List of Canadian islands by area

This is a list of Canadian islands as ordered by area. It includes all 51 islands with an area greater than 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi). The total area of these islands is 1,554,181.09 km2 (600,072.67 sq mi)

Islands over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi)

Rank World
rank		 Island[A] Area (2026)[B][2] Province or
territory		 Permanent
population
(2021)		 Notes Ref
(km2) (sq mi)
15Baffin Island507,204.95 195,832.93Nunavut13,039Largest in Canada, second in North America, and fifth in the world. Population does not include Kinngait (1,396) and Qikiqtarjuaq (593). Both of which do not lie on Baffin Island proper[3][4]
28Victoria Island219,191.31 84,630.24Northwest Territories, Nunavut2,168Contains the world's largest island within an island within an island.[3][5][6]
310Ellesmere Island197,790.33 76,367.27Nunavut144Canada's northernmost island. Population includes Grise Fiord, Alert and Eureka.[3]
415Newfoundland108,878.06 42,038.05Newfoundland and Labrador470,627The largest island in Canada outside the Arctic. Population estimated.[C][7][8]
524Banks Island70,191.02 27,100.90Northwest Territories104Robert McClure's ship, the HMS Investigator was found at Mercy Bay in 2010. The ship had been lost during the McClure Arctic expedition.[5][9]
627Devon Island55,535.39 21,442.33Nunavut0The largest uninhabited island in the world[10]
732Southampton Island43,069.35 16,629.17Nunavut1,035The only area in Nunavut, that does not use daylight saving time.[3][11]
833Melville Island42,330.26 16,343.80Northwest Territories, Nunavut0One of two major breeding grounds for the brant geese. DNA analysis and field observations suggest that these birds may be distinct from other brant stocks.[12]
934Axel Heiberg Island42,276.97 16,323.23Nunavut0Location of the McGill Arctic Research Station that was established in 1960[13]
1040Prince of Wales Island33,307.98 12,860.28Nunavut0The CBC series North of North is set in the fictional town of Ice Cove, which is situated on the island.[14]
1142Vancouver Island31,815.31 12,283.96British Columbia840,281Population estimated. [D][15][16][17]
1246Somerset Island24,754.51 9,557.77Nunavut0Site of Fort Ross, Nunavut, last trading post established by the Hudson's Bay Company.[18]
1354Bathurst Island16,050.61 6,197.18Nunavut0Site of Brooman Point Village, a Dorset, Paleo-Eskimo and Thule village.[19]
1455Prince Patrick Island15,792.19 6,097.40Northwest Territories0Home of the now abandoned Mould Bay Weather Station.[E][20]
1559King William Island13,174.63 5,086.75Nunavut1,349John Franklin abandoned his ships in the area.[3]
1667Ellef Ringnes Island11,350.45 4,382.43Nunavut0Home of Isachsen, a formerly staffed weather station, but now an Automated Surface Observing System[21]
1769Bylot Island11,057.96 4,269.50Nunavut0Home to Sirmilik National Park and Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary[22][23]
1874Cape Breton Island10,513.17 4,059.16Nova Scotia132,019[24]
1978Prince Charles Island9,665.87 3,732.01Nunavut0Inuit visited the island to hunt caribou[25]
2090Anticosti Island7,953.55 3,070.88Quebec177[26]
2196Cornwallis Island7,070.11 2,729.78Nunavut183[3]
22100Graham Island6,552.25 2,529.84British Columbia3,314Population estimated.[F][3][27]
23105Prince Edward Island5,740.96 2,216.60Prince Edward Island154,331[28]
24106Coats Island5,708.64 2,204.12Nunavut0The last home of the Sadlermiut.[29]
25112Amund Ringnes Island5,289.51 2,042.29Nunavut0
26116Mackenzie King Island5,056.27 1,952.24Northwest Territories, Nunavut0
27126Stefansson Island4,490.11 1,733.64Nunavut0
28159Mansel Island3,162.26 1,220.96Nunavut0
29161Akimiski Island3,112.89 1,201.89Nunavut0Part of the Attawapiskat First Nation's (Omushkego or Omushkegowuk Cree) traditional territory, the islands name is Swampy Cree for "land across the water".[30][31]
30170Moresby Island2,929.22 1,130.98British Columbia325[32]
31173Borden Island2,795.95 1,079.52Northwest Territories, Nunavut0
32174Manitoulin Island
(2005)[G]		2,766 1,068Ontario13,935Largest lake island (including both freshwater and saltwater lakes).[33][34][35]
33189Princess Royal Island2,294.15 885.78British Columbia0
34194Cornwall Island2,265.48 874.71Nunavut0
35210René-Levasseur Island
(2005)[G]		2,020 780Quebec0Largest artificial island and second largest lake island[33][35]
36219Flaherty Island1,861.56 718.75Nunavut1,010One of the Belcher Islands and named in honour of Robert J. Flaherty who wrote and direted Nanook of the North.[3][36]
37230Air Force Island1,737.74 670.95Nunavut0
38231Richards Island1,728.47 667.37Northwest Territories0
39254Eglinton Island1,538.91 594.18Northwest Territories0
40270Pitt Island1,398.55 539.98British Columbia0
41272Graham Island1,376.93 531.64Nunavut0
42277Nottingham Island1,349.62 521.09Nunavut0
43279Lougheed Island1,331.12 513.95Nunavut0
44296Wales Island1,176.81 454.37Nunavut0
45299Byam Martin Island1,164.26 449.52Nunavut0
46307Île Vanier1,122.77 433.50Nunavut0
47308Rowley Island1,119.79 432.35Nunavut0Site of an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at 69°04′01″N 079°03′54″W / 69.06694°N 79.06500°W / 69.06694; -79.06500, and an Automated Surface Observing System.[37]
48316Cameron Island1,062.19 410.11Nunavut0From 1985 to 1996 the double-hulled tanker MV Arctic shipped the light crude from Bent Horn in the south-west of the island to Montreal[38]
49322Banks Island1,034.18 399.30British Columbia0
50325Resolution Island1,011.63 390.59Nunavut0Site of CFS Resolution Island (BAF-5).[39]
51326Nagjuttuuq
(Vansittart Island)		1,008.89 389.53Nunavut0

