List of Canadian islands by area

Islands over 2,500 km²

Rank	Island's Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Location	Permanent Population (2001)
1	Baffin IslandBaffin Island Baffin Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in the territory of Nunavut....	507,451	195,928	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	9,563
2	Victoria Island	217,291	83,897	Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada.... , NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	1,707
3	Ellesmere IslandEllesmere Island Ellesmere Island lying in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the most northerly of the Canadian Arctic islands....	196,236	75,767	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	168
4	Newfoundland	108,860	42,031	Newfoundland and LabradorFacts About Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth to join the Confederation....	485,066
5	Banks IslandBanks Island Banks Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands situated in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada....	70,028	27,038	Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada....	114
6	Devon IslandDevon Island Devon Island is the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada, the 27th largest island in the world and...	55,247	21,331	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
7	Axel Heiberg IslandAxel Heiberg Island Axel Heiberg Island is the 31st largest island in the world and Canada's 7th largest island....	43,178	16,671	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
8	Melville IslandMelville Island, Canada Melville Island is a vast, uninhabited member of the Canadian arctic islands, Canada with an area of 42 149 km....	42,149	16,274	Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada.... , NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
9	Southampton IslandSouthampton Island Southampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay, Canada....	41,214	15,913	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	721
10	Prince of Wales IslandPrince of Wales Island, Nunavut Prince of Wales Island is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, lying between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and south o...	33,339	12,872	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
11	Vancouver IslandVancouver Island Vancouver Island is located off Canada's Pacific coast and is part of the Canadian province of British Columbia....	31,285	12,079	British ColumbiaBritish Columbia British Columbia, often referred to as B.C. or BC , is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for it...	638,213
12	Somerset Island	24,786	9,570	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
13	Bathurst IslandBathurst Island There is also Bathurst Island off the coast of Australia....	16,042	6,194	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
14	Prince Patrick IslandPrince Patrick Island Prince Patrick Island is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada....	15,848	6,119	Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada....	0
15	King William IslandKing William Island King William Island is a Canadian Arctic island, in the Nunavut Territory....	13,111	5,062	NunavutNunavut Summary Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	960
16	Ellef Ringnes IslandEllef Ringnes Island Ellef Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Nunavut, Canada....	11,295	4,361	NunavutNunavut Summary Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
17	Bylot IslandBylot Island Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada....	11,067	4,273	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
18	Cape Breton IslandCape Breton Island Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America....	10,311	3,981	Nova ScotiaNova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast....	140,893
19	Prince Charles IslandPrince Charles Island Prince Charles Island is a large, low-lying island with an area of 9,521 km², making it the world's 78th largest island...	9,521	3,676	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
20	Anticosti IslandAnticosti Island Anticosti Island is a rocky, forest covered island at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...	7,941	3,066	QuebecQuebec Quebec, or Qubec in French, In 1898, the Canadian Parliament passed the first Quebec Boundary Extension Act that expan...	266
21	Cornwallis IslandCornwallis Island, Nunavut Cornwallis Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Territory of the Canadian Arctic....	6,995	2,701	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	215
22	Graham IslandGraham Island Graham Island is the largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands...	6,361	2,456	British ColumbiaBritish Columbia British Columbia, often referred to as B.C. or BC , is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for it...	4,475
23	Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province coextensive with the island of the same name....	5,620	2,170	Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province coextensive with the island of the same name....	135,294
24	Coats IslandCoats Island Coats Island lies at the northern end of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut....	5,498	2,123	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
25	Amund Ringnes	5,255	2,029	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
26	Mackenzie King IslandFacts About Mackenzie King Island Mackenzie King Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Canada....	5,048	1,949	Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada.... , NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
27	Stefansson IslandStefansson Island Stefansson Island is a Canadian arctic island in Nunavut, Canada....	4,463	1,723	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
28	Mansel IslandMansel Island Mansel Island is an island located in Hudson Bay, off the Ungava Peninsula of Quebec....	3,180	1,228	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
29	Akimiski IslandAkimiski Island Akimiski Island is the largest island in James Bay, Canada, that is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the territory of Nunav...	3,001	1,159	NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
30	Borden IslandBorden Island Borden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada....	2,794	1,079	Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada.... , NunavutNunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territor...	0
31	Manitoulin IslandManitoulin Island Manitoulin Island is the world's largest freshwater lake island....	2,766	1,068	OntarioOntario Ontario is the most populous and second-largest in area of Canada's ten provinces.... , it is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake	11,933
32	Moresby IslandMoresby Island Moresby Island is a large island, part of Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada, located at ....	2,608	1,007	British ColumbiaBritish Columbia British Columbia, often referred to as B.C. or BC , is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for it...	460

Islands between 1,000 km² and 2,500 km²

See also

• List of islands of CanadaList of islands of Canada Overview
  
  This is an incomplete list of islands of Canada. ...
  
• List of islandsList of islands
  
  This is a list of islands in the world grouped by oceans and by continents. ...
  
• List of Canadian islands by populationFacts About List of Canadian islands by population
  
  This is a list of Canadian islands listed by population....
  
  

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