List of straits in Canada

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The List of Straits in Canada is an incomplete listing of Canadian Straits (or Straits of the Sea), sorted by provinces and territories .

Alberta Alberta

no straits

British Columbia British Columbia

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
Active Pass 000000000000005.50000000005.5 km Strait of Georgia Trincomali Channel Galiano Island Mayne Island ! 548.8586115376.680833548 ° 52 '  N , 123 ° 19'  W
Boundary Pass 000000000000023.000000000023 km Haro Street Strait of Georgia Gulf Islands San Juan Islands ! 548.7333335376.850000548 ° 44 '  N , 123 ° 09'  W
Discovery Passage 000000000000025.000000000025 km Strait of Georgia Johnstone Strait Vancouver Island Discovery Islands ! 550.2166675374.450000550 ° 13 ′  N , 125 ° 33 ′  W.
Dixon Entrance 000000000000080.000000000080 km Hecate Street Clarence Strait Haida Gwaii Prince of Wales Island ! 554.3666675367.666667554 ° 22 ′  N , 132 ° 20 ′  W.
Haro Street 000000000000040.000000000040 km Juan de Fuca street Boundary Pass Vancouver Island San Juan Island ! 548.5666675376.766667548 ° 34 '  N , 123 ° 14'  W
Hecate Street 000000000000267.0000000000267 km Dixon Entrance Queen Charlotte Sound Haida Gwaii mainland canadian ! 553.0666675369.033333553 ° 04 ′  N , 130 ° 58 ′  W.
Johnstone Street 000000000000110.0000000000110 km Queen Charlotte Street Discovery Passage Vancouver Island Discovery Islands ! 550.4666675373.916667550 ° 28 ′  N , 126 ° 05 ′  W.
Juan de Fuca street 000000000000150.0000000000150 km Pacific Ocean Puget Sound ; Strait of Georgia Olympic Peninsula Vancouver Island ! 548.3000005375.950000548 ° 18 '  N , 124 ° 03'  W
Queen Charlotte Street 000000000000100.0000000000100 km Queen Charlotte Sound Johnstone Strait Vancouver Island mainland canadian ! 550.8972225372.646944550 ° 54 '  N , 127 ° 21'  W
Skidegate Channel 000000000000050.000000000050 km Hecate Street Pacific Ocean Graham Island Moresby Island ! 553.1500005367.666667553 ° 09 ′  N , 132 ° 20 ′  W.
Strait of Georgia 000000000000240.0000000000240 km Queen Charlotte Street Juan de Fuca Street , Puget Sound Vancouver Island mainland canadian ! 549.3000005376.200000549 ° 18 '  N , 123 ° 48'  W.

Manitoba Manitoba

no straits

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
Belle Isle Street 000000000000125.0000000000125 km Gulf of Saint Lawrence Atlantic Ocean Newfoundland Labrador Peninsula ! 551.6666675443.750000551 ° 40 ′  N , 056 ° 15 ′  W.
Cabot Street 000000000000110.0000000000110 km Gulf of Saint Lawrence Atlantic Ocean Newfoundland Cape Breton Island ! 547.2333335440.283333547 ° 14 '  N , 059 ° 43'  W.

New Brunswick New Brunswick

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
Northumberland
Road
000000000000013.000000000013 km Gulf of Saint Lawrence mainland canadian Prince Edward Island ! 546.0000005436.500000546 ° 00 ′  N , 063 ° 30 ′  W.

Northwest Territories Northwest Territories

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
McClure Strait 000000000000300.0000000000300 km Viscount Melville Sound Beaufortsee Bank Island Melville Island , Prince Patrick Island , Eglinton Island ! 574.8333335381.916667574 ° 50 ′  N , 118 ° 05 ′  W.
Parry Channel 000000000001000.00000000001,000 km Baffin Bay Beaufortsee Northern Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Southern Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago ! 574.0000005407.000000574 ° 00 ′  N , 093 ° 00 ′  W
Prince of Wales Strait 000000000000300.0000000000300 km Amundsen Golf Viscount Melville Sound Victoria Island Bank Island ! 572.6666675381.500000572 ° 40 ′  N , 118 ° 30 ′  W.
Wilkins Strait 000000000000120.0000000000120 km Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Borden Island Mackenzie King Island ! 578.1666675388.000000578 ° 10 ′  N , 112 ° 00 ′  W

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
Northumberland
Road
000000000000013.000000000013 km Gulf of Saint Lawrence mainland canadian Prince Edward Island ! 546.0000005436.500000546 ° 00 ′  N , 063 ° 30 ′  W.

