Natural Resources Canada
www.nrcan.gc.ca
Natural Resources Canada >
Atlas Home >
Learning Resources
>
Facts about Canada
>
Sea Islands
Sea Islands
These
tables refer to major and minor islands. A major island
has a land area exceeding 129 square kilometres, a minor island
is smaller than that. The perimeters of some minor islands
were considered too small to be reliably measured.
All islands were enumerated and the total
island count obtained for each region. Rocks or islets depicted
on 1:250 000 maps as minute dots were not included.
The Canadian Arctic Islands were measured as two geographic
groups: 1) the Queen Elizabeth Islands and 2) Other Arctic
Islands. These two tables make it clear which of the major
islands are in Nunavut (NU), or Northwest Territories (NT).
List of Sea Island Facts:
Queen Elizabeth Islands (in
Nunavut unless otherwise noted)
Ellesmere
Island |
79° 50' |
80° 00' |
196 236 |
10 748 |
Devon
Island |
75° 47' |
88° 00' |
55 247 |
3 589 |
Axel Heiberg
Island |
79° 45' |
91° 00' |
43 178 |
3 061 |
Melville
Island (NT, NU) |
75° 30' |
111° 30' |
42 149 |
3 107 |
Bathurst
Island |
75° 45' |
100° 00' |
16 042 |
2 069 |
Prince
Patrick Island (NT) |
76° 45' |
119° 30' |
15 848 |
1 672 |
Ellef
Ringnes Island |
78° 30' |
103° 00' |
11 295 |
1 027 |
Cornwallis
Island |
75° 05' |
95° 00' |
6 995 |
636 |
Amund
Ringnes Island |
78° 20' |
96° 25' |
5 255 |
500 |
Mackenzie
King Island (NT,
NU) |
77° 45' |
112° 00' |
5 048 |
444 |
Borden
Island (NT,
NU) |
78° 30' |
111° 30' |
2 794 |
418 |
Cornwall
Island |
77° 37' |
94° 38' |
2 358 |
311 |
Eglinton
Island (NT) |
75° 48' |
118° 30' |
1 541 |
227 |
Graham
Island |
77° 25' |
90° 30' |
1 378 |
171 |
Lougheed
Island |
77° 26' |
105° 06' |
1 308 |
243 |
Byam Martin
Island |
75° 12' |
104° 15' |
1 150 |
145 |
Île
Vanier |
76° 10' |
103° 15' |
1 126 |
169 |
Cameron
Island |
76° 30' |
103° 50' |
1 059 |
219 |
Meighen
Island |
79° 55' |
99° 30' |
955 |
188 |
Brock
Island (NT) |
77° 52' |
114° 19' |
764 |
174 |
King Christian
Island |
77° 48' |
101° 40' |
645 |
116 |
North
Kent Island |
76° 40' |
90° 08' |
590 |
122 |
Emerald
Isle (NT) |
76° 48' |
114° 10' |
549 |
117 |
Alexander
Island |
75° 52' |
102° 37' |
484 |
129 |
Massey
Island |
76° 00' |
103° 00' |
432 |
113 |
Little
Cornwallis Island |
75° 30' |
96° 30' |
412 |
158 |
Coburg
Island |
75° 57' |
89° 26' |
344 |
138 |
Helena
Island |
76° 39' |
101° 04' |
326 |
98 |
Stor Island |
78° 59' |
85° 50' |
313 |
79 |
Baillie-Hamilton
Island |
75° 52' |
94° 35' |
290 |
74 |
Griffith
Island |
74° 35' |
95° 30' |
189 |
63 |
Hoved
Island |
77° 32' |
85° 09' |
158 |
55 |
Lowther
Island |
74° 33' |
97° 30' |
145 |
58 |
Buckingham
Island |
77° 12' |
91° 00' |
137 |
45 |
Major
islands |
|
|
416 740 |
30 483 |
2 092
minor islands |
|
|
2 321 |
3 779 |
Total |
|
|
419 061 |
34 262 |
Other Arctic Islands (in Nunavut
unless otherwise noted)
Baffin
Island |
70° 00' |
75° 00' |
507 451 |
28 308 |
Victoria
Island (NT,
NU) |
71° 00' |
110° 00' |
217 291 |
7 091 |
Banks
Island (NT) |
72° 45' |
121° 30' |
70 028 |
1 920 |
Southampton
Island |
64° 20' |
84° 40' |
41 214 |
1 944 |
Prince
of Wales Island |
72° 40' |
