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Queen Elizabeth IslandsQueen Elizabeth IslandsThe Queen Elizabeth Islands are the northernmost cluster of islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Northern Canada.-Geography:...
- Adams IslandAdams Island (Nunavut)Adams Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago...
- Alexander Island
- Baillie-Hamilton IslandBaillie-Hamilton IslandBaillie-Hamilton Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. The island is rectangular in shape, , and has an area of .Baillie-Hamilton Island is surrounded by larger islands. Devon Island is to the north and the east, across Wellington Channel. Cornwallis Island is to the...
- Bathurst IslandBathurst IslandA member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Bathurst Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut Territory, Canada. The area of the island is estimated at , making it the 54th largest island in the world and Canada's 13th largest island. It is uninhabited.The island is low-lying with...
- Borden IslandBorden IslandBorden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada. With an area of in size, it is the 172nd largest island in the world, and Canada's 30th largest island...
- Brock IslandBrock IslandBrock Island is one of the uninhabited islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago located in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located at 77°51'N 114°27'W, it measures in size and lies close to Mackenzie King Island. The first known sighting of the island was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in...
- Buckingham IslandBuckingham IslandBuckingham Island is a Canadian arctic island located in Norwegian Bay in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The island lies immediately southwest of Graham Island and east of Cornwall Island. Buckingham Island is wide and has an area of . It is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.Its highest...
- Byam Martin IslandByam Martin IslandByam Martin Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands located on the northern side of the Viscount Melville Sound in the territory of Nunavut...
- Cameron IslandCameron IslandCameron Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, close to Bathurst Island, it has an area of . Île Vanier lies immediately to the south, across the Arnott Strait.- Commercial oil production :...
- Coburg IslandCoburg IslandCoburg Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the members of Queen Elizabeth Islands located in Baffin Bay's Lady Ann Strait...
- Cornwall Island
- Cornwallis Island
- Devon IslandDevon IslandDevon Island , claimed to be the largest uninhabited island on Earth, is located in Baffin Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada's sixth largest island, and the 27th...
- Eglinton IslandEglinton IslandEglinton Island an uninhabited island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Located at 75°48'N 118°30'W, it measures in size...
- Ellesmere IslandEllesmere IslandEllesmere Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Lying within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, with Cape Columbia being the most northerly point of land in Canada...
- Emerald Isle
- Graham Island
- Griffith Island (Nunavut)Griffith Island (Nunavut)Griffith Island lies within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-channel islands in the western sector of Barrow Strait....
- Helena IslandHelena Island (Nunavut)Helena Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands located in Nunavut, Canada. It is along the northern coast of Bathurst Island, separated by Sir William Parker Strait. Seymour Island is located off its west coast...
- Hoved IslandHoved IslandHoved Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The island is located between the Svendsen and Bjorne peninsulas, and within the Baumann Fiord of Ellesmere Island, considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago...
- Île VanierÎle VanierÎle Vanier is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. Located at 76°10'N 103°15'W, it has an area of . To the north, across the Arnott Strait, is Cameron Island, and to the south, across the Pearse Strait, is Massey Island....
- King Christian IslandKing Christian IslandKing Christian Island is an uninhabited member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Sverdrup Islands, a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Arctic Ocean, from the southwestern coast of Ellef Ringnes Island, separated by...
- Little Cornwallis IslandLittle Cornwallis IslandLittle Cornwallis Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. It is located at 75°30'N 96°30'W, between Cornwallis Island and Bathurst Island in McDougall Sound, and measures . It is uninhabited....
- Lougheed IslandLougheed IslandLougheed Island is one of the uninhabited islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It measures in size. It is relatively isolated compared to other Canadian Arctic islands, and is located in the Arctic Ocean, halfway between Ellef Ringnes Island to the...
- Mackenzie King IslandMackenzie King IslandMackenzie King Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in northern Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and like them is divided. Most of the island is in Northwest Territories, while its easternmost portion lies in Nunavut...
- Massey IslandMassey IslandMassey Island is an uninhabited island in the Bathurst Island group, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Arctic Ocean, south of Île Vanier and north of Alexander Island and Île Marc . It has an area of .- References :*...
- Meighen IslandMeighen IslandMeighen Island is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located at 79°55'N 99°30'W, it measures in size and is topped with an ice cap. The island is continuously icebound, and its northwestern...
- Melville Island
- North Kent IslandNorth Kent IslandNorth Kent Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Cardigan Strait between Devon Island's Colin Archer Peninsula and Ellesmere Island's Simmons Peninsula.-Geography:...
- Pioneer Island (Nunavut)Pioneer Island (Nunavut)Pioneer Island is an island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in the territory of Nunavut. It lies at the northern end of Penny Strait, between Devon Island and Crescent Island ....
- Prince Patrick IslandPrince Patrick IslandA member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Prince Patrick Island is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The area of the island is , making it the 55th largest island in the world and Canada's 14th largest island...
- Stor IslandStor IslandStor Island is one of the uninhabited islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Eureka Sound, an area separating Axel Heiberg Island from Ellesmere Island. Fulmar Channel is southwest of the island, while Bay Fiord is to the northeast...
- 2092 other minor islands including
Hans IslandHans IslandHans Island is a small, uninhabited barren knoll measuring , located in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait—the strait that separates Ellesmere Island from northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with the Lincoln Sea...
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Ellesmere IslandEllesmere IslandEllesmere Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Lying within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, with Cape Columbia being the most northerly point of land in Canada...
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Belcher IslandsBelcher IslandsThe Belcher Islands are an archipelago in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, the Belcher Islands are spread out over almost . The hamlet of Sanikiluaq is on the north coast of Flaherty Island and is the southernmost in Nunavut. Along with Flaherty Island, the other large...
- Flaherty IslandFlaherty IslandFlaherty Island is an island in the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The island has a very unusual shape....
- Innetalling Island
- Kugong IslandKugong IslandKugong Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is the westernmost member of the Belcher Islands group. Along with Flaherty Island, Innetalling Island, and Tukarak Island, it is one of the four large islands in the group. Kugong Island and...
- Mavor IslandMavor IslandMavor Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is a member of the Belcher Islands group. Mavor Island forms the southeastern border of Fairweather Sound....
- Moore IslandMoore IslandMoore Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay.Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Kugong Island, Flaherty Island, Ney Island, and Renouf Island....
- Snape IslandSnape IslandSnape Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is a member of the Belcher Islands group....
- Split IslandSplit IslandSplit Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is a member of the Belcher Islands group....
- Tukarak IslandTukarak IslandTukarak Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is a member of the Belcher Islands group. Along with Flaherty Island, Innetalling Island, and Kugong Island, it is one of the four large islands in the group.Other islands in the immediate...
- Wiegand IslandWiegand IslandWiegand Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is a member of the Belcher Islands group.Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Renouf Island, Johnson Island, Loaf Island, and Bun Island....
