List of Canadian islands by area

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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).

1 Islands over 2,500 km²
2 Islands between 1,000 km² and 2,500 km²
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Islands over 2,500 km²

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

[edit] Islands between 1,000 km² and 2,500 km²

Island's Name	Area		Permanent Population (2001)
Island's Name	(km²)	(sq mi)	Permanent Population (2001)
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	?	?
Flaherty Island	1,525	589	?
Graham Island, Nunavut	1,378	?	?
Pitt Island	1,375	?	?
Nottingham Island	1,372	?	?
Lougheed Island	1,308	?	?
Byam Martin Island	1,150	?	?
Wales Island	1,137	?	?
Île Vanier	1,126	?	?
Rowley Island	1,090	?	?
Cameron Island	1,059	?	?
Resolution Island	1,015	?	?