99° 33' |
33 339 |
2 576 |
Somerset
Island |
73° 15' |
93° 30' |
24 786 |
1 297 |
King
William Island |
69° 10' |
97° 25' |
13 111 |
1 289 |
Bylot
Island |
73° 13' |
78° 34' |
11 067 |
579 |
Prince
Charles Island |
67° 47' |
76° 12' |
9 521 |
402 |
Coats
Island |
62° 30' |
83° 00' |
5 498 |
385 |
Stefansson
Island |
73° 20' |
105° 45' |
4 463 |
449 |
Mansel
Island |
62° 00' |
79° 50' |
3 180 |
298 |
Akimiski
Island |
53° 00' |
81° 20' |
3 001 |
261 |
Richards
Island (NT) |
69° 20' |
134° 30' |
2 165 |
486 |
Air Force
Island |
67° 58' |
74° 05' |
1 720 |
201 |
Flaherty
Island |
56° 14' |
79° 17' |
1 585 |
933 |
Nottingham
Island |
63° 20' |
77° 55' |
1 372 |
274 |
Wales
Island |
68° 01' |
86° 40' |
1 137 |
176 |
Rowley
Island |
69° 06' |
78° 52' |
1 090 |
219 |
Resolution
Island |
61° 30' |
65° 00' |
1 015 |
394 |
Vansittart
Island |
65° 50' |
84° 00' |
997 |
344 |
Russell
Island |
74° 00' |
98° 25' |
940 |
214 |
Jens Munk
Island |
69° 39' |
80° 04' |
920 |
298 |
Akpatok
Island |
60° 25' |
68° 08' |
903 |
129 |
Salisbury
Island |
63° 30' |
77° 00' |
804 |
278 |
Big Island |
62° 43' |
70° 43' |
803 |
309 |
White
Island |
65° 50' |
84° 50' |
789 |
188 |
Bray Island |
69° 16' |
77° 00' |
689 |
166 |
Foley
Island |
68° 32' |
75° 05' |
637 |
153 |
Sillem
Island |
70° 56' |
71° 43' |
482 |
93 |
Matty
Island |
69° 29' |
95 40 |
477 |
285 |
Koch Island |
69° 38' |
78° 20' |
458 |
130 |
Jenny
Lind Island |
68° 43' |
101° 58' |
420 |
113 |
Prescott
Island |
73° 03 |
96° 50' |
412 |
87 |
Crown
Prince Frederik Island |
70° 02 |
86° 50' |
401 |
108 |
Loks Land
Island |
62° 26' |
64° 38' |
419 |
206 |
Melbourne
Island |
68° 30' |
104° 45' |
381 |
82 |
Tukarak
Island |
56° 16' |
78° 45' |
349 |
174 |
Kugong
Island |
56° 18' |
79° 50' |
321 |
184 |
Charlton
Island |
52° 00' |
79° 30' |
308 |
93 |
Tennent
Island |
69° 30' |
96° 30' |
308 |
113 |
Edgell
Island |
61° 50' |
65° 00' |
287 |
148 |
Brevoort
Island |
63° 30' |
64° 20' |
271 |
177 |
Adams
Island |
71° 27 |
73° 05' |
267 |
113 |
Charles
Island |
62° 39' |
74° 15' |
235 |
132 |
Moodie
Island |
64° 37' |
65° 30' |
233 |
172 |
Gateshead
Island |
70° 36' |
100° 26' |
220 |
129 |
Mill Island |
64° 00' |
77° 48' |
181 |
146 |
Admiralty
Island |
69° 28' |
101° 10' |
171 |
154 |
Long Island |
54° 52' |
79° 25' |
168 |
159 |
North
Twin Island |
53° 18' |
80° 00' |
157 |
58 |
South
Tweedsmuir Island |
68° 23' |
74° 15' |
158 |
64 |
Padloping
Island |
67° 06' |
62° 38' |
150 |
89 |
Pandora
Island |
72° 48' |
96° 48' |
142 |
58 |
Dexterity
Island |
71° 36' |
72° 50' |
135 |
43 |
Angijak
Island |
65° 40' |
62° 18' |
134 |
132 |
Smith
Island |
60° 45' |
78° 25' |
131 |
90 |
Major
islands |
|
|
969 292 |
55 093 |
34 377
minor islands |
|
|
19 417 |
47 974 |
Total |
|
|
988 709 |
103 067 |
Pacific Coast Islands (all
in British Columbia)
Vancouver
Island |
49° 30' |
125° 30' |
31 285 |
3 226 |
Graham
Island |
53° 20' |
132° 25' |
6 361 |
1 106 |
Moresby
Island |
52° 25' |
131° 30' |
2 608 |
1 180 |
Princess
Royal Island |
52° 55' |
128° 50' |
2 251 |
592 |
Pitt Island |
53° 30' |
129° 47' |
1 375 |
465 |
Banks
Island |
53° 25' |
130° 10' |
990 |
288 |
King
Island |