Sverdrup IslandsSverdrup IslandsThe Sverdrup Islands is an archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, in Nunavut, Canada. The islands are situated in the Arctic Ocean, west of Ellesmere Island from 77° to 81° North and 85° to 106° West.- History :...
- Amund Ringnes IslandAmund Ringnes IslandAmund Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Arctic Ocean, between 78 and 79 degrees of latitude. It lies east of Ellef Ringnes Island, west of Axel Heiberg Island. Hassel Sound separates Amund Ringnes Island from Ellef Ringnes...
- Axel Heiberg IslandAxel Heiberg IslandAxel Heiberg Island is an island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 31st largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. According to Statistics Canada, it has an area of ....
- Ellef Ringnes IslandEllef Ringnes IslandEllef Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Also a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is located in the Arctic Ocean, east of Borden Island, and west of Amund Ringnes Island...
- Haig-Thomas IslandHaig-Thomas IslandHaig-Thomas Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Massey Sound, between Amund Ringnes Island and Axel Heiberg Island. It is also a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is named for the British explorer...
Other Arctic Islands
- Adams IslandAdams Island (Nunavut)Adams Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago...
- Admiralty IslandAdmiralty Island (Nunavut)Admiralty Island is an uninhabited, irregularly shaped Arctic island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Victoria Strait, south of Victoria Island's Collinson Peninsula.-References:*...
- Air Force IslandAir Force IslandAir Force Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located along the southwestern coast of Baffin Island and measures in size....
- Akimiski IslandAkimiski IslandAkimiski Island is the largest island in James Bay , Canada, which is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the territory of Nunavut. It has an area of , making it the 163rd largest island in the world, and Canada's 29th largest island. Akimiski Island is only from the province of Ontario...
- Akpatok IslandAkpatok IslandAkpatok Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest island in Ungava Bay on the northern coast of Quebec...
- Angijak IslandAngijak IslandAngijak Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Davis Strait, off southeastern Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Akuglek Island, Kekertaluk Island, Kekertuk Island, and Nuvuktik Island.Angijak...
- Baffin IslandBaffin IslandBaffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut is the largest island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Its area is and its population is about 11,000...
- Banks IslandBanks IslandOne of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Banks Island is situated in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is separated from Victoria Island to its east by the Prince of Wales Strait and from the mainland by Amundsen Gulf to its south. The Beaufort Sea lies...
- Big IslandBig Island (Kimmirut)Big Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait...
- Bray IslandBray IslandBray Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands located in Nunavut, Canada along the southern coast of Baffin Island. It is located in Foxe Basin, at 69°16'N 77°00'W, and has an area of ....
- Brevoort IslandBrevoort IslandBrevoort Island is a small, uninhabited island located in the Labrador Sea off the eastern coast of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. The island is a member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and lies north of Cape Murchison, opposite the Cumberland...
- Bylot IslandBylot IslandBylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada. At it is ranked 71st largest island in the world and Canada's 17th largest island. It is also one of the largest uninhabited islands in the world. While there are no permanent settlements on this Canadian Arctic...
- Charles IslandCharles Island (Nunavut)Charles Island is an Arctic island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located within Hudson Strait, an arm of Hudson Bay. Charles Bay is on the north side of Charles Island. Cap de Nouvelle-France, on the Ungava Peninsula of Quebec, is directly southeast of the island.-References:*...
- Charlton IslandCharlton IslandCharlton Island is an uninhabited island located in James Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located at 52°00'N 79°30'W it has an area of .....
- Coats IslandCoats IslandCoats Island lies at the northern end of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. At in size, it is the 107th largest island in the world, and Canada's 24th largest island....
- Crown Prince Frederik IslandCrown Prince Frederik IslandCrown Prince Frederik Island is an island in Nunavut, Canada. It is located off the southern coast of western Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region's side of the Gulf of Boothia. It has an area of .- External links :* *...
- Dexterity IslandDexterity IslandDexterity Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island. Adams Island is to the south, while Bergesen Island is to the west.-History:...
- Edgell IslandEdgell IslandEdgell Island is one of Baffin Island's small offshore islands, located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It lies in Hudson Strait, near the entrance into Frobisher Bay. Graves Strait, about long and wide, separates it from Resolution Island. Edgell Island has an...
- Foley IslandFoley IslandFoley Island is a low-lying Canadian arctic island located in Nunavut, Canada. It is along the southern coast of Baffin Island in the Foxe Basin and measures in area....
- Gateshead IslandGateshead IslandGateshead Island is an island located in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located in M'Clintock Channel, the area of Gateshead Island is around . It is an important polar bear denning area....
- Herschel IslandHerschel IslandHerschel 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...
- Igloolik IslandIgloolik IslandIgloolik Island is a small island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Foxe Basin, very close to the Melville Peninsula , and it is often thought to be a part of the peninsula...
- Jens Munk IslandJens Munk IslandJens Munk Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island. Located at 69°39'N 80°04'W it has an area of ....
- Jenny Lind IslandJenny Lind Island-History:The island is uninhabited but still has an active North Warning System. Originally part of the Distant Early Warning Line, the site is known as CAM-1.-References:***...
- Killiniq IslandKilliniq IslandKilliniq Island is a small, remote island in northeastern Canada. Located at the extreme northern tip of Labrador between Ungava Bay and the Labrador Sea, it is notable in that it contains the only land border between Nunavut territory and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador...
- King William IslandKing William IslandKing William Island is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and forms part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In area it is between and making it the 61st largest island in the world and Canada's 15th largest island...
- Koch IslandKoch IslandKoch Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Foxe Basin, it is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island. Located at 69°38'N 78°20'W, it has an area of ....
- Loks Land IslandLoks Land IslandLoks Land Island is part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Nunavut, Canada. It is located off the eastern tip of Baffin Island's Blunt Peninsula, close to the mouth of Frobisher Bay. It has an area of and a coastline of 206 km...
- Long Island
- Mansel IslandMansel IslandMansel Island , a member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Hudson Bay off of Quebec's Ungava Peninsula. At in size, it is the 159th largest island in the world, and Canada's 28th largest island...
- Matty IslandMatty IslandMatty Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It is located in Rae Strait, between King William Island and the Boothia Peninsula. Located at 69°29'N 95°40'W it has an area of ....
- Melbourne IslandMelbourne IslandMelbourne Island is an island in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the western end of Queen Maud Gulf, off the Kent Peninsula. To the north lies the Canadian Arctic's second largest island, Victoria Island....
- Mill IslandMill Island (Nunavut)Mill Island is an uninhabited Arctic island located in Hudson Bay between Foxe Channel and Hudson Strait. It is south of Baffin Island's Foxe Peninsula, and north of Nottingham and Salisbury islands. Mill Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.Putnam Island is...
- Moodie IslandMoodie IslandMoodie Island is one of Baffin Island's small, uninhabited, offshore islands and is a part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago within the territory of Nunavut. It is separated from Baffin Island by Littlecote Channel to the west, and Neptune Bay to the east. Moodie Island is located on the southern...
