Extreme communities of Canada
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This is a list of the extreme communities in Canada and its provinces and territories. They are further east, north, south or west than any other community, though they are generally not further than the extreme points of Canadian provinces
Extreme points of Canadian provinces
This is a table of extreme points of each of the provinces and territories of Canada. Many of these points are uninhabited; see also extreme communities of Canada for inhabited places.-See also:*Extreme points of Canada...

. The record latitude (in degrees north) or longitude (in degrees west) is given.
Area North West South East
Canada Alert, Nunavut
Alert, Nunavut
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, from the North Pole. It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered east of the present station, off what is now Cape Sheridan, in 1875–1876.Alert was reported to have five permanent...

82°29′50″ Beaver Creek, Yukon
Beaver Creek, Yukon
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140°52′46″ Middle Island, Ontario Blackhead, Newfoundland and Labrador
British Columbia Lower Post
Lower Post, British Columbia
Lower Post is an aboriginal community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway, approximately 15 miles southeast of Watson Lake, Yukon. Its historical mile designation is Mile 620...

 
Pleasant Camp
Pleasant Camp, British Columbia
Pleasant Camp is a hamlet in remote Stikine Region, British Columbia, Canada.Its population was 12 in the 2001 census. All the people there claimed to be Caucasian. It has one of the highest snowfall totals in Canada...

 
East Sooke
East Sooke, British Columbia
East Sooke is an unincorporated community situated south and east of Sooke, British Columbia, Canada. It consists of over 500 houses on the south side of the Sooke Basin. East Sooke borders on East Sooke Regional Park, an area of , with views south to Olympic National Park in the United...

 
Corbin
Corbin, British Columbia
Corbin is a ghost town of British Columbia. It is located in a secluded valley in the Rocky Mountains in the East Kootenay Country of southeastern British Columbia. It was founded in 1908 by Daniel Chase Corbin, president of Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway. Between 1908 and 1935 Corbin supported...

 
Alberta Indian Cabins
Indian Cabins, Alberta
Indian Cabins is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta in Mackenzie County, located on Highway 35, north of High Level....

 
Cherry Point
Cherry Point, Alberta
Cherry Point is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta in Clear Hills County, located south of Highway 64, northwest of Grande Prairie....

 
Coutts
Coutts, Alberta
Coutts is a village in Alberta and the location of one of the busiest Canada – US border crossings in western Canada. It connects Highway 4 to Interstate 15, an important trade route between Alberta, American states along I-15, and Mexico.In 2004, a joint border facility opened in Coutts-Sweet...

 
49°00′23″ Lloydminster
Lloydminster
Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan...

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110°00′
Saskatchewan Waterloo Lake  Lloydminster* 110°00′ West Poplar
West Poplar, Sasktchewan
West Poplar is the name given Canadian side of a border crossing on the Saskatchewan and Montana border. It is located about three and a half hours southwest of Regina, Saskatchewan. The international border crosses into Valley County, Montana, north of the town of Opheim....

 
Fertile
Fertile, Saskatchewan
Fertile is a small farming hamlet in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, located 3 miles west of the Manitoba border and 40 miles north of the U.S border in the rural municipality # 31.-Demographics:...

101°27′
Manitoba Nunalla  Flin Flon** 101°51′ Emerson
Emerson, Manitoba
Emerson is a town in south central Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 655. The town is named after writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.Emerson is located on the east bank of the Red River, just north of the border with the United States at the point where Manitoba, Minnesota, and North Dakota meet. ...

 
Shamattawa
Shamattawa, Manitoba
Shamattawa is a community in Northern Manitoba, Canada and the location of the Shamattawa First Nation. It is located on the banks of Gods River where the Echoing River joins as a right tributary....

 
Ontario Fort Severn
Fort Severn, Ontario
Fort Severn First Nation is located on Hudson Bay and is the most northern community in Ontario, Canada.As of 2001, the population was 401, consisting of 90 families in an area of 40 square kilometres...

 
56°00′37″ Ingolf  Middle Island  Curry Hill 
Quebec Ivujivik
Ivujivik, Quebec
Ivujivik is the northernmost settlement in the Canadian Province of Quebec. It is also the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province...

 
62°25′0″ Pointe-Piché  Elgin
Elgin, Quebec
-About Elgin:Elgin is a rural municipality of less than 500 people in Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 458. It is located southwest of Huntingdon and bounded by the Trout and Chateauguay rivers and the Québec - US border...

 or Hinchinbrooke***
44°59′30″ Blanc-Sablon
Blanc-Sablon, Quebec
Blanc-Sablon, Quebec is the easternmost community in the province of Quebec, Canada, between the municipalities of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and L'Anse-au-Clair, in Labrador...

 
New Brunswick Dalhousie
Dalhousie, New Brunswick
Dalhousie is a Canadian town located in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.- History :Dalhousie is the shire town of Restigouche County and dates European settlement to 1800. The Town of Dalhousie has been through some very distinct periods between its founding in 1825 and today...