52° 15' |
127° 35' |
808 |
236 |
Porcher
Island |
53° 58' |
130° 25' |
521 |
267 |
Nootka
Island |
49° 45' |
126° 45' |
510 |
187 |
Aristazabal
Island |
52° 38' |
129° 05' |
420 |
171 |
Gilford
Island |
50° 45' |
126° 20' |
384 |
170 |
Hawkesbury
Island |
53° 35' |
129° 04' |
365 |
122 |
Hunter
Island |
51° 57' |
128° 00' |
363 |
238 |
Calvert
Island |
51° 32' |
128° 00' |
329 |
124 |
Texada
Island |
49° 40' |
124° 25' |
301 |
124 |
Swindle
Island |
52° 32' |
128° 35' |
285 |
172 |
McCauley
Island |
54° 40' |
130° 15' |
275 |
108 |
Louise
Island |
52° 59' |
131° 47' |
275 |
87 |
Quadra
Island |
50° 12' |
125° 15' |
270 |
159 |
Gil Island |
53° 12' |
129° 14' |
236 |
92 |
Roderick
Island |
52° 38' |
128° 22' |
233 |
119 |
Pearse
Island |
54° 52' |
130° 20' |
220 |
98 |
Gribbell
Island |
53° 25' |
129° 01' |
202 |
71 |
Saltspring
Island |
48° 45' |
123° 29' |
187 |
119 |
Lyell
Island |
52° 40' |
131° 30' |
176 |
130 |
West Redonda
Island |
50° 12' |
124° 53' |
171 |
105 |
Campania
Island |
53° 05' |
129 ° 25' |
169 |
127 |
Price
Island |
52° 28' |
128° 42' |
166 |
98 |
Pooley
Island |
52° 43' |
128° 14' |
163 |
87 |
Sonora
Island |
50° 22' |
125° 15' |
163 |
85 |
Flores
Island |
49° 20' |
126° 10' |
150 |
82 |
Cracroft
Island |
50° 33' |
126° 20' |
150 |
113 |
Dundas
Island |
54° 33' |
130° 52' |
148 |
100 |
Broughton
Island |
50° 49' |
126° 45' |
135 |
142 |
Campbell
Island |
52° 07' |
128° 12' |
132 |
124 |
Kunghit
Island |
52° 06' |
131° 05' |
132 |
121 |
Major
islands |
|
|
52
909 |
10
835 |
5 198
minor islands |
|
|
4
789 |
7
868 |
Total |
|
|
57
698 |
18
703 |
Newfoundland
and Labrador (unless otherwise noted)
Island
of Newfoundland |
48° 45' |
56° 00' |
108 860 |
9 871 |
South
Aulatsivik Island |
56° 45' |
61° 30' |
456 |
228 |
Killiniq
Island (NL,
NU) |
60° 21' |
64° 31' |
269 |
196 |
Fogo Island |
49° 40' |
54° 10' |
254 |
142 |
Random
Island |
48° 08' |
53° 44' |
249 |
119 |
New World
Island |
49° 35' |
54° 40' |
189 |
216 |
Tunungayualok
Island |
56° 05' |
61° 05' |
186 |
137 |
West Okak
Island |
57° 30' |
61° 52' |
179 |
71 |
Paul Island |
56° 30' |
61° 25' |
179 |
171 |
Kikkertavak
Island |
56° 22' |
61° 35' |
140 |
114 |
East Okak
Island |
57° 30' |
61° 50' |
140 |
95 |
Cod Island |
57° 47' |
61° 47' |
135 |
79 |
Merasheen
Island |
47° 25' |
54° 15' |
129 |
109 |
Major
islands |
|
|
111 365 |
11 548 |
7 170
minor islands |
|
|
3 598 |
9 236 |
Total |
|
|
114 963 |
20 784 |
Quebec
Anticosti
Island |
49° 30' |
63° 00' |
7 941 |
554 |
2 341
minor islands |
|
|
686 |
2 380 |
Total |
|
|
8 627 |
2 934 |
Prince
Edward Island
Main Island |
46° 30' |
63° 00' |
5 620 |
1 107 |
231 minor
islands |
|
|
36 |
153 |
Total |
|
|
5 656 |
1 260 |
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Island |
46° 00' |
60° 30' |
10 311 |
1 775 |
Boularderie
Island |
46° 13' |
60° 27' |
192 |
108 |
Major
islands |
|
|
10 503 |
1 883 |
871 minor
islands |
|
|
479 |
1 645 |
Total |
|
|
10 982 |
3 528 |
New Brunswick
Île
Lamèque |
47° 48' |
64° 35' |
150 |
101 |
Grand
Manan Island |
44° 40' |
66° 45' |
137 |
76 |
Major
islands |
|
|
287 |
177 |
230 minor
islands |
|
|
231 |
568 |
Total |
|
|
518 |
745 |