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Area of all islands are from 2026 unless indicated in brackets in this column
  2. ↑ All areas from the United States Geological Survey, Esri, and the United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre unless indicated otherwise[1]
  3. ↑ Population for the island obtained by deducting Brighton (163), Change Islands (184), Cottlesville (244), Crow Head (156), Division No. 1, Subd. R (264), Division No. 7, Subd. L (1,183), Division No. 8, Subd. D (5), Division No. 8, Subd. H (1,788), Division No. 8, Subd. I (163), Fogo Island (2,117), Greenspond (257), Little Bay Islands (0), Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North (169), Miles Cove (97), Pilley's Island (286), Port Anson (42), Ramea (388), St. Brendan's (125), Summerford (805), Triton (896), Twillingate (2,121), Wabana (1,815), and Labrador (26,655), from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (510,550).
  4. ↑ Population Obtained by adding North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area (131,434), Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area (293,399), and South Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area (415,541).
  5. ↑ Listed as Elleg Ringens
  6. ↑ Population obtained by adding Masset, Masset 1, Port Clements, Queen Charlotte 4, and Skidegate 1.
  7. 1 2 Area (and possibly island) not shown on USGS, Esri and UNEP-WCMC map

References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut". Statistics Canada. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Baffin Island". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Northwest Territories". Statistics Canada. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Wolchover, Natalie (24 January 2012). "World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island Seen on Google Earth". LiveScience. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
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  11. ↑ "Which Provinces and Territories in Canada don't use DST?". timeanddate.com. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Brant Geese (Branta bernicla)". www.earthlife.net. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS)". Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Pelletier, Jeff (10 April 2025). "A 'North of North' Ice Cove location guide". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile tables North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area British Columbia [Health region]". Statistics Canada. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile tables Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area British Columbia [Health region]". Statistics Canada. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
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  19. ↑ McGhee, Robert. Brooman Point Village. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Abandoned High Arctic Weather Station Mould Bay on Prince Patrick Island, Nunavut". Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Arctic C-47 Wreck at Isachsen, Canada". Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "Sirmilik National Park". Parks Canada. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  23. ↑ "Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary". Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  24. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile tables Cape Breton Nova Scotia [Economic region]". Statistics Canada. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  25. ↑ Martini, I. P.; Wanless, H. R. (24 October 2014). Sedimentary Coastal Zones from High to Low Latitudes: Similarities and Differences. Geological Society of London. ISBN 9781862393745. Retrieved 24 July 2026 – via Google Books.
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  28. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Prince Edward Island [Province]". Statistics Canada. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
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  32. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table: North Coast E, Regional district electoral area (RDA) British Columbia [Census subdivision]". 1 February 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  33. 1 2 "Joshua Calder's World Island Info - Largest Lake Islands of the World". Worldislandinfo.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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  35. 1 2 "René-Levasseur: The World's Second Largest Island in a Lake?". GeoCurrents. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
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  37. ↑ "Site: FOX-1". Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  38. ↑ "Arctic Oil and Gas" (PDF). Popular Geoscience. Geological Society of Canada. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  39. ↑ "BAF-5, Resolution Island Remediation Design Report Revised Project Scope". 28 March 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
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