- North Twin IslandNorth Twin Island (Nunavut)North Twin Island is an uninhabited Arctic island located east of Akimiski Island in James Bay on the southern end of Hudson Bay. The smaller, similarly-shaped, South Twin Island is located approximately 10 km southeast...
- Nottingham IslandNottingham IslandNottingham Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Hudson Strait, just north of the entrance into Hudson Bay.-History:...
- Padloping IslandPadloping IslandPadloping Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Davis Strait's Merchants Bay off the eastern coast of Baffin Island...
- Pandora IslandPandora IslandPandora Island is a member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It lies in Peel Sound at the entrance of Prince of Wales Island's Young Bay, while Somerset Island's Four Rivers Bay is to the east. The larger Prescott Island is to the north....
- Prescott IslandPrescott IslandPrescott Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the territory of Nunavut. The island is situated in Peel Sound, between the Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island.Prescott Island is oval-shaped, and has an area of...
- Prince Charles IslandPrince Charles IslandPrince Charles Island is a large, low-lying island with an area of , making it the world's 78th largest island and the 19th largest island in Canada. It is located in Foxe Basin, off the west coast of Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Despite the island's size, it wasn't...
- Prince of Wales Island
- Resolution IslandResolution Island (Nunavut)Resolution Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Hudson Strait. It has an area of...
- Richards IslandRichards IslandRichards Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The island has an area of 2,165 km², being 53 miles long and 26 miles wide. Its eastern limit is marked by the main channel of the Mackenzie River, while its western limit is defined by the narrower...
- Rowley IslandRowley IslandRowley Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of .Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at , and an Automated Surface Observing System.It is named...
- Russell Island
- Salisbury Island
- Sillem IslandSillem IslandSillem Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the second largest of the several hundred islands and islets that are located in Baffin Bay, immediately off the northern coast of Baffin Island. It lies within Scott Inlet, southwest of Scott...
- Smith IslandSmith Island (Nunavut)Smith Island is a northern Canadian island in eastern Hudson Bay. It's a part of Qikiqtaaluk Region in the territory of Nunavut, though situated off the western coast of Quebec's Ungava Peninsula....
- Somerset Island
- Southampton IslandSouthampton IslandSouthampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada. The area of the island is stated as by Statistics Canada . It is the 34th largest...
- South Tweedsmuir IslandSouth Tweedsmuir IslandSouth Tweedsmuir Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands located in Foxe Basin, off the southwest coast of Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada...
- Stefansson IslandStefansson IslandStefansson Island is an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It has an area of , making it the 128th largest island in the world, and Canada's 27th largest island. The island is located in Viscount Melville Sound, with M'Clintock Channel...
- Tennent IslandTennent IslandsThe Tennent Islands are an uninhabited Canadian Arctic island group in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. The islands are located in Rae Strait between the Clarence Islands and Beverly Islands. Thomson Point on King William Island lies away, across the Humboldt Channel. Matty Island lies to the east,...
- Vansittart Island
- Victoria Island
- Wales IslandWales IslandWales Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. Located off the Melville Peninsula, the island is situated in Committee Bay within western Gulf of Boothia. It has an area of .Named Prince of Wales Island by the Scottish Arctic explorer, Dr...
- White Island
- 34377 other minor islands
New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
- Campobello Island
- Deer Island
- Grand Manan Island
- Île de Lamèque
- Machias Seal IslandMachias Seal IslandMachias Seal Island is an island located in the Gulf of Maine, approximately southeast from Cutler, Maine, and approximately southwest of Southwest Head, New Brunswick on Grand Manan Island. Machias Seal Island is located at and measures approximately in area. It is a neighbour to North Rock....
(Also claimed by the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) - Miscou IslandMiscou IslandMiscou Island is a Canadian island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of Gloucester County, New Brunswick.It is separated from neighbouring Lamèque Island to the southwest by the Miscou Channel with both islands forming Miscou Harbour....
- White Head Island
Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
- Baccalieu IslandBaccalieu IslandBaccalieu Island is a 5 km² uninhabited island at the northern extremities of Conception Bay near the community of Red Head Cove, Canada. It is separated from the island of Newfoundland by Baccalieu Tickle, a small strait and an abundant fishing ground....
- Bell IslandBell IslandBell Island is a Canadian island located off Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in Conception Bay.Measuring 9 km in length and 3 km in width, Bell Island has an area of 34 km²...
- Brunette IslandBrunette IslandBrunette Island is an island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the largest island in the Fortune Bay.In 1964, buffalo were introduced to the island as an economic development experiment....
- Carbonear IslandCarbonear Islandthumb|Map of Fortification in 1750Carbonear Island is a small uninhabited island on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. It is located at the mouth of Carbonear harbour...
- Change Islands
- Cod Island
- Fogo Island
- Funk IslandFunk IslandFunk Island is a small, barren, isolated, uninhabited island approximately northeast of Wesleyville, Newfoundland, Canada.-Geography:The island is roughly trapezoidal in shape, with a maximum length of 0.8 km and a maximum width of 0.3 km and is nearly flat, rising 14 m out of the North...
- Great Colinet IslandGreat Colinet IslandGreat Colinet Island is an island of St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Both this island and Little Colinet Island makeup the Colinet Islands....
- Grey IslandsGrey IslandsThe Canadian Grey Islands consist of two islands, Bell Island and Groais Island, located off Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula to the east in the Atlantic Ocean....
- Horse Islands
- Ireland's Eye Island
- Kelly's IslandKelly's IslandKelly's Island is one of three islands in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.There are no residences on Kelly's Island. The western end is Crown land which was used by local farmers for cattle grazing. The eastern end of the island was granted, in two identical grants, to two Church of England...
- Kikkertavak Island
- Killiniq IslandKilliniq IslandKilliniq Island is a small, remote island in northeastern Canada. Located at the extreme northern tip of Labrador between Ungava Bay and the Labrador Sea, it is notable in that it contains the only land border between Nunavut territory and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador...
- Merasheen IslandMerasheen IslandMerasheen Island is an island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With a length of approximately 35 km and a width at its widest point of 9 km, it is situated about 6 km from Presque. It is the largest island in the Placentia Bay....
- Newfoundland
- New World IslandNew World IslandNew World Island is an island in Notre Dame Bay, just off the coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.The island is connected to Newfoundland by a causeway. The prominent communities on the island are Summerford, Virgin Arm, Hillgrade, Newville, Cobb's Arm and...
- Paul's IslandPaul's IslandPaul's Island or Paul Island is an island off the coast of Labrador, near the town of Nain in Canada.The island is the geological type area of the mineral labradorite, which is a plagioclase feldspar. Labradorite is the principal component of the igneous rock type anorthosite...
- Puffin IslandPuffin Island (Baccalieu Tickle), Newfoundland and LabradorPuffin Island is a small island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, in a navigation channel called Baccalieu Tickle and just off the coast of Baccalieu Island. The island is an ecological reserve for its population of Atlantic Puffin...
