List of lakes in Canada
This list includes the bodies of water designated by the Canadian Department of the Environment Natural Resources Canada as "Lakes in Canada" which are larger than 400 km². The total area includes the area of islands.
Surname | Height [m] |
Water surface [km²] |
Total area [km²] |
Province / Territory |
Coordinates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallwood Reservoir | 471 | 6,460 | 6,527 | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
Lake Melville | 0 | 3,005 | 3,069 | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
Ashuanipi Lake | 529 | 517 | 596 | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
Grand Lake | 85 | 358 | 537 | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
Lac Joseph | 512 | 397 | 451 | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
Atikonak Lake | 518 | 358 | 431 | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
Bras d'Or Lake | 0 | 1091 | 1,099 | Nova Scotia | |
Lac Mistassini | 372 | 2.164 | 2,335 | Quebec | |
Manicouagan Reservoir | 360 | 1,942 | Quebec | ||
Reservoir Gouin | 404 | 1,239 | 1,570 | Quebec | |
Lac à l'Eau Claire | 241 | 1,253 | 1,383 | Quebec | |
Lac Bienville | 426 | 1,047 | 1,249 | Quebec | |
Lac Saint-Jean | 98 | 1.002 | 1.003 | Quebec | |
Pipmuacan Reservoir | 396 | 802 | 978 | Quebec | |
Lac Minto | 168 | 703 | 761 | Quebec | |
Cabonga Reservoir | 361 | 484 | 677 | Quebec | |
Lac Sakami | 195 | 533 | 592 | Quebec | |
Lac Manouane | 494 | 448 | 584 | Quebec | |
Lacs des Loups Marins | 262 | 499 | 576 | Quebec | |
Lac Payne | 130 | 508 | 533 | Quebec | |
Lac Caniapiscau | 564 | 410 | 470 | Quebec | |
Lac aux Feuilles | 0 | 443 | 452 | Quebec | |
Lac Albanel | 389 | 425 | 444 | Quebec | |
Dozois Reservoir | 389 | 335 | 405 | Quebec | |
Lac Guillaume-Delisle | 0 | 712 | Quebec | ||
Robert-Bourassa Reservoir | 175 | 2,835 | Quebec | ||
Lake Superior | 184 | 29,847 (US share 52,256 km²) | Ontario | ||
Lake Huron | 177 | 36,351 (share of USA 23,235 km²) | Ontario | ||
Lake Erie | 174 | 12,722 (share of USA 12,945 km²) | Ontario | ||
Lake Ontario | 75 | 9,969 (share of USA 9,042 km²) | Ontario | ||
Lake Nipigon | 260 | 4,510 | 4,848 | Ontario | |
Lake of the Woods | 323 | 2,458 | 3,150 | Ontario, Manitoba | |
Lac Seul | 357 | 1,373 | 1,657 | Ontario | |
Lake St. Clair | 175 | 436 | 490 | Ontario | |
Rainy Lake | 338 | 692 | 741 | Ontario | |
Lake Abitibi | 265 | 903 | 931 | Ontario, Quebec | |
Lake Nipissing | 196 | 822 | 832 | Ontario | |
Lake Simcoe | 219 | 723 | 744 | Ontario | |
Big Trout Lake | 213 | 624 | 661 | Ontario | |
Sandy Lake (Severn River) | 275 | 507 | 527 | Ontario | |
Lake St. Joseph | 371 | 459 | 493 | Ontario | |
Trout Lake (Troutlake River) | 394 | 368 | 413 | Ontario | |
Lake Winnipeg | 217 | 23,760 | 24,387 | Manitoba | |
Lake Winnipegosis | 254 | 5,164 | 5,374 | Manitoba | |
Lake Manitoba | 248 | 4,607 | 4,624 | Manitoba | |
