This is a list of Canadian islands as ordered by area. It includes all 50 islands with an area greater than 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi). The total area of these islands is 1,545,444 km2.

Islands over 1,000 km2

Rank World rank Name Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Location Permanent population (2016) Notes References
1 5 Baffin Island 507,451 195,928 Nunavut 13,148 Population does not include Kinngait and Qikiqtarjuaq. Both lie on small islands just off the coast of Baffin Island. [1][2]
2 8 Victoria Island 217,291 83,897 Northwest Territories, Nunavut 2,162 Contains the world's largest island within an island within an island. [1][2][3][4]
3 10 Ellesmere Island 196,236 75,767 Nunavut 191 Population includes Grise Fiord, Alert and Eureka. [1][2]
4 16 Newfoundland 108,860 42,030 Newfoundland and Labrador 492,519 The largest island in Canada outside the Arctic. Population obtained by subtracting the population of Labrador from the total population. [1][5][6]
5 24 Banks Island 70,028 27,038 Northwest Territories 113 [1][3]
6 27 Devon Island 55,247 21,331 Nunavut 0 The largest uninhabited island on Earth. [1]
7 32 Axel Heiberg Island 43,178 16,671 Nunavut 0 [1]
8 33 Melville Island 42,149 16,274 Northwest Territories, Nunavut 0 [1]
9 34 Southampton Island 41,214 15,913 Nunavut 891 [1][2]
10 40 Prince of Wales Island 33,339 12,872 Nunavut 0 [1]
11 43 Vancouver Island 31,285 12,079 British Columbia 813,543 [1][7]
12 46 Somerset Island 24,786 9,570 Nunavut 0 Site of Fort Ross, Nunavut, last trading post established by the Hudson's Bay Company. [1]
13 54 Bathurst Island 16,042 6,194 Nunavut 0 Site of Brooman Point Village, a Dorset, Paleo-Eskimo and Thule village. [1]
14 55 Prince Patrick Island 15,848 6,119 Northwest Territories 0 Home of the now abandoned Mould Bay Weather Station. [1]
15 61 King William Island 13,111 5,062 Nunavut 1,324 John Franklin abandoned his ships in the area. [1][2]
16 68 Ellef Ringnes Island 11,295 4,361 Nunavut 0 Home of Isachsen, a formerly staffed weather station, but now an Automated Surface Observing System [1]
17 71 Bylot Island 11,067 4,273 Nunavut 0 Although uninhabited Inuit from Pond Inlet travel to the island. [1]
18 76 Cape Breton Island 10,311 3,981 Nova Scotia 132,010 [1][8]
19 77 Prince Charles Island 9,521 3,676 Nunavut 0 [1][2]
20 89 Anticosti Island 7,941 3,066 Quebec 218 [1][9]
21 97 Cornwallis Island 6,995 2,701 Nunavut 198 [1][2]
22 101 Graham Island 6,361 2,456 British Columbia 4,475 [1]
23 104 Prince Edward Island 5,620 2,170 Prince Edward Island 142,907 [1][10]
24 107 Coats Island 5,498 2,123 Nunavut 0 The last home of the Sadlermiut people. [1]
25 111 Amund Ringnes Island 5,255 2,029 Nunavut 0 [1]
26 116 Mackenzie King Island 5,048 1,949 Northwest Territories, Nunavut 0 [1]
27 128 Stefansson Island 4,463 1,723 Nunavut 0 [1]
28 159 Mansel Island 3,180 1,230 Nunavut 0 [1]
29 162 Akimiski Island 3,001 1,159 Nunavut 0 Part of the Attawapiskat First Nation's traditional territory [1]
30 171 Borden Island 2,794 1,079 Northwest Territories, Nunavut 0 [1]
31 173 Manitoulin Island 2,766 1,068 Ontario 13,255 World's largest lake island. [11][12]
32 175 Moresby Island 2,608 1,007 British Columbia 296 [1][13]
33 186 Cornwall Island 2,358 910 Nunavut 0 [1]
34 191 Princess Royal Island 2,251 869 British Columbia 0 [1]
35 196 Richards Island 2,165 836 Northwest Territories 0 [1]
36 206 René-Levasseur Island 2,020 780 Quebec 0 World's second largest lake island. [11]
37 227 Air Force Island 1,720 660 Nunavut 0 First written record of the island's existence was in 1948. [1]
38 244 Flaherty Island 1,585 612 Nunavut 882 The largest of the Belcher Islands and the site of the southernmost community in Nunavut. [1][3]
39 248 Eglinton Island 1,541 595 Northwest Territories 0 [1]
40 266 Graham Island 1,378 532 Nunavut 0 [1]
41 267 Pitt Island 1,375 531 British Columbia 0 [1]
42 268 Nottingham Island 1,372 530 Nunavut 0 The island became uninhabited in October 1970 [1]
43 274 Lougheed Island 1,308 505 Nunavut 0 [1]
44 296 Byam Martin Island 1,150 440 Nunavut 0 [1]
45 299 Wales Island 1,137 439 Nunavut 0 [1]
46 300 Île Vanier 1,126 435 Nunavut 0 [1]
47 307 Rowley Island 1,090 420 Nunavut 0 Site 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. [1]
48 312 Cameron Island 1,059 409 Nunavut 0 From 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]
49 318 Resolution Island 1,015 392 Nunavut 0 Site of CFS Resolution Island. [1]
50 320 Banks Island 1,005 388 British Columbia 0 [1]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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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