This is an incomplete list of islands of Canada.
Arctic islands
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Islands and island groups in the Arctic Archipelago include (all islands in Nunavut unless noted):
Queen Elizabeth Islands
editThe Queen Elizabeth Islands consist of:
- Adams Island
- Alexander Island
- Baillie-Hamilton Island
- Borden Island[a]
- Brock Island[b]
- Buckingham Island
- Byam Martin Island
- Cameron Island
- Coburg Island
- Cornwall Island
- Devon Island
- Eglinton Island[b]
- Ellesmere Island[c]
- Emerald Isle[b]
- Graham Island
- Griffith Island
- Helena Island
- Hoved Island
- Île Vanier
- King Christian Island
- Little Cornwallis Island
- Lougheed Island
- Mackenzie King Island[a]
- Massey Island
- Meighen Island
- North Kent Island
- Pioneer Island
- Prince Patrick Island[b]
- Stor Island
- 2,092 other minor islands including Hans Island (with Denmark) (Inuktitut: Tartupaluk), a small uninhabited barren knoll off Ellesmere Island, measuring 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Sverdrup Islands
editThe Sverdrup Islands, an archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, include:
Parry Islands
editThe Parry Islands, an archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, include:[1]
- Bathurst Island
- Cornwallis Island[c]
- Melville Island[a]
- Berkeley Islands (a subgroup of the Parry Islands)
Belcher Islands
editThe Belcher Islands consist of:
- Flaherty Island[c]
- Innetalling Island
- Kugong Island
- Mavor Island
- Moore Island
- Snape Island
- Split Island
- Tukarak Island
- Wiegand Island
Other Arctic islands
edit- Adams Island
- Air Force Island
- Akimiski Island
- Akpatok Island
- Angijak Island
- Baffin Island[c]
- Banks Island[b][c]
- Bray Island
- Brevoort Island
- Broughton Island[c]
- Bylot Island
- Charles Island
- Charlton Island
- Coats Island
- Crown Prince Frederik Island
- Dexterity Island
- Dorset Island[c]
- Edgell Island
- Foley Island
- Herschel Island[b] (Inuvialuktun: Qikiqtaruk)
- Igloolik Island[c]
- Kapuiviit (formerly Jens Munk Island)
- Killiniq Island
- King William Island[c]
- Koch Island
- Loks Land
- Long Island (Frobisher Bay)
- Long Island (Hudson Bay)
- Mansel Island
- Matty Island
- Mill Island
- Moodie Island
- Nagjuttuuq (formerly Vansittart Island)
- North Twin Island
- Nottingham Island
- O'Reilly Island
- Paallavvik (formerly Padloping Island)
- Pandora Island
- Prescott Island
- Prince Charles Island
- Prince of Wales Island
- Qikiqtaaluk (formerly Sillem Island)
- Qikiqtaaluk (Foxe Basin) (formerly White Island)
- Qikiqtagafaaluk (formerly Admiralty Island)
- Qikiqtarjuaq (formerly Big Island)
- Qikiqtaryuaq (formerly Jenny Lind Island)
- Qikiqtaryuaq (Queen Maud Gulf) (formerly Melbourne Island)
- Resolution Island
- Richards Island[b]
- Rowley Island
- Russell Island
- Salisbury Island
- Smith Island (Frobisher Bay)
- Smith Island (Hudson Bay)
- Somerset Island
- Southampton Island[c]
- South Tweedsmuir Island
- Stefansson Island
- Tennent Islands
- Umingmalik (formerly Gateshead Island)
- Victoria Island[a][c]
- Wales Island (Nunavut)
- Wales Island (Ungava)
- 34,377 other minor islands
Newfoundland and Labrador
edit- Baccalieu Island
- Bell Island
- Bell Island (Grey Islands)
- Belle Isle
- Brunette Island
- Carbonear Island
- Change Islands
- Cod Island
- Fogo Island
- Funk Island
- Great Colinet Island
- Grey Islands
- Groais Island
- Horse Islands
- Ireland's Eye Island
- Kelly's Island
- Kikkertavak Island
- Killiniq Island
- Long Island (Hermitage Bay)
- Long Island (Placentia Bay)
- Merasheen Island
- Newfoundland
- New World Island
- Paul's Island
- Puffin Island
- Quirpon Island
- Ramea Islands
- Random Island
- Red Island
- South Aulatsivik Island
- Tunungayualok Island
Nova Scotia
edit- Barren Island
- Big Tancook Island
- Boularderie Island
- Brier Island
- Cape Breton Island
- Cape Sable Island
- Deadmans Island
- Devils Island
- Dover Island
- Flint Island
- Georges Island
- Henry Island
- Lawlor Island
- Long Island
- Île Madame
- McNabs Island
- Oak Island
- Partridge Island
- Petit de Grat Island
- Pictou Island
- Port Hood Island
- Sable Island
- Lot No 44, Briar Lake
- Seal Island
- Sherose Island
- Sober Island
- Southwest Island
- Stoddart Island
- Saint Paul Island
- Tusket Islands
- Hirtle Island
Prince Edward Island
editNew Brunswick
editQuebec
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Ontario
editManitoba
edit- Black Island
- Elk Island
- George Island
- Hecla Island
- Matheson Island
- Reindeer Island
- Sandy Islands
- Spider Islands
Saskatchewan
editAlberta
editBritish Columbia
editBritish Columbia has a number of groups of islands falling within the following geographic areas:
- South Coast, including:
- Vancouver Island
- Gulf of Georgia region (Southern Gulf Islands, Northern Gulf Islands, Discovery Islands, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound)
- West Coast of Vancouver Island Broken Islands Group, Cape Scott, Nootka Sound, Kyuquot Sound, Clayoquot Sound
- Lower Mainland, primarily consisting of river or lake islands in Burrard Inlet, Harrison Lake, and the Fraser River.
- Central Coast, including:
- North Coast, including:
- Queen Charlotte Sound-Hecate Strait region
- Dixon Entrance-Portland Channel region
- Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
- Interior, including islands in:
- Lake Okanagan
- The Fraser Canyon (Fraser River)
- The Kootenay and Columbia Rivers
Additional notes
editCanada has at times made motions historically to annex Turks and Caicos, see Proposed Canadian annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands. However, it became autonomous territory of the United Kingdom.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Parry Islands". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Turks and Caicos Islands". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-05.