World's largest island in a freshwater lake: Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, 2,765 km 2.Ĭoldest recorded temperature: –63☌ at Snag, Yukon, on February 3, 1947. Largest lake wholly within Canada: Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, 31,328 km 2. Longest river: Mackenzie River, 4,241 km from its furthest source to its ultimate outflow. Highest waterfall: Della Falls, British Columbia, 440 m.ĭeepest lake: Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, 614 m. Highest mountain: Mount Logan, in the St. Highest tide: Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, with a mean large tide of 16.1 m, the world's highest tide. Largest island: Baffin Island, Nunavut, 507,451 km 2.įreshwater area: 891,163 km 2. National parks: 43 parks cover an area of 224,466 km 2.Ĭoastline: 243,042 km on three oceans, the longest coastline in the world. Longest distance from north to south: 4,634 km from Cape Columbia (Ellesmere Island), Nunavut, to Middle Island (Lake Erie), Ontario.

Longest distance from east to west: 5,514 km from Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, to the Yukon and Alaska boundary.

Land border: 8,890-km border with the United States, the longest international border in the world. Total area: 9,984,670 km 2, the second-largest country in the world.Īrea north of the treeline: 2,728,800 km 2, over 27% of Canada's total area.

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