- Quirpon IslandQuirpon IslandQuirpon Island is a small Canadian island off the northeastern tip of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
- Ramea Island
- Random IslandRandom IslandRandom Island is located off Canada's Atlantic coast. Part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, it is located on the east coast of Newfoundland and semi-surrounded by the Bonavista Peninsula on the north and within the confines of Trinity Bay...
- South Aulatsivik IslandSouth Aulatsivik IslandSouth Aulatsivik Island is a Canadian island in northeastern part of Labrador in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.It is situated at entrance of Webb’s Bay, fronting the Atlantic Ocean....
- Tunungayualok Island
Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
- Barren Island
- Big Tancook IslandBig Tancook IslandBig Tancook Island is a Canadian island located off the coast of Nova Scotia. The island is one of the 365 islands dotting Mahone Bay. It measures approximately long and wide, forming roughly a "C" shape. The island is separated from nearby Little Tancook Island to the east by a wide strait...
- Boularderie IslandBoularderie IslandBoularderie Island is an island separating the Cabot Strait from Bras d'Or Lake on the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It takes its name from Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie, who was granted the area as a concession from the King of France.At 40 km long and...
- Brier IslandBrier IslandBrier Island is an island in the Bay of Fundy in Digby County, Nova Scotia.-Geography:The island is the western-most part of Nova Scotia and the southern end of the North Mountain ridge with Long Island lying immediately northeast; both islands constitute part of the Digby Neck...
- Cape Breton IslandCape Breton IslandCape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
- Cape Sable Island
- Deadmans IslandDeadman's Island, HalifaxDeadman's Island is a small peninsula containing a cemetery and park located in the Northwest Arm of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada.It was first known as "Target Island" after use by the British military for target practice....
- Devils IslandDevils Island, Nova ScotiaDevils Island, Nova Scotia is located on the northeast entrance of Halifax Harbour off the coast of the Halifax Regional Municipality near the community of Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia. The name originated from an early French merchant and was first spelled Deville's Island...
- Dover Island
- Georges Island
- Henry IslandHenry Island (Nova Scotia)Henry Island is an island located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in the Northumberland Strait of Nova Scotia, Canada, just east of Prince Edward Island and southwest of Port Hood Island.- Geography :...
- Lawlor IslandLawlor IslandLawlor Island is a small island near the mouth of Halifax Harbour. Measuring approximately 55 hectares, it is located opposite MacCormacks Beach in Eastern Passage and McNabs Island in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia...
- Long IslandLong Island (Nova Scotia)Long Island is a Canadian island in Digby County, Nova Scotia.Situated in the Bay of Fundy immediately southwest of the Digby Neck, Brier Island is located immediately west...
- Île MadameIsle MadameIsle Madame is a Canadian island located at off the southeastern corner of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.The island was settled by France as part of its colony of Île-Royale . It is presumed to have been named for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of France's King Louis XIV. After the fall...
- McNabs IslandMcNabs IslandMcNabs Island is the largest island in Halifax Harbour located in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It played a major role in defending Halifax Harbour and is now a provincial park...
- Oak IslandOak IslandOak Island is a island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. The tree-covered island is one of about 360 small islands in Mahone Bay and rises to a maximum of 35 feet above sea level...
- Partridge Island
- Petit de Great IslandPetit-de-Grat IslandPetit-de-Grat Island is a Canadian island off the coast of Cape Breton Island, in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. The islands main community is Petit-de-Grat. The first settlers came from the Basque region of Spain in 1714....
- Pictou Island
- Port Hood IslandPort Hood Island, Nova ScotiaPort Hood Island is a small island and community of the same name located in the northeastern part of St. George's Bay, a sub-basin in the eastern part of the Northumberland Strait, adjacent to the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is named after the community of Port Hood...
- Sable IslandSable IslandSable Island is a small Canadian island situated 300 km southeast of mainland Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is a year-round home to approximately five people...
- Sambro Island
- Seal IslandSeal Island, Nova ScotiaSeal Island is an island on the outermost extreme of Southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, and is the southernmost point of land of Nova Scotia. It is located in Municipalité Argyle Municipality in Yarmouth County. It is approximately 2.7 miles long and 0.5 miles wide. It is the biggest of a group of...
- Sherose IslandSherose Island, Nova ScotiaSherose Island is a small Canadian island and community of the same name located off the South Shore of Nova Scotia in the Barrington municipal district of Shelburne County....
- Southwest IslandSouthwest Island, Nova ScotiaSouthwest Island is an uninhabited, island in the southwest corner of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia.-References:*Nautical chart #4386 St. Margarets Bay, published by Canadian Hydrographic Service, 2004*, St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association...
- Stoddart IslandStoddart IslandStoddart Island, Nova Scotia is a privately-owned, tract of land located off the Southern coast of that Atlantic maritimes province, proximate to the small Canadian town Shag Harbour in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.The island gained some measure of fame as the site of the lighthouse wherein...
- Saint Paul Island
- Tusket IslandsTusket IslandsThe Tusket Islands are a number of islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.The islands stretch along the coast from Pinkney's Point to Wedgeport and include:* Allen Island* Pease Island* Spectacle Island* Ellenwood Island...
OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
- Amherst IslandAmherst IslandAmherst Island is one of the Thousand Islands in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario. The island is approximately 70 km² in size, measuring 16.5 km long and 7 km at its widest. It is part of Loyalist Township in Lennox and Addington County. The two main communities on the island are...
- Manitoulin IslandManitoulin IslandManitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and...
- Thousand IslandsThousand IslandsThe Thousand Islands is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the Canada-U.S. border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario, the...
- Toronto IslandsToronto IslandsThe Toronto Islands are a chain of small islands in the city of Toronto, Ontario. Comprising the only group of islands in the western part of Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands are located just offshore from the city centre, and provide shelter for Toronto Harbour...
- Wolfe IslandWolfe Island (Ontario)Wolfe Island is an island located at the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario. Wolfe Island is part of Frontenac County, Ontario. Together with Howe Island, Simcoe Island, and Hickory Island forms the Township of Frontenac Islands. It is the largest of the...
Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
- Boughton Island
- Governors IslandGovernors Island (Prince Edward Island)Governors Island is a Canadian island located in Hillsborough Bay, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait along the south shore of Prince Edward Island.The island is located at 46'08"N, 63'04"W, approximately south from Keppoch and north from Point Prim....
- Hog Island Sand Hills
- Holman Island
- Lennox Island
- Murray Islands
- Panmure Island
- St. Peters Island
QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
- Anticosti IslandAnticosti IslandAnticosti Island is an island at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada, between 49° and 50° N., and between 61° 40' and 64° 30' W. At in size, it is the 90th largest island in the world and 20th largest island in Canada...
