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

Rank	World Rank	Island's Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Location	Permanent Population (2001)
1	5	Baffin Island	507,451	195,928	Nunavut	9,563
2	8	Victoria Island	217,291	83,897	Northwest Territories, Nunavut	1,707
3	10	Ellesmere Island	196,236	75,767	Nunavut	168
4	16	Newfoundland	108,860	42,031	Newfoundland and Labrador	485,066
5	24	Banks Island	70,028	27,038	Northwest Territories	114
6	27	Devon Island	55,247	21,331	Nunavut	0
7	32	Axel Heiberg Island	43,178	16,671	Nunavut	0
8	33	Melville Island	42,149	16,274	Northwest Territories, Nunavut	0
9	34	Southampton Island	41,214	15,913	Nunavut	721
10	40	Prince of Wales Island	33,339	12,872	Nunavut	0
11	43	Vancouver Island	31,285	12,079	British Columbia	638,213
12	46	Somerset Island	24,786	9,570	Nunavut	0
13	54	Bathurst Island	16,042	6,194	Nunavut	0
14	55	Prince Patrick Island	15,848	6,119	Northwest Territories	0
15	61	King William Island	13,111	5,062	Nunavut	960
16	69	Ellef Ringnes Island	11,295	4,361	Nunavut	0
17	72	Bylot Island	11,067	4,273	Nunavut	0
18	77	Cape Breton Island	10,311	3,981	Nova Scotia	140,893
19	78	Prince Charles Island	9,521	3,676	Nunavut	0
20	90	Anticosti Island	7,941	3,066	Quebec	266
21	97	Cornwallis Island	6,995	2,701	Nunavut	215
22	101	Graham Island	6,361	2,456	British Columbia	4,475
23	104	Prince Edward Island	5,620	2,170	Prince Edward Island	135,294
24	107	Coats Island	5,498	2,123	Nunavut	0
25	111	Amund Ringnes Island	5,255	2,029	Nunavut	0
26	116	Mackenzie King Island	5,048	1,949	Northwest Territories, Nunavut	0
27	127	Stefansson Island	4,463	1,723	Nunavut	0
28	158	Mansel Island	3,180	1,228	Nunavut	0
29	161	Akimiski Island	3,001	1,159	Nunavut	0
30	170	Borden Island	2,794	1,079	Northwest Territories, Nunavut	0
31	172	Manitoulin Island	2,766	1,068	Ontario, it is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake	11,933
32	175	Moresby Island	2,608	1,007	British Columbia	460

Islands between 1,000 km² and 2,500 km²

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
• Sea Islands, Natural Resources Canada, The Atlas of Canada
• Canadian Islands at Joshua Calder's World Island Information
• Arctic Archipelago, M.J. Dunbar and Peter Adams, The Canadian Encyclopedia, 03/09/06