 
Connors
Connors, New Brunswick
Connors is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick....

 
White Head  Cape Tormentine
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick
Cape Tormentine is a Canadian rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.The community derives its name from a headland of the same name which extends into the Northumberland Strait, forming the easternmost point in the province.-Railway:...

 
Prince Edward Island Seacow Pond
Seacow Pond, Prince Edward Island
Seacow Pond is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....

 
West Cape
West Cape, Prince Edward Island
West Cape is a cape and an unincorporated community located at the western-most extremity of Prince Edward Island, Canada.Contrary to popular belief, West Cape is the westernmost extreme point of Prince Edward Island, as opposed to West Point, which lies several kilometres to the south and slightly...

 
High Bank  East Point
East Point, Prince Edward Island
East Point is a cape and an unincorporated community located at the eastern-most extremity of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Its geographic coordinates are 46º27'N, 61º58'W....

 
61°58′
Nova Scotia St. Paul Island (uninhabited) 47°12′10″ Westport
Westport, Nova Scotia
Westport, Nova Scotia is a village in Digby County, Nova Scotia and it is located on Brier Island in the Bay of Fundy. The village was incorporated in 1946. A ferry service connects the village with Freeport, Nova Scotia on Long Island...

 
66°21′06″ The Hawk
The Hawk, Nova Scotia
The Hawk is a community on Cape Sable Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Barrington municipal district of Shelburne County. It is the most southerly community in Nova Scotia. The Hawk is sometimes confused with Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia.-References:...

 
43°23′30″ Main-à-Dieu
Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia
Main-à-Dieu is a community located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.A fishing village, its coordinates are 46°00'N, 59°51'W...

 
59°51′
Newfoundland and Labrador Hebron
Hebron, Newfoundland and Labrador
Hebron is the name of a former Moravian mission that was the northernmost settlement in Labrador. Founded in 1831, the mission disbanded in 1959. Abraham Ulrikab and his family were from Hebron and they were exhibited in zoos in Europe in 1880....

 
58°12′06″ Labrador City
Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador
Labrador City is a town in western Labrador , near the Quebec border. As of 2006, its population is 7,240...

 
66°55′13″ St. Shotts
St. Shott's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. Shott's is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 109 in the Canada 2006 Census.-See also:* List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador...

 
46°37′41″ Blackhead  52°39′26″
Yukon Old Crow, Yukon
Old Crow, Yukon
-Population data:-External links:******, a National Film Board of Canada documentary...


Pauline Cove
Herschel Island
Herschel Island is an island in the Beaufort Sea , which lies off the coast of the Yukon Territories in Canada, of which it is administratively a part...

 (last permanent residents left in 1987)
67°57′ (Old Crow) Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek, Yukon
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Contact Creek  Contact Creek
Northwest Territories Sachs Harbour
Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories
Sachs Harbour is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Situated on the southwestern coast of Banks Island in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the population according to the 2006 census count was 122 people. The two principal languages in the town are...

 
71°59′ Aklavik
Aklavik, Northwest Territories
Aklavik is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Until 1961, the community served as the regional administrative centre for the territorial government...

 
135°0′ Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Fort Smith is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories, on the Slave River and adjacent to the NWT/Alberta border.-History:Fort Smith's history began because of the Slave River and the vital link...

 
60°00′ Łutselk'e
Lutselk'e, Northwest Territories
Łutselk'e , also spelt Łutsel K'e, is a "designated authority" in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada...

 
110°44′
Nunavut Alert
Alert, Nunavut
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, from the North Pole. It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered east of the present station, off what is now Cape Sheridan, in 1875–1876.Alert was reported to have five permanent...

 
82°28′ Kugluktuk
Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Kugluktuk is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island...

 
115°09′0″ Sanikiluaq
Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
Sanikiluaq is a small Inuit hamlet located on the north coast of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Nuiyak School, with 23 staff, teaches Grades K-12, with 302 students enrolled. The principal is Tim Hoyt...

 
56°32′ Qikiqtarjuaq
Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
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64°02′


*Lloydminster lies on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border. Farthest east entirely within Alberta is Empress
Empress, Alberta
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 (110°0′22″W). Farthest west entirely within Saskatchewan is Govenlock in the southwest part of the province.

**Flin Flon lies on the Saskatchewan / Manitoba border, however, the southeastern part of Saskatchewan is located much further to the east than Flin Flon.

**The Canada-US border bends below 45°N in the region; the very southernmost point is where the Châteauguay River
Chateauguay River
The Chateauguay River has its source in northern New York State in the United States. It winds its way through several towns and villages in Quebec, Canada, such as Huntingdon, Dewittville, Ormstown and Châteauguay before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal.The river is home to...

crosses the border
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