Census L'Île-d'Anticosti, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and Minganie--Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Census division [Census division], Quebec (L'Île-d'Anticosti)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  10. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Prince Edward Island [Province] and Canada [Country] (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  11. "Joshua Calder's World Island Info - Largest Lake Islands of the World". Worldislandinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  12. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Manitoulin, District [Census division], Ontario and Ontario [Province] (Manitoulin Island)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  13. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Sandspit, Unincorporated place [Designated place], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province] (Sandspit)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
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