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Area of major1 sea islands

  Area
  km2
Baffin Island 507,451
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere 196,236
Devon 55,247
Axel Heiberg 43,178
Melville 42,149
Bathurst 16,042
Prince Patrick 15,848
Ellef Ringnes 11,295
Cornwallis 6,995
Amund Ringnes 5,255
Mackenzie King 5,048
Borden 2,794
Cornwall 2,358
Eglinton 1,541
Graham 1,378
Lougheed 1,308
Byam Martin 1,150
Īle Vanier 1,126
Cameron 1,059
Arctic Islands south of Queen Elizabeth Islands (but north of the Arctic Circle2)
Victoria 217,291
Banks 70,028
Prince of Wales 33,339
Somerset 24,786
King William 13,111
Bylot 11,067
Prince Charles 9,521
Stefansson 4,463
Richards 2,165
Air Force 1,720
Wales 1,137
Rowley 1,090
Northwest Territories and Nunavut south of the Arctic Circle
Southampton3 41,214
Coats3 5,498
Mansel3 3,180
Akimiski3 3,001
Flaherty3 1,585
Nottingham4 1,372
Resolution4 1,015
Pacific Coast
Vancouver 31,285
Graham 6,361
Moresby 2,608
Princess Royal 2,251
Pitt 1,375
Atlantic Coast and Gulf of St. Lawrence
Newfoundland and Labrador (main island) 108,860
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Cape Breton 10,311
Anticosti 7,941
Prince Edward 5,620
Bay of Fundy
Grand Manan 137
1  A major island has a land area greater than 130 km2.
2  There are no islands over 130 km2 in the Yukon.
3   Keewatin District.
4   Franklin District.
Source: GeoAccess, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada.

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