Southern Indian Lake | 254 | 2.015 | 2,247 | Manitoba | |
Cedar Lake | 253 | 1,321 | 1,353 | Manitoba | |
Island Lake | 227 | 1,043 | 1,223 | Manitoba | |
Gods Lake | 178 | 1,061 | 1,151 | Manitoba | |
Cross Lake | 207 | 590 | 755 | Manitoba | |
Playgreen Lake | 217 | 652 | 657 | Manitoba | |
Dauphin Lake | 260 | 519 | 519 | Manitoba | |
Granville Lake | 258 | 429 | 490 | Manitoba | |
Sipiwesk Lake | 183 | 346 | 454 | Manitoba | |
Oxford Lake | 186 | 349 | 401 | Manitoba | |
Molson Lake | 221 | 391 | 400 | Manitoba | |
Lake Athabasca | 213 | 7,849 | 7,935 | Saskatchewan, Alberta | |
Reindeer Lake | 337 | 5,658 | 6,650 | Saskatchewan, Manitoba | |
Wollaston Lake | 398 | 2,286 | 2,681 | Saskatchewan | |
Cree Lake | 487 | 1,228 | 1,434 | Saskatchewan | |
Lac la Ronge | 364 | 1,333 | 1,413 | Saskatchewan | |
Peter Pond Lake | 421 | 777 | 778 | Saskatchewan | |
Doré Lake | 459 | 628 | 640 | Saskatchewan | |
Churchill Lake, Saskatchewan | 421 | 543 | 559 | Saskatchewan | |
Deschambault Lake | 324 | 532 | 542 | Saskatchewan | |
Frobisher Lake | 421 | 397 | 516 | Saskatchewan | |
Black Lake (Fond du Lac River, Saskatchewan) | 281 | 428 | 464 | Saskatchewan | |
Montreal Lake (Saskatchewan) | 490 | 447 | 454 | Saskatchewan | |
Primrose Lake | 599 | 444 | 448 | Saskatchewan | |
Amisk Lake | 294 | 347 | 430 | Saskatchewan | |
Pinehouse Lake | 384 | 373 | 404 | Saskatchewan | |
Lake Claire | 213 | 1,415 | 1,436 | Alberta | |
Little slave lake | 577 | 1,167 | 1,168 | Alberta | |
Bistcho Lake | 552 | 413 | 426 | Alberta | |
Williston Lake | 671 | 1,750 | 1,761 | British Columbia | |
Atlin Lake | 668 | 589 | 775 | British Columbia, Yukon Territory | |
Babine Lake | 711 | 479 | 495 | British Columbia | |
Kootenay Lake | 532 | 407 | 407 | British Columbia | |
Ootsa Lake | 853 | 386 | 404 | British Columbia | |
Kluane Lake | 781 | 405 | 409 | Yukon Territory | |
Big Bear Lake | 156 | 30,764 | 31,328 | Northwest Territories | |
Great slave lake | 156 | 27,048 | 28,568 | Northwest Territories | |
Lac la Martre | 265 | 1,687 | 1,776 | Northwest Territories | |
Kasba Lake | 336 | 1.317 | 1,341 | Northwest Territories | |
MacKay Lake | 431 | 977 | 1,061 | Northwest Territories | |
Hottah Lake | 180 | 840 | 918 | Northwest Territories | |
Aylmer Lake | 375 | 809 | 847 | Northwest Territories | |
Nonacho Lake | 354 | 698 | 784 | Northwest Territories | |
Clinton-Colden Lake | 375 | 596 | 737 | Northwest Territories | |
Selwyn Lake | 398 | 593 | 717 | Northwest Territories | |
Point Lake | 375 | 594 | 701 | Northwest Territories | |
Wholdaia Lake | 364 | 608 | 678 | Northwest Territories | |
Lac de Gras | 396 | 577 | 633 | Northwest Territories | |
Buffalo Lake | 265 | 612 | 612 | Northwest Territories | |
Tathlina Lake | 280 | 573 | 573 | Northwest Territories | |
Artillery Lake | 364 | 535 | 551 | Northwest Territories | |
Snowbird Lake | 359 | 490 | 505 | Northwest Territories | |
Trout Lake (Trout River) | 503 | 504 | 504 | Northwest Territories | |