Nunavut Nunavut

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
Arnott Strait 000000000000040.000000000040 km Arctic Ocean Byam Martin Channel Cameron Island Ile Vanier ! 576.3000005396.433333576 ° 18 ′  N , 103 ° 34 ′  W.
Barrow Strait 000000000000270.0000000000270 km Lancastersund Viscount Melville Sound Bathurst Island , Cornwallis Island , Devon Island Prince of Wales Island , Russell Island , Somerset Island ! 574.4166675403.966667574 ° 25 ′  N , 096 ° 02 ′  W.
Belcher Canal 000000000000070.000000000070 km Norwegian Bay Arctic Ocean Cornwall Island Devon Island ! 577.2500005405.000000577 ° 15 ′  N , 095 ° 00 ′  W.
Bellotstrasse 000000000000035.000000000035 km Gulf of Boothia Franklin Strait Somerset Island Boothia Peninsula ( Mainland Canada ) ! 572.0000005405.200000572 ° 00 ′  N , 094 ° 48 ′  W.
Coronation Gulf 000000000000220.0000000000220 km Dolphin and Union Strait Dease Strait mainland canadian Victoria Island ! 568.0000005387.000000568 ° 00 ′  N , 113 ° 00 ′  W
Crozier Strait 000000000000032.000000000032 km Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Bathurst Island Little Cornwallis Island ! 575.5833335402.783333575 ° 35 ′  N , 097 ° 13 ′  W.
Danish Strait 000000000000060.000000000060 km Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Thor Island ,
Ellef Ringnes Island
King Christian Island ! 578.0333335398.250000578 ° 02 ′  N , 101 ° 45 ′  W.
Davis Street 000000000000700.0000000000700 km Baffin Bay Labrador Sea Baffin Island Greenland ! 567.0000005442.000000567 ° 00 ′  N , 058 ° 00 ′  W
Dease Strait 000000000000170.0000000000170 km Queen Maud Gulf Coronation Gulf Kent Peninsula ( mainland Canada ) Victoria Island ! 568.8333335392.500000568 ° 50 ′  N , 107 ° 30 ′  W
Desbarats Strait 000000000000035.000000000035 km Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Findlay group Cameron Island ! 576.0838895395.833333576 ° 05 ′  N , 104 ° 10 ′  W.
Dolphin and Union Strait 000000000000210.0000000000210 km Coronation Gulf Amundsen Gulf Victoria Island ( mainland Canada ) ! 569.8500005382.550000569 ° 51 ′  N , 117 ° 27 ′  W.
Evans Strait 000000000000090.000000000090 km Fisher Strait Hudson Bay Southampton Island Coats Island ! 563.2500005417.750000563 ° 15 ′  N , 082 ° 15 ′  W.
Fisher Strait 000000000000100.0000000000100 km Evans Strait Hudson Bay Southampton Island Coats Island ! 563.0000005415.500000563 ° 00 ′  N , 084 ° 30 ′  W.
Foxe Channel 000000000000322.0000000000322 km Hudson Bay , Hudson Street Foxe Basin Foxe Peninsula ( Baffin Island ) Southampton Island , Melville Peninsula ! 564.6500005420.266667564 ° 39 ′  N , 079 ° 44 ′  W.
Franklin Strait 000000000000085.000000000085 km Peel Sound , Bellotstrasse Larsen sound Boothia Peninsula ( Mainland Canada ) Prince of Wales Island ! 571.5000005403.500000571 ° 30 ′  N , 096 ° 30 ′  W.
Frozen Strait 000000000000080.000000000080 km Foxe Basin Roes Welcome Sound , Repulse Bay Southampton Island , White Island Vansittart Island , Melville Peninsula ( mainland Canada ) ! 565.7500005415.666667565 ° 45 ′  N , 084 ° 20 ′  W.
Fury and Hecla Street 000000000000070.000000000070 km Gulf of Boothia Foxe Basin Baffin Island Melville Peninsula ! 569.9000005415.716667569 ° 54 '  N , 084 ° 17'  W.
Goldsmith Channel 000000000000100.0000000000100 km Viscount Melville Sound McClintock Canal Victoria Island Stefansson Island ! 573.1666675393.900000573 ° 10 ′  N , 106 ° 06 ′  W.
Hall cymbals 000000000000075.000000000075 km Kennedy Canal Robeson Canal Ellesmere Island Greenland ! 581.4333335436.400000581 ° 26 '  N , 063 ° 36'  W.
Hendriksen Strait 000000000000040.000000000040 km Arctic Ocean Norwegian Bay Amund Ringnes Island Cornwall Island ! 577.8333335403.500000577 ° 50 ′  N , 096 ° 30 ′  W.
Hudson Street 000000000000700.0000000000700 km Labrador Sea Hudson Bay Ungava Peninsula ( Labrador ) Baffin Island ! 562.0000005428.000000562 ° 00 ′  N , 072 ° 00 ′  W.
James Ross Strait 000000000000180.0000000000180 km Larsen sound St. Roch Basin King William Island Boothia Peninsula ! 569.8333335403.500000569 ° 50 ′  N , 096 ° 30 ′  W.
Jonessund 000000000000200.0000000000200 km Baffin Bay Norwegian Bay Ellesmere Island Devon Island ! 576.0000005414.000000576 ° 00 ′  N , 086 ° 00 ′  W
Kennedy Canal 000000000000130.0000000000130 km Kane Basin Hall cymbals Washington Land ( Greenland ) Ellesmere Island ! 580.7333335432.900000580 ° 44 ′  N , 067 ° 06 ′  W.