- Entry IslandEntry IslandEntry Island is an island off the east coast of the Magdalen Islands, which are part of the Canadian Province of Quebec. The island is 2 km wide and 3 km long. The island is located 12 km from the main port of Cap-aux-Meules of the Magdalen Islands. Entry Island is only accessible...
- Île Bonaventure
- Île BizardÎle BizardÎle Bizard is an island near the Island of Montreal in the Hochelaga Archipelago region.It was formerly a separate municipality named Ville de L'Île-Bizard, but is now part of the city of Montreal, in the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève....
- Îles de Boucherville
- Île de la VisitationÎle de la VisitationÎle de la Visitation is a small island in the Rivière des Prairies, part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, linked to the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada....
- Île-des-SœursNuns' IslandNuns' Island is an island that forms a part of the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is part of the borough of Verdun.-Geography:The 3.74 km² island is part of the Hochelaga Archipelago in the St. Lawrence River...
- Île d'OrléansÎle d'OrléansÎle d'Orléans is located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The island was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island...
- Île Dorval
- Île JésusÎle JésusÎle Jésus is an island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies....
- Île Notre-DameÎle Notre-DameÎle Notre-Dame is an artificial island built in 10 months from 15 million tons of rock excavated for the Montreal Metro in 1965. It was created for Expo 67 to celebrate Canada's centennial. The island is part of the city of Montreal and forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
- Île PerrotÎle PerrotÎle Perrot is an island west of the island of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec. Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island lies between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes....
- Île René-Levasseur
- Île Sainte-Hélène
- Îles LavalÎles LavalThe Îles Laval are an island grouping in the Rivière des Prairies in southwestern Quebec, part of the Hochelaga ArchipelagoFormerly an independent municipality , they became part of the city of Laval on August 6, 1965.- Geography :...
- Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
- Magdalen IslandsMagdalen IslandsThe Magdalen Islands form a small archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with a land area of . Though closer to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, the islands form part of the Canadian province of Quebec....
Southern Gulf IslandsGulf IslandsThe Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia , between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada....
- Cabbage Island
- Curlew IslandCurlew IslandCurlew Island is a low-lying islet with an area of 0.415 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Partridge Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland....
- De Courcy IslandDe Courcy IslandDe Courcy Island is one of the Gulf Islands located in the Northumberland Channel approximately south-east of Nanaimo, British Columbia and approximately south-west of Vancouver, British Columbia...
s- Mudge IslandMudge IslandMudge Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia , Canada. It lies between Gabriola Island and Vancouver Island, and is considered part of the De Courcy group of islands. It is about wide and long....
- Link IslandLink IslandLink Island is a small island at the outer margin of the Duroch Islands, approximately 3 nautical miles northwest of Halpern Point, Trinity Peninsula. The island was charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947–48, and called "Islote Sub-Teniente Ross" or "Islote Ross." Named by Advisory...
- Ruxton IslandRuxton IslandRuxton Island is one of the seven islands in the De Courcy Islands group. It is one of the southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia. Located south of Gabriola Island, it is home to approximately five year round cabins and 100 seasonally occupied cabins....
- Pylades Island
- Mudge Island
- Gabriola IslandGabriola IslandGabriola Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia , Canada. Gabriola lies about east of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, to which it is linked by ferry...
- Galiano IslandGaliano IslandGaliano Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the west side of the Strait of Georgia, it is 27.5 km long, 6 km at its widest point, and 1.6 km across at its narrowest point and is separated...
- Gossip Island
- Hudson Island
- James IslandJames Island (British Columbia)James Island, one of British Columbia's Gulf Islands, lying in Haro Strait, approximately off the coast of Vancouver Island and from Seattle, Washington. James Island lies between Sidney Island and the coast of Vancouver Island near Sidney, British Columbia. It is 315 ha in size.The name was...
- Kuper IslandKuper IslandKuper Island belongs to the Penelakut First Nation and is located in the southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. Kuper has a population of about 300 members of the Penelakut Band. The island has an area of 8.66 km²...
- Mayne IslandMayne IslandMayne Island is a rustic 21-km² island in the southern Gulf Islands chain of British Columbia. It is situated midway between the Lower Mainland of BC and Vancouver Island, and has a population of around eleven hundred.-History:...
- Moresby Island
- Parker IslandParker IslandParker Island is a roughly island in the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. It forms the western side of Montague Harbour, sheltering it from the strong wind gusts of Trincomali Channel...
- Pender IslandPender IslandPender Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located in the Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Pender Island is approximately in area and is home to about 2,500 permanent residents, as well as a large seasonal population...
(North and South) - Piers IslandPiers IslandPiers Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, located on the boundary of Discovery Passage, a waterway which with nearby Haro Strait forms the section of the United States-Canada border separating the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, of which Piers is a part, and the San Juan Islands of...
- Portland IslandPortland Island (British Columbia)Portland Island is an island in the Southern Gulf Islands of the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located west of Moresby Island and off the south tip of Saltspring Island, adjacent to the main BC Ferries route just offshore from the terminal at Swartz Bay at the tip of the Saanich...
- Prevost IslandPrevost IslandPrevost Island is an island in the southern Gulf Islands of the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located east of Ganges Harbour and midway between the southeastern extremity of Salt Spring Island and the southern end of Galiano Island...
- Reid IslandReid IslandReid Island is an island at the east side of the entrance to Iceberg Bay, along the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. The name "Reidholmen" appears in this location for a small group of islands on a chart drawn by Captain Petter Sorlle in 1912-13. Survey by the Falkland...
- Saltspring IslandSaltspring IslandSaltspring Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia between mainland British Columbia, Canada and Vancouver Island. It is the largest, the most populous, and the most frequently visited of the Gulf Islands...
- Samuel Island
- Saturna IslandSaturna IslandSaturna Island is a mountainous island, about 31 km² in size, in the Southern Gulf Islands chain of British Columbia. It is situated approximately midway between the Lower Mainland of B.C. and Vancouver Island, and is the most easterly of the Gulf Islands. It is surrounded on three sides by...
- Secret Island
- Secretary Islands
- Sidney IslandSidney IslandSidney Island is one of the southern Gulf Islands located between the southwest coast of British Columbia, Canada and Vancouver Island, BC. It is located just east of the town of Sidney which is on the east coast of the Saanich Peninsula...
- Tent Island
- Tree Island
- Tumbo Island
- Thetis IslandThetis IslandThetis Island is an island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the Gulf Islands. The island was named in 1851 after HMS Thetis, a 36-gun Royal Navy frigate commanded by Captain Augustus Leopold Kuper . The ship was named after the Nereid Thetis from Greek mythology...
- Valdes IslandValdes IslandValdes Island is one of the Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. It is across Porlier Pass from Galiano Island, which lies to the southeast. It has an area of 23 km2, and is 1.6 km wide by 16 km in length...
- Wallace Island
- Whaleboat Island
- Wise Island
Northern Gulf IslandsGulf IslandsThe Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia , between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada....
