LIST OF CANADIAN ISLANDS BY AREA

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).

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Islands over 2,500 km²

Islands between 1,000 km² and 2,500 km²

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Islands over 2,500 km²

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

Islands between 1,000 km² and 2,500 km²

Island's Name	Area		Permanent Population (2001)
	(km²)	(sq mi)
Cornwall Island	2,258	872	0
Princess Royal Island	2,251	869	0
Richards Island	2,165	836	?
René-Levasseur	2,020	780	0
Air Force Island	1,720	664	0
Eglinton Island	1,541	595	0
Flaherty Island	1,525	589	?
Graham Island, Nunavut	1,378	532	?
Pitt Island	1,375	531	?
Nottingham Island	1,372	530	?
Lougheed Island	1,308	505	?
Byam Martin Island	1,150	444	?
Wales Island	1,137	439	?
Île Vanier	1,126	435	?
Rowley Island	1,090	421	0
Cameron Island	1,059	409	?
Resolution Island	1,015	392	?

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