List of Canadian islands by area
Overview of Canada's largest islands
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)
Territory or province
Permanent population (2016)
Notes
Refs
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
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