Lac des Bois | 297 | 469 | 469 | Northwest Territories | |
Colville Lake | 245 | 452 | 455 | Northwest Territories | |
Faber Lake | 213 | 416 | 439 | Northwest Territories | |
Nettilling Lake | 30th | 5,063 | 5,542 | Nunavut | |
Dubawnt Lake | 236 | 3,629 | 3,833 | Nunavut | |
Amadjuak Lake | 113 | 3,058 | 3.115 | Nunavut | |
Nueltin Lake | 278 | 2,033 | 2,279 | Nunavut, Manitoba | |
Baker Lake | 2 | 1,783 | 1,887 | Nunavut | |
Yathkyed Lake | 140 | 1334 | 1449 | Nunavut | |
Aberdeen Lake | 80 | 1,095 | 1,100 | Nunavut | |
Napaktulik Lake | 381 | 1,030 | 1,080 | Nunavut | |
Garry Lake | 148 | 916 | 976 | Nunavut | |
Contwoyto Lake | 564 | 933 | 957 | Nunavut | |
Ennadai Lake | 311 | 669 | 681 | Nunavut | |
Tulemalu Lake | 279 | 662 | 668 | Nunavut | |
Kamilukuak Lake | 266 | 631 | 638 | Nunavut | |
Kaminak Lake | 53 | 554 | 600 | Nunavut | |
Ferguson Lake (Victoria Island) | 11 | 562 | 588 | Nunavut | |
Tebesjuak Lake | 146 | 501 | 575 | Nunavut | |
Qamanirjuaq Lake | 92 | 548 | 549 | Nunavut | |
Lake Hazen | 158 | 537 | 542 | Nunavut | |
Princess Mary Lake | 116 | 471 | 524 | Nunavut | |
South Henik Lake | 184 | 513 | 513 | Nunavut | |
Angikuni Lake | 257 | 437 | 510 | Nunavut | |
Hall Lake | 6th | 474 | 491 | Nunavut | |
Tehek Lake | 133 | 455 | 481 | Nunavut | |
Mallery Lake | 158 | 467 | 479 | Nunavut | |
MacAlpine Lake | 176 | 421 | 447 | Nunavut | |
Bluenose Lake | 557 | 391 | 401 | Nunavut |
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b c d influenced by the tides
- ↑ Inland Bay
- ↑ a b c d e f g Area in Canada
- ↑ Total area of the Garry Lakes
More lakes
Here follows a list of other lakes without specific inclusion criteria.
A.
B.
- Balsam Lake (Ontario)
- Lake of Bays
- Lac Bécard
- Lake Bennett
- Mountain lake
- Big Canon Lake
- Big Kalzas Lake
- Bow Lake, Alberta
- Brampton Lake
- Bridge Lake (lake in British Columbia)
- Buttle Lake
C.
- Caribou Lake (Caribou River, Manitoba)
- Caribou Lake (Caribou River, Ontario)
- Cedar Lake (Petawawa River)
- Lake Champlain
- Lac Châteauguay
- Lac Châtelain
- Lake Chemong
- Cigar Lake
- Cormorant Lake
- Lake Couchiching
- Cultus Lake (Sweltzer River)
D.
E.
F.
G
H
K
L.
- Lady Evelyn Lake
- Lake Laberge
- Lac Le Moyne
- Long Lake (Kenogami River)
- Longlegged Lake
- Loughborough Lake
- Lake Louise
M.
- Makoop Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Mallery Lake
- Lake Manitou
- Marchington Lake
- Medicine Lake
- Lac Meech
- Lac Mégantic
- Lac Memphrémagog
- Mica dam
- Lake Minnewanka
- Lac Mistinibi
- Lac Mitis
- Moraine Lake
- Muncho Lake
N
O
- Obakamiga Lake
- Okanagan Lake
- Old Man's Lake
- Old Wives Lake
- Onaman Lake
- O'Sullivan Lake
- Oxtongue Lake
P
R.
S.
- Lac Saint-François
- Lac Saint-Louis
- Lac Saint-Pierre
- Schwatka Lake
- Lake Scugog
- Seseganaga Lake
- Shoal Lake
- Shuswap Lake
- Skaha Lake
- Smoothrock Lake
- Sproat Lake
- Sturgeon Lake (Kawartha Lakes)
- Sydney Lake