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List of Canadian islands by area

Satellite image of Baffin Island, the largest island in Canada.

This is a list of Canadian islands, as ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2,500 km²; (965 square miles).

Islands over 2,500 km²

! rowspan="2"| Rank Island's Name Area Location Permanent Population (2001)
(km²)(sq mi)
1Baffin Island507,451195,928

Nunavut

Nunavut
9,563
2Victoria Island217,29183,897

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories,

Nunavut

Nunavut
1,707
3Ellesmere Island196,23675,767

Nunavut

Nunavut
168
4Newfoundland108,86042,031

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador
485,066
5Banks Island70,02827,038

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories
114
6Devon Island55,24721,331

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
7Axel Heiberg Island43,17816,671

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
8Melville Island42,14916,274

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories,

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
9Southampton Island41,21415,913

Nunavut

Nunavut
721
10Prince of Wales Island33,33912,872

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
11Vancouver Island31,28512,079

British Columbia

British Columbia
638,213
12Somerset Island24,7869,570

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
13Bathurst Island16,0426,194

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
14Prince Patrick Island15,8486,119

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories
0
15King William Island13,1115,062

Nunavut

Nunavut
960
16Ellef Ringnes Island11,2954,361

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
17Bylot Island11,0674,273

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
18Cape Breton Island10,3113,981

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia
140,893
19Prince Charles Island9,5213,676

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
20Anticosti Island7,9413,066

Quebec

Quebec
266
21Cornwallis Island6,9952,701

Nunavut

Nunavut
215
22Graham Island6,3612,456

British Columbia

British Columbia
4,475
23Prince Edward Island5,6202,170

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island
135,294
24Coats Island5,4982,123

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
25Amund Ringnes5,2552,029

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
26Mackenzie King Island5,0481,949

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories,

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
27Stefansson Island4,4631,723

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
28Mansel Island3,1801,228

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
29Akimiski Island3,0011,159

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
30Borden Island2,7941,079

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories,

Nunavut

Nunavut
0
31Manitoulin Island2,7661,068

Ontario

Ontario, it is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake
11,933
32Moresby Island2,6081,007

British Columbia

British Columbia
460

Islands between 1,000 km² and 2,500 km²

! rowspan="2"| Island's Name Area Permanent Population (2001)
(km²)(sq mi)
Cornwall Island2,2588720
Princess Royal Island2,2518690
Richards Island2,165836?
René-Levasseur2,0207800
Air Force Island1,7206640
Eglinton Island1,541??
Flaherty Island1,525589?
Graham Island, Nunavut1,378??
Pitt Island1,375??
Nottingham Island1,372??
Lougheed Island1,308??
Byam Martin Island1,150??
Wales Island1,137??
Île Vanier1,126??
Rowley Island1,090??
Cameron Island1,059??
Resolution Island1,015??

See also

*List of islands of Canada
*List of islands
*List of Canadian islands by population

External links

*United Nations Environment Programme list of islands by area
*The islands of Canada
*Joshua Calder's World Island Info



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