Lancastersund 000000000000050.000000000050 km Prince Regent Inlet , Barrow Strait Baffin Bay Devon Island Baffin Island ! 575.2500005416.000000575 ° 15 ′  N , 084 ° 00 ′  W.
Larsen sound 000000000000140.0000000000140 km McClintock Canal , Franklin Strait James Ross Strait , Victoria Strait Prince of Wales Island , Boothia Peninsula King William Island , Gateshead Island ! 570.5000005401.250000570 ° 30 ′  N , 098 ° 45 ′  W.
McClintock Canal 000000000000271.0000000000271 km Viscount Melville Sound Larsen sound Prince of Wales Island Victoria Island ! 571.6833335397.783333571 ° 41 ′  N , 102 ° 13 ′  W.
McDougall Sound 000000000000078.000000000078 km Crozier Strait Parry Channel Bathurst Island Cornwallis Island ! 575.2500005402.500000575 ° 15 ′  N , 097 ° 30 ′  W.
Melvillesund 000000000000080.000000000080 km Coronation Gulf , Bathurst Island Parry Bay , Warrender Bay , Elu Inlet Kent Peninsula mainland canadian ! 568.1666675393.000000568 ° 10 ′  N , 107 ° 00 ′  W
Nares street 000000000000450.0000000000450 km Baffin Bay Lincoln lake Ellesmere Island Greenland ! 580.1666675431.083333580 ° 10 ′  N , 068 ° 55 ′  W.
Parry Channel 000000000001000.00000000001,000 km Baffin Bay Beaufortsee Northern Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Southern Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago ! 574.0000005407.000000574 ° 00 ′  N , 093 ° 00 ′  W
Peel sound 000000000000230.0000000000230 km Barrow Strait Franklin Strait Somerset Island Prince of Wales Island ! 573.0000005403.666667573 ° 00 ′  N , 096 ° 20 ′  W.
Pullen Strait 000000000000018.000000000018 km Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Cornwallis Island Little Cornwallis Island ! 575.5000005404.000000575 ° 30 ′  N , 096 ° 00 ′  W.
Roes welcome sound 000000000000290.0000000000290 km Hudson Bay Frozen Strait Southampton Island mainland canadian ! 565.0166675413.333333565 ° 01 ′  N , 086 ° 40 ′  W.
Queen Maud Gulf 000000000000290.0000000000290 km Dease Strait Victoria Strait Victoria Island mainland canadian ! 568.3330565398.000000568 ° 20 ′  N , 102 ° 00 ′  W.
Penny Strait 000000000000090.000000000090 km Arctic Ocean Queens Channel Bathurst Island Devon Island ! 576.5000005403.000000576 ° 30 ′  N , 097 ° 00 ′  W.
Prince Regent Inlet 000000000000250.0000000000250 km Lancastersund Gulf of Boothia Somerset Island Baffin Island ! 573.0000005409.500000573 ° 00 ′  N , 090 ° 30 ′  W.
Robeson Canal 000000000000550.0000000000550 km Hall cymbals Lincoln lake Ellesmere Island Greenland ! 582.0333335438.783333582 ° 02 ′  N , 061 ° 13 ′  W.
Simpson Strait 000000000000080.000000000080 km Queen Maud Gulf Rasmussen Basin King William Island Adelaide Peninsula ( mainland Canada ) ! 568.4833335402.833333568 ° 29 ′  N , 097 ° 10 ′  W.
Sir William Parker Strait 000000000000032.000000000032 km Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Bathurst Island Helena Island ! 576.6166675399.283333576 ° 37 '  N , 100 ° 43'  W.
Smithsund 000000000000050.000000000050 km Baffin Bay Kane Basin Ellesmere Island Greenland ! 578.4166675426.000000578 ° 25 ′  N , 074 ° 00 ′  W.
Sverdrup Canal 000000000000065.000000000065 km Arctic Ocean Peary Canal Meighen Island Axel Heiberg Island ! 580.0000005402.250000580 ° 00 ′  N , 097 ° 45 ′  W.
Victoria Strait 000000000000140.0000000000140 km Queen Maud Gulf Larsen sound Victoria Island King William Island ! 569.5166675399.500000569 ° 31 '  N , 100 ° 30'  W
Viscount Melville Sound 000000000000100.0000000000100 km Lancastersund McClure Strait Victoria Island , Prince of Wales Island Queen Elizabeth Islands ! 578.0000005392.000000578 ° 00 ′  N , 108 ° 00 ′  W

Ontario Ontario

no straits

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
Northumberland
Road
000000000000013.000000000013 km Gulf of Saint Lawrence mainland canadian Prince Edward Island ! 546.0000005436.500000546 ° 00 ′  N , 063 ° 30 ′  W.

Quebec Quebec

Surname length connects waters with water separates land mass of land mass Coordinates
Hudson Street 000000000000700.0000000000700 km Labrador Sea Hudson Bay Ungava Peninsula ( Labrador ) Baffin Island ! 562.0000005428.000000562 ° 00 ′  N , 072 ° 00 ′  W.

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan

no straits

Yukon Yukon

no straits