List of lakes in Canada

Canada has an extremely large number of lakes. The number of lakes larger than three square kilometres is estimated at close to 31,191 by the Atlas of Canada. There is no official estimate of the number of smaller lakes. This list is at best going to only cover the major ones.

Alberta

* Lake Athabasca in Alberta and Saskatchewan
* Beaverhill Lake
* Bistcho Lake
* Calling Lake
* Lake Claire
* Cold Lake (Alberta) in Alberta and Saskatchewan
* Gull Lake
* Jackfish Lake
* Lac la Biche
* Lake Louise
* Lesser Slave Lake
* Moraine Lake
* Primrose Lake in Saskatchewan and Alberta
* Utikuma Lake
* Waterton Lake in Alberta and Montana, USA
* Winefred Lake

British Columbia

* Adams Lake
* Arrow Lakes
* Atlin Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Bennett Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Berg Lake
* Babine Lake
* Buttle Lake
* Capilano Lake
* Chilko Lake
* Christina Lake
* Clearwater Lake (British Columbia)
* Cultus Lake
* Evans Lake (British Columbia)
* Francois Lake
* Garibaldi Lake
* Great Central Lake
* Kamloops Lake
* Kennedy Lake
* Kinbasket Lake
* Kootenay Lake
* Lava Lake
* Mabel Lake
* Mill Lake
*Okanagan Lake
* Ootsa Lake
* Pokemon Lake
* Quesnel Lake
* Sherbrooke Lake
* Shuswap Lake
* Sproat Lake
* Stuart Lake
* Tagish Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Teslin Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Tatlayoko Lake
* Volcano Lake
* Williston Lake

Manitoba

* Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake (means where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks)
* Cedar Lake
* Clearwater Lake
* Cross Lake
* Dauphin Lake
* Gods Lake
* Granville Lake
* Island Lake
* Lake Manitoba
* Molson Lake
* Nueltin Lake in Manitoba and Nunavut
* Oxford Lake
* Playgreen Lake
* Red Deer Lake
* Reindeer Lake in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
* Sipiwesk Lake
* Southern Indian Lake
* Springer Lake - home of Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training (CFSSAT)'s survival training
* Swan Lake
* Lake Winnipeg
* Lake Winnipegosis
* Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, USA; Manitoba and Ontario, Canada

New Brunswick

* Baker Lake
* Chamcook Lake
* Darlings Lake
* Digdeguash Lake
* East Grand Lake
* Lake George
* Grand Lake
* Gulquac Lake
* Harvey Lake
* Loch Alva
* Loch Lomond
* Long Lake
* Magaguadavic Lake
* Maquapit Lake
* Miramichi Lake
* Nictau Lake
* North Renous Lake
* Oromocto Lake
* Quensel Lake
* Scotch Lake
* Serpentine Lake
* Shogomoc Lake
* Sisson Branch Reservoir
* Skiff Lake
* South Oromocto Lake
* Spednic Lake
* Trousers Lake
* Tuadook Lake
* Lake Utopia
* Wauklahegan Lake
* Yoho Lake

Newfoundland and Labrador

* Ashuanipi Lake
* Atikonak Lake
* Deer Lake
* Grand Lake
* Lac Joseph
* Lake Melville
* Mistastin Lake
* Smallwood Reservoir (largest lake in the province - 6527 km²)

Northwest Territories

* Artillery Lake
* Aylmer Lake
* Lac Belot
* Boyd Lake
* Blackwater Lake
* Buffalo Lake
* Clinton-Colden Lake
* Colville Lake
* Lac des bois
* Lac de Gras
* Faber Lake
* Firedrake Lake
* Great Bear Lake
* Great Slave Lake
* Hjalmer Lake
* Hottah Lake
* Howard Lake
* Kasba Lake in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
* Keller Lake
* Lac La Martre
* Lynx Lake
* MacKay Lake
* Lac Maunoir
* Mosquito Lake
* Nonacho Lake
* Point Lake
* Scott Lake in Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories
* Selwyn Lake in the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan
* Sitidyi Lake
* Snowbird Lake
* Tathlina Lake
* Trout Lake
* Whitefish Lake
* Wholdaia Lake

