This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has a larger number of lakes than any other country with the amount ranging between 880,000 lakes (measuring and larger) and 2,000,000. There are 563 lakes in Canada with an area larger than and, including Hudson Bay, approximately of the country is covered in fresh water. The Atlas of Canada says that lakes cover 8.9 per cent of the country and that the Great Lakes, divided between Canada and the United States, account for 18 per cent of the world's fresh water.

The Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) suggests that Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. According to Snopes, however, this claim is false.

Canada's largest lakes

This is a list of lakes of Canada with an area larger than .

Lakes by province and territory

This is a list of lakes in Canada with an area of or larger. The lakes are listed alphabetically by province and territory.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

The largest lake in New Brunswick is Grand Lake with an area of .

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Bras d'Or Lake is the largest lake in Nova Scotia, a tidal lake, with an area of .

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

The largest lake in Prince Edward Island is Graham Rogers Lake with an area of .

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Kluane Lake is the largest lake in Yukon at located at an elevation of .

International lakes

This is a list of lakes shared between Canada and the United States.

References

External links

• Atlas of Canada – Lakes