- Ballenas Islands
- Denman Island
- Hornby IslandHornby IslandHornby Island of British Columbia, Canada, is a Northern Gulf Island parallel with Vancouver Island's Comox Valley.A small community of 1,074 residents is distributed across the island. The island is culturally distinctive as it was the site of a large immigration of American draft dodgers during...
- Harwood IslandHarwood Island (British Columbia)Harwood Island is a small island that lies off the coast of Powell River, BC. It is an Indian reserve and is part of the traditional territory of the Sliammon First Nation. It is a popular weekend destination during the summer season for tourists and residents of Powell River.An excellent day...
- Jedediah IslandJedediah Island Marine Provincial ParkJedediah Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is a small, island which is quite beautiful. Anyone is free to camp on Jedediah island; but usually the only way to get there is by boat. The nearest access is from Lasqueti Island.-The Palmers:The Palmers...
- Lasqueti IslandLasqueti IslandLasqueti Island is an island off the east coast of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia, Powell River Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. A passenger-only ferry connects the island to the community of French Creek, near Parksville...
- Savary IslandSavary IslandSavary Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. Located in the northern part of the Strait of Georgia, it is northwest of Vancouver. It is approximately 0.8-1.5 km wide and long. It has a permanent population of 100...
- Texada IslandTexada IslandTexada Island is the largest island in the Strait of Georgia of British Columbia, Canada. Its northern tip is located about southwest of the city of Powell River and west of the Sechelt Peninsula on the Sunshine Coast. A former mining and logging area, the island still has a few quarries and old...
Discovery IslandsDiscovery IslandsThe Discovery Islands are the islands in the Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland in British Columbia. These islands are sometimes considered to be part of the Northern Gulf Islands....
NB Cortes and Quadra, because of their location at the northern end of the Gulf of Georgia, are often considered part of the Northern Gulf Islands.
- Cortes Island
- East Redonda IslandEast Redonda IslandEast Redonda Island is a coastal island in British Columbia, Canada, part of the Discovery Islands archipelago. It lies just to the north of Desolation Sound Marine Park, which is located off the north end of the Malaspina Peninsula at the mouth of Toba Inlet...
- East Thurlow IslandEast Thurlow IslandEast Thurlow Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands, an archipelago between Vancouver Island and the mainland, whose waters connect the Strait of Georgia with Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait...
- Hernando IslandHernando IslandHernando Island is one of the Discovery Islands near Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. Along with the nearby Cortes Island, it was presumably named in 1792 by Valdés and Galiano after Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico....
- Maurelle IslandMaurelle IslandMaurelle Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait....
- Quadra IslandQuadra IslandQuadra Island is an island off the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, part of the Discovery Islands. It is separated from Vancouver Island by Discovery Passage, and from Cortes Island by Sutil Channel...
- Read IslandRead IslandRead Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait....
- Rendezvous IslandsRendezvous IslandsThe Rendezvous Islands are a groups of islands in British Columbia, Canada. They are part of the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait....
- Sonora IslandSonora Island (British Columbia)Sonora Island is one of the outer islands of the Discovery Islands of British Columbia, Canada.The island took its name from the Spanish schooner that explored the Pacific Northwest in 1775....
- Stuart IslandStuart Island (British Columbia)Stuart Island is one of the Discovery Islands of British Columbia, which lie between northern Vancouver Island and the British Columbia Coast. It is privately owned and has no ferry access. It is at the mouth of Bute Inlet to the east of the larger Sonora Island...
- West Redonda IslandWest Redonda IslandWest Redonda Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands, an archipelago between Vancouver Island and the mainland, and between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait....
- West Thurlow IslandWest Thurlow IslandWest Thurlow Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands, an archipelago between Vancouver Island and the mainland, whose waters connect the Strait of Georgia with Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait....
Sunshine Coast-Desolation SoundDesolation SoundDesolation Sound is a deep water sound in British Columbia, Canada.It is a favourite destination for boaters because of its spectacular fjords, mountains, and wildlife. It is part of the Sunshine Coast....
- Nelson IslandNelson Island (British Columbia)Nelson Island is an island in the Sunshine Coast region of the South Coast region of British Columbia. It is surrounded by Hotham Sound, Agamemnon Channel, and Malaspina Strait. The closest communities are Pender Harbour, British Columbia and Egmont, both on the Sechelt Peninsula.The island is...
Howe SoundHowe SoundHowe Sound is a roughly triangular sound, actually a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver.-Geography:Howe Sound's mouth at the Strait of Georgia is situated between West Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. The sound is triangular shaped, open on its southeast towards the...
- Anvil IslandAnvil IslandAnvil Island, also often called Hat Island, is the third-largest of the islands in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, and the northernmost of the major islands in that sound. It is located northeast of Gambier Island and southwest of Britannia Beach and west of Porteau Cove. The Defence...
- Bowen IslandBowen IslandBowen Island, British Columbia, is an island municipality in Howe Sound, is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and is an island included within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust . Approximately 6 km wide by 12 km long, the island at its closest point is about 2 km...
- Bowyer IslandBowyer IslandBowyer Island is a small island in Howe Sound. It is located east of Bowen Island. BC Liberal politician, formerly Attorney-General of British Columbia, Geoff Plant is a seasonal resident.Bowyer Island was named by Capt...
- Defence IslandsDefence IslandsThe Defence Islands are two small islands in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Anvil Island and in the northern reaches of that sound near Porteau Cove. The easterly and smaller of the two comprises Defence Island Indian Reserve No. 28, 1.7 ha., the westerly comprises the...
- Gambier IslandGambier IslandGambier Island is an island located in Howe Sound near Vancouver, British Columbia. It is about 17,000 acres in size and is located about 10 km north of the Horseshoe Bay community and ferry terminal in westernmost West Vancouver....
- Keats Island
Cape ScottCape Scott Provincial ParkCape Scott Provincial Park is a provincial park located at the cape of the same name, which is the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. First established in 1973 with c. of area, later boundary revisions form an area of 22,290 ha...
- Cape Scott Islands
- Lanz and Cox Islands
Clayoquot SoundClayoquot SoundClayoquot Sound is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is bordered by the Esowista Peninsula to the south, and the Hesquiaht Peninsula to the North. It is a body of water with many inlets and islands. Major inlets include Sydney Inlet,...
- Meares IslandMeares IslandMeares Island is one of the many islands surrounding the Village of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. Its name was given in 1862 by George Henry Richards, captain of HMS Hecate, in honor of John Meares...
- Flores Island
- Vargas Island
Lower MainlandLower MainlandThe Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been...
NB Almost all of the islands in this section are river or lake islands, not coastal islands. Deadman's Island is in Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet, Echo and Long Islands are in Harrison LakeHarrison Lake
Harrison Lake is the largest lake in the southern Coast Mountains of Canada, being about 250 square kilometres in area. It is about 60 km in length and at its widest almost 9 km across. Its southern end, at the resort community of Harrison Hot Springs, is c. 95 km east of...