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island
* Lake Ainslie
* Bras d'Or Lake
* Loch Lomond

Halifax Regional Municipality
* A Lake
* Albro Lake
* Anderson Lake
* Ash Lake
* Lake Banook
* Baptizing Lake, Nova Scotia
* Barrett Lake
* Bayers Lake
* Beaver Lake
* Beaverbank Lake
* Bell Lake
* Big Horseshoe Lake
* Birch Cove Lake
* Bissett Lake
* Blueberry Lake
* Bottle Lake
* Camphill Lake
* Crotched Lake
* Charles Lake
* Lake Charles
* Lake Charlotte
* Chocolate Lake
* Colpitt Lake
* Coxs Lake
* Cranberry Lake
* Dark Lake
* Duck Lake
* Feely Lake
* Fenerty Lake
* First Lake
* Flat Lake
* Fletcher Lake
* Fox Lake
* Frenchman Lake
* Frog Lake
* Golden Lake
* Governor Lake
* Grand Lake
* Halfway Lake
* Hamilton Lake
* Haunted Lake
* Hawkin Hall Lake
* Hobsons Lake
* Jack Lake
* Kearney Lake
* Kelly Lake
* Kelly Long Lake
* Kidston Lake
* King Lake
* Kinsac Lake
* Lewis Lake
* Lily Lake
* Little Lake
* Little Cranberry Lake
* Little Grand Lake
* Little Pockwock Lake
* Lizard Lake
* Long Lake
* Loon Lake
* Lovett Lake
* Major Lake
* Maple Lake
* Marsh Lake
* Maynard Lake
* McCabe Lake
* Lake Mic Mac
* Miller Lake
* Moon Lake
* Morris Lake
* Oak Lake
* Obrien Lake
* Otter Lake
* Porters Lake
* Quarry Lake
* Perry Lake
* Pockwock Lake
* Powder Mill Lake
* Ragged Lake
* Rasley Lake
* Rocky Lake
* Russell Lake
* Second Lake, Hammond's Plains
* Second Lake, Windsor Junction
* Second Chain Lake
* Sandy Lake
* Settle Lake
* Schmidt Lake
* Sherbrooke Lake
* Shubenacadie Grand Lake
* Six Mile Lake
* Soldier Lake
* Spectacle Lake
* Springfield Lake
* Square Lake
* Sullivan Lake
* Taylor Lake
* Lake Thomas
* Third Lake
* Three Finger Lake
* Three Mile Lake
* Tomahawk Lake
* Topsail Lake
* Tucker Lake
* Turf Lake
* Washmill Lake
* Webber Lake
* Lake William
* Whites Lake
* Williams Lake
* Willis Lake
* Wilson Lake (Nova Scotia)

Elsewhere
* Barrington Lake
* Big Mushamush Lake
* Lake George
* Great Barren Lake
* Great Pubnico Lake
* Hog Lake
* Jordan Lake
* Kejimikujik Lake
* Panuke Lake
* Lake Rossignol
* Sherbrooke Lake
* Tobeatic Lake

Nunavut

* Aberdeen Lake
* Amadjuak Lake
* Angikuni Lake
* Baker Lake
* Bluenose Lake
* Contwoyto Lake
* Dubawnt Lake
* Ennadai Lake
* Ferguson Lake (Kitikmeot Region)
* Ferguson Lake (Kivalliq Region)
* Garry Lake
* Hall Lake
* Lake Hazen
* Henik Lake
** North Henik Lake
** South Henik Lake
* Kamilukuak Lake
* Kaminak Lake
* Kasba Lake in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
* MacAlpine Lake
* Maguse Lake
* Mallery Lake
* Ktulik Lake
* Nettilling Lake
* Nueltin Lake in Manitoba and Nunavut
* Princess Mary Lake
* Qamanirjuaq Lake
* Tebesjuak Lake
* Tehek Lake
* Tulemalu Lake
* Yathkyed Lake

