This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger than three square kilometres being estimated at close to 2 million by the Atlas of Canada. Of these, 561 lakes have a surface area larger than 100 km<sup>2</sup>, including four of the Great Lakes. Almost 9% () of Canada's total area is covered by freshwater. There is no official estimate of the number of smaller lakes. This list covers lakes larger than .
Canada's largest lakes
This is a list of lakes of Canada with an area larger than .
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|+ Canadian lakes larger than
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!scope="col"| Lake
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Area
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!scope="row"| 1
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|Lake Superior
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| Ontario /USA
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!scope="row"| 2
|1
|Lake Huron
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| Ontario /USA
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!scope="row"| 3
|2
|Great Bear Lake
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| Northwest Territories
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!scope="row"| 4
|4
|Great Slave Lake
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| Northwest Territories
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!scope="row"| 5
|6
|Lake Erie
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| Ontario /USA
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!scope="row"| 6
|5
|Lake Winnipeg
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| Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 7
|7
|Lake Ontario
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| Ontario /USA
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!scope="row"| 8
|8
|Lake Athabasca
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| Saskatchewan and Alberta
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!scope="row"| 9
|9
|Reindeer Lake
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| Saskatchewan and Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 10
|10
|Smallwood Reservoir
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| Newfoundland and Labrador
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!scope="row"| 11
|11
|Nettilling Lake
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| Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 12
|12
|Lake Winnipegosis
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| Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 13
|13
|Lake Nipigon
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| Ontario
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!scope="row"| 14
|14
|Lake Manitoba
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| Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 15
|18
|Lake of the Woods
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| Ontario/Manitoba, Canada , USA
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!scope="row"| 16
|15
|Caniapiscau Reservoir
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 17
|16
|Dubawnt Lake
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| Nunavut /Northwest Territories
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!scope="row"| 18
|17
|Amadjuak Lake
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| Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 19
|19
|Lake Melville
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| Newfoundland and Labrador (tidal lake)
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!scope="row"| 20
|20
|Robert-Bourassa Reservoir
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 21
|21
|Wollaston Lake
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| Saskatchewan (bifurcation lake)
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!scope="row"| 22
|22
|La Grande 3 Reservoir
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 23
|23
|Lac Mistassini
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 24
|24
|Nueltin Lake
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| Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 25
|25
|Southern Indian Lake
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| Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 26
|26
|Manicouagan Reservoir
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 27
|27
|Baker Lake
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| Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 28
|28
|Lac La Martre
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| Northwest Territories
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!scope="row"| 29
|29
|Williston Lake
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| British Columbia
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!scope="row"| 30
|30
|Lac Seul
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| Ontario
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!scope="row"| 31
|31
|Gouin Reservoir
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 32
|32
|Yathkyed Lake
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| Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 33
|33
|Lake Claire
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| Alberta
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!scope="row"| 34
|34
|Cree Lake
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| Saskatchewan
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!scope="row"| 35
|35
|Lac la Ronge
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| Saskatchewan
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!scope="row"| 36
|36
|Lac a l'Eau-Claire
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 37
|37
|Cedar Lake
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| Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 38
|38
|Kasba Lake
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| Northwest Territories, Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 39
|39
|Laforge-1 Reservoir
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 40
| not in top 50
|Lake Champlain
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| Quebec , USA
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!scope="row"| 41
|40
|Lac Bienville
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| Quebec
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!scope="row"| 42
|41
|Island Lake
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| Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 43
|42
|Lesser Slave Lake
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| Alberta
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!scope="row"| 44
|43
|Gods Lake
|style="text-align: right" |
| Manitoba
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!scope="row"| 45
| not in top 50
|Lake St. Clair
|style="text-align: right" |
| Ontario , USA
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!scope="row"| 46
|44
|Aberdeen Lake
|style="text-align: right" |
| Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 47
|45
|Bras d'Or Lake
|style="text-align: right" |
| Nova Scotia (tidal lake)
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!scope="row"| 48
|46
|Napaktulik Lake
|style="text-align: right" |
| Nunavut
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!scope="row"| 49
|47
|MacKay Lake
|style="text-align: right" |
| Northwest Territories
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!scope="row"| 50
|48
|Lac Saint-Jean
|style="text-align: right" |
| Quebec
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Alberta
This is a list of lakes of Alberta with an area larger than .
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!scope="row"| Atikonak Lake
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Northwest Territories
This is a list of lakes of the Northwest Territories with an area larger than .
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!scope="row"| Robert-Bourassa Reservoir
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!scope="row"| Lac Mistassini
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!scope="row"| Manicouagan Reservoir
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!scope="row"| Lake Minto
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!scope="row"| Lac Guillaume-Delisle
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!scope="row"| Cabonga Reservoir
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!scope="row"| Outardes-4 Reservoir
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!scope="row"| Deschambault Lake
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!scope="row"| Frobisher Lake
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!scope="row"| Black Lake
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!scope="row"| Montreal Lake
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!scope="row"| Primrose Lake
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!scope="row"| Amisk Lake
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!scope="row"| Lake Diefenbaker
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!scope="row"| Pinehouse Lake
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Yukon
Kluane Lake is the largest lake in Yukon at located at an elