Canadian Islands

Largest freshwater island in the world

Large (27 km by 10 km) island in Lake Superior where caribou were re-introduced after being hunted to extinction there in the 19th Century, alleged by First Nations to be the home of the mythical Mishipeshu water panther, and where a lighthouse was operated from 1912 to 1988

Island which marks Canada's most southerly point

Tiny sandbar-type island off Nova Scotia inhabited by genetically distinct population of feral horses

Massive island owned by Quebec in the Gulf of St. Lawrence boasting over 400 shipwrecks off its coast

Tiny island off Newfoundland that was the last stronghold of the extinct Great Auk

Cluster of islands in Hudson Bay which, although close to Ontario and Quebec, is actually part of Nunavut.

Large island in James Bay on which is a major bird sanctuary

Massive island (second largest freshwater island in the world) located in the middle of an even larger meteorite crater in Quebec

Largest island in Lake Nipigon

Island in the Bay of Fundy off New Brunswick

Small archipelago of islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence owned by Canada and inhabited by less than 13 000 people, of which many still identify as Acadian.

Chain of islands in the Canadian waters of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the mainland.

Archipelago of islands off the coast of northern BC that used to be known as the Queen Charlotte Islands

Large island in Quebec's Ungava Bay