Ontario

:"Main article: List of lakes of Ontario
* Big Trout Lake
* Lake Erie in Ontario and Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania in the USA
* Lake George (between mainland Ontario and Sugar Island, Michigan)
* Lake Huron in Ontario and Michigan in the USA
* Lake Nipigon
* Lake Nipissing
* Lake Ontario in Ontario and New York in the USA
* Rainy Lake in Ontario and Minnesota, USA
* Sandy Lake
* Saint Joseph Lake
* Lac Seul
* Lake Simcoe
* Lake St Clair in Ontario and Michigan in the USA
* Lake Superior in Ontario and Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin in the USA
* Lake Timiskaming in Ontario and Quebec
* Trout Lake
* Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, USA; Manitoba and Ontario
* Lake Muskoka

Quebec

* Bear Lake (Quebec)
* Lac Culotte
* Lake Abitibi in Ontario and Quebec
* Lac aux Feuilles
* Lac Bienville
* Lake Burton
* Caniapiscau Reservoir
* Cabonga Reservoir
* Lake Champlain in Quebec and New York, Vermont in the USA
* Lac Couture
* Lake of Two Mountains
* Lacs des Loups Marins
* Dozois Reservoir
* Lac a l'Eau-Claire
* Lake Evans
* Gouin Reservoir
* Lac Guillaume-Delisle
* Lac Lusk
* Lac Magpie
* Manicouagan Reservoir
* Lac Manitou
* Lac Manouane
* Meech Lake
* Lac Minto
* Lake Mistassini
* Lac Nantais
* Lac Nichicun
* Grand Lac Nominingue and Petit Lac Nominingue
* Lac Opiscotėo
* Lac Payne
* Lake Péribonca
* Lac Phillipe
* Pink Lake
* Pipmuacan Reservoir
* Robert-Bourassa Reservoir
* Lac Saint-Jean
* Lake Saint-Louis
* Lac Saint-Pierre
* Lac Sakami
* Upper Seal Lake
* Lake Timiskaming in Ontario and Quebec
* Lac William
* Lac Blue Sea
* Lac La Blanche
* Lac Beauchamp
* Little Cedar Lake
* Big Cedar

askatchewan

* Amisk Lake
* Lake Athabasca in Alberta and Saskatchewan
* Beaver Lake
* Big Quill Lake
* Black Lake
* Churchill Lake
* Christopher Lake
* Cold Lake in Alberta and Saskatchewan
* Cowan Lake
* Cree Lake
* Crystal Lake
* Cumberland Lake
* Davey Lake
* Deschambault Lake
* Dorė Lake
* Frobisher Lake
* Lac La Ronge
* Little Manitou Lake near Watrous
* Little Quill Lake
* Manitou Lake near Lloydminster
* Montreal Lake
* Old Wives Lake
* Peter Pond Lake
* Pinehouse Lake
* Primrose Lake in Saskatchewan and Alberta
* Scott Lake in Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories
* Reindeer Lake in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
* Selwyn Lake in the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan
* Tazin Lake
* Tobin Lake
* Wollaston Lake
* close Lake
* Russel Lake(Poorfish Lake)
* Unknown Lake (Actual name)
* Lac La Plonge
* Lower Foster Lake
* Middle Foster Lake
* Upper Foster Lake

Yukon

* Aishihik Lake
* Atlin Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Bennett Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Dezadeash Lake
* Frances Lake
* Kluane Lake
* Kusawa Lake
* Lake Laberge
* Marsh Lake
* Mayo Lake
* Nares Lake
* Quiet Lake
* Snafu Lake
* Tagish Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Tarfu Lake
* Teslin Lake in British Columbia and Yukon
* Wolf Lake (Yukon)

International lakes

Alberta

* Waterton Lake in Alberta and Montana, USA

Quebec

* Lake Champlain in Quebec and New York, Vermont in the USA

Ontario

* Lake Erie in Ontario and Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania in the USA
* Lake Huron in Ontario and Michigan in the USA
* Lake Ontario in Ontario and New York in the USA
* Rainy Lake in Ontario and Minnesota, USA
* Lake St Clair in Ontario and Michigan in the USA
* Lake Superior in Ontario and Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin in the USA

Ontario and Manitoba

* Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, USA; Manitoba and Ontario

External links

*Atlas of Canada - [http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html Lakes]