. All others are in the Fraser River and its estuary.
- Annacis IslandAnnacis IslandAnnacis Island is an island located in the South Arm of the Fraser River in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. The island is now mostly industrial, and it contains one of the Metro Vancouver's secondary wastewater treatment plants...
- Barnston Island
- Deadman's IslandDeadman's Island (Vancouver)Deadman Island is a 3.8 ha island to the south of Stanley Park in Coal Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia. The indigenous Sḵwxwú7mesh name is "skwtsa7s", meaning simply "island." Officially designated "Deadman Island" by the Geographical Names Board of Canada in 1937. it is commonly referred to...
(Burrard Inlet) - Deas IslandDeas IslandDeas Island is an island in the south arm of the Fraser River between Delta, British Columbia and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The island is home to a regional park approximately in size...
- Douglas IslandDouglas Island (British Columbia)Douglas Island is a 187-hectare island in British Columbia, Canada, located where the Fraser River and Pitt River meet. The island is uninhabited...
- Crescent Island
- Echo Island
- Herrling Island
- Iona Island
- Long Island
- Lulu IslandLulu IslandLulu Island is the name of the largest island in the estuary of the Fraser River. The island makes up most of the City of Richmond, a major suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia...
- Matsqui IslandMatsqui IslandMatsqui Island is a large island in the Fraser River in the Central Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located between the City of Abbotsford and the District of Mission and about a mile downstream from the Mission Bridge...
- McMillan IslandMcMillan IslandMcMillan Island is an island in the Fraser River. Located to the north of Fort Langley and south of Maple Ridge.-Overview:McMillan Island is located in the lower Fraser River, north of Fort Langley and south of Maple Ridge...
- Mitchell IslandMitchell IslandMitchell Island is an island in the North Arm of the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, located between the cities of Vancouver and Richmond and is incorporated as part of the latter city...
- Nicomen IslandNicomen IslandNicomen Island is an island in the Fraser River east of Mission and between Deroche and Dewdney . Located on the river's north side, and separated from the foot of the Douglas Ranges by Nicomen Slough, the island is near-totally given over to agriculture and constitutes a rural community in its...
- Sea Bird IslandSea Bird Island (British Columbia)Sea Bird Island is an island in the Fraser River just east of Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada, in the Upper Fraser Valley region of that province, about 75 miles east of Vancouver...
- Sea Island
- Westham IslandWestham IslandWestham Island is an island located near Ladner, British Columbia, Canada. The island is accessible via the Westham Island Bridge. The George C. Reifel Refuge for migratory birds is located at the northern end of the island. The Alaksen National Wildlife Area is also located on the...
Johnstone StraitJohnstone StraitJohnstone Strait is a channel along the north east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Opposite the Vancouver Island coast, running north to south, are Hanson Island, West Cracroft Island, the mainland British Columbia Coast, Hardwick Island, West Thurlow Island and East...
-Queen Charlotte StraitQueen Charlotte StraitQueen Charlotte Strait is a strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It connects Queen Charlotte Sound with Johnstone Strait, Discovery Passage and then to the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound...
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- Broughton ArchipelagoBroughton ArchipelagoThe Broughton Archipelago is a group of islands on the northeastern flank of the Queen Charlotte Strait on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The largest islands in the group, which includes numerous smaller islets, are Broughton Island, North Broughton Island, Eden Island, Bonwick Island and...
- Broughton Island
- North Broughton Island
- Eden Island
- Bonwick Island
- Baker Island
- Cormorant Island (loc. of Alert Bay)
- Harbledown Island
- Hardwicke IslandHardwicke IslandHardwicke Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, measuring approximately 35 square kilometres. It is part of the Discovery Islands, an archipelago between Vancouver Island and the mainland, whose waters connect the Strait of Georgia with Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte...
- Malcolm Island (loc. of SointulaSointula, British ColumbiaSointula is an isolated village on Malcolm Island in British Columbia, Canada. Lying between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland, northeast of Port McNeill and not far from Alert Bay, the island is part of the historic and present territory of the 'Namgis First Nation...
) - Turnour Island
Fitz Hugh SoundFitz Hugh SoundFitz Hugh Sound, sometimes spelled Fitzhugh Sound, is a sound on the British Columbia Coast of Canada, located between Calvert Island and the mainland. Fitz Hugh Sound is part of a group of named bodies of water around the opening of Dean Channel, one of the coast's main fjords, where it...
-Dean ChannelDean ChannelDean Channel is the upper end of one of the longest inlets of the British Columbia Coast, from its head at the mouth of the Kimsquit River. The Dean River, one of the main rivers of the Coast Mountains, enters Dean Channel about below the head of the inlet, at the community of...
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- Calvert IslandCalvert IslandCalvert Island is an island in Whitefish Bay, Lake of the Woods in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. It is about south of the community of Sioux Narrows and west of Ontario Highway 71....
- Campbell IslandCampbell Island (British Columbia)Campbell Island is an island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located west of Denny Island and north of Hunter Island, near Milbanke Sound. The Inside Passage waterways of Lama Pass and Seaforth Channel meet at the northern end of Campbell Island....
- Cunningham IslandCunningham IslandCunningham Island is an island in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. To its west is Chatfield Island, to its south Denny Island, and to its east the mainland. It was named by Captain Daniel Pender of the Beaver about 1866, after Thomas Cunningham, an early British...
- Denny Island
- King IslandKing Island (British Columbia)King Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Dean Channel and about east of Bella Bella.. A number of other islands separate King Island from the open sea of Queen Charlotte Sound....
- Hecate Island
- Hunter IslandHunter Island (British Columbia)Hunter Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located inshore from Queen Charlotte Sound, about north of the town of Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island....
- Yeo IslandYeo IslandYeo Island is an island in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated from the Don Peninsula to its west by Spiller Channel, and from the Coldwell Peninsula to its east by Bullock Channel. It was first charted and circumnavigated in 1793 by James Johnstone, one of George...
Queen Charlotte Sound-Hecate StraitHecate StraitHecate Strait is a wide but shallow strait between the Haida Gwaii and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It merges with Queen Charlotte Sound to the south and Dixon Entrance to the north...
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- Aristazabal IslandAristazabal IslandAristazabal Island is an island situated south west of Princess Royal Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of . The island was named on August 30, 1792, by Lieutenant Commander Jacinto Caamaño of the Spanish corvette Aranzazu for the Spanish Captain Gabriel de Aristazábal, one of the...
- Banks IslandBanks Island (British Columbia)Banks Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, on Hecate Strait, east of and opposite the Queen Charlotte Islands. To the east of Banks Island is Pitt Island and McCauley Island, both across Principe Channel...
- Calvert IslandCalvert Island (British Columbia)Calvert Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located east of Queen Charlotte Sound in the Central Coast region, about north of the town of Port Hardy, which is at the north end of Vancouver Island....
- Campania IslandCampania IslandCampania Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, east across Hecate Strait from the Queen Charlotte Islands. To the west of Campania Island, across Estevan Sound, is the Estevan Group archipelago. Banks Island lies to the...
- Dowager IslandDowager IslandDowager Island is an island in the North Coast region of British Columbia. To its west is Finlayson Channel, to it east Mathieson Channel. Susan Island lies to its north and Lady Douglas Island to its south. James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's lieutenants during his 1791-95 expedition, first...
- Estevan GroupEstevan GroupThe Estevan Group, formerly the Estevan islands, is a small archipelago in the Hecate Strait region of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The archipelago is located on the west side of Campania Island, which is separated from the group by Estevan Sound and is itself to the west of Gil...
- Gil IslandGil Island (Canada)Gil Island is an island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of Whale Channel in the entrance to Douglas Channel, one of the main coastal inlets, on the route of the Inside Passage between Pitt Island and Princess Royal Island. It is 26 km long, with a width...
- Hawkesbury IslandHawkesbury IslandHawkesbury Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Douglas Channel, one of the major fjords of the British Columbia Coast. Hawkesbury is long and ranges in width from to . It is in area....
- Lady Douglas IslandLady Douglas IslandLady Douglas Island is an island in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located off the south coast of Dowager Island....
- McCauley Island
- Pitt IslandPitt Island (Canada)Pitt Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, located between Banks Island, across Grenville Channel from the mainland. It is separated from Banks Island by Principe Channel. The only settlement is a First Nations village, Chino Hat, on the west coast...
- Pooley IslandPooley IslandPooley Island is an island in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. To its west and southwest is Roderick Island, to its east Mathieson Channel. James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's lieutenants during his 1791-95 expedition, first charted its north and east coasts in 1793. The...
- Porcher IslandPorcher IslandPorcher Island is an island in Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada, near the mouth of the Skeena River and southwest of the port city of Prince Rupert.- Geography :...
- Price IslandPrice Island (British Columbia)Price Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located at the southeastern end of Hecate Strait and the northeastern end of Queen Charlotte Sound. The southermost point of Price Island, called Day Point, is used to delineated the boundary between Hecate...
- Princess Royal IslandPrincess Royal IslandPrincess Royal Island is the largest island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located amongst the isolated inlets and islands east of Hecate Strait on the British Columbia Coast. At , it is the fourth largest island in British Columbia...
- Roderick IslandRoderick IslandRoderick Island is an island in the North Coast region of British Columbia. To its west is Finlayson Channel, to its northeast Pooley Island, and to its south Susan Island. James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's lieutenants during his 1791-95 expedition, first charted its north and west coasts...
- Susan IslandSusan IslandSusan Island is an island in the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. To its west is Finlayson Channel, to it east Mathieson Channel. Roderick Island lies to its north and Dowager Island to its south. James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's lieutenants during his 1791-95 expedition, first...
- Swindle IslandSwindle IslandSwindle Island is an island on the North Coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Princess Royal Island on the Inside Passage shipping route. Price Island lies just south of Swindle Island...
Dixon EntranceDixon EntranceThe Dixon Entrance is a strait about long and wide in the Pacific Ocean at the International Boundary between the U.S. state of Alaska and the province of British Columbia in Canada. It was named by Joseph Banks for Captain George Dixon, a Royal Navy officer, fur trader, and explorer, who...
-Portland Channel region
- Dundas IslandDundas Island (British Columbia)Dundas Island is an island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of Chatham Sound to the northwest of Prince Rupert. It is the largest of a group of islands known as the Dundas Islands.-History:...
- Kaien IslandKaien IslandKaien Island is a Canadian island on the coast of British Columbia, immediately south of the Alaska Panhandle. The city of Prince Rupert, British Columbia is situated on it. The city and island are both located within the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District.-External links:*...
(loc. of City of Prince Rupert)
- Pearse IslandPearse IslandPearse Island is an island in western British Columbia, Canada, in the Portland Inlet, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The island was first charted in 1793 by George Vancouver during his 1791-95 expedition...
- Somerville IslandSomerville IslandSomerville Island is a small island 4 nautical miles southwest of Berthelot Islands and 2.5 nautical miles northwest of Darboux Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago...
- Stephens Island
- Wales IslandWales Island (British Columbia)Wales Island is an island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, situated east of the Dixon Entrance at the entrance to Portland Inlet. in area, Wales Island is north of the port city of Prince Rupert, and south-east of Ketchikan, Alaska....
Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
- Anthony IslandAnthony Island (British Columbia)Anthony Island is an island located in the southernmost Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, to the west of Kunghit Island, the archipelago's southernmost. Anthony Island is noted for being the location of the ruins of SkungWai or SG̱ang Gwaay Llnaagay, commonly...
- Graham IslandGraham IslandGraham Island is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago , lying off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated only by a narrow channel from the other principal island of the group, Moresby Island Graham Island is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly...
- Kunghit IslandKunghit IslandKunghit Island is an island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the southernmost island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, located to the south of Moresby Island. The southernmost point of Kunghit Island, called Cape St James, is used to delineated the boundary between Hecate Strait...
- Langara IslandLangara IslandLangara Island is the northernmost Island of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada. The island is approximately in size. It is located approximately south of Alaska.-History:...
- Lyell IslandLyell IslandLyell Island, known also in the Haida language as Athili Gwaii, is a large island in the Queen Charlotte Islands archipelago on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The island is a part of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site and had been the focus of anti-logging...
- Moresby IslandMoresby IslandMoresby Island is a large island that forms part of the Haida Gwaii archipelago in British Columbia, Canada, located at . Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site includes Moresby and other islands...
Interior
- Grant IslandGrant Island (Okanagan Lake)Grant Island is a small rock island in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Grant Island is located in the northern half of Okanagan Lake, about one kilometre from the shores of the municipality of Lake Country . Grant Island is one of only two islands in Okanagan Lake, the other being...
, Lake Okanagan - Lady Franklin Rock, Fraser CanyonFraser CanyonThe Fraser Canyon is an 84 km landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley...
- Rattlesnake IslandRattlesnake Island (Okanagan Lake)Rattlesnake Island is a small island on Okanagan Lake, directly east from Peachland. The land and shore surrounding the island form part of Okanagan Mountain Park...
, Lake Okanagan
- Saddle Rock, Fraser CanyonFraser CanyonThe Fraser Canyon is an 84 km landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley...
- Zuckerberg Island, at the confluence of the KootenayKootenay RiverThe Kootenay is a major river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada and the northern part of the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean...
and Columbia RiverColumbia RiverThe Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
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See also
- Canadian Arctic ArchipelagoCanadian Arctic ArchipelagoThe Canadian Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Arctic Archipelago, is a Canadian archipelago north of the Canadian mainland in the Arctic...
- List of islands
- List of Canadian islands by area
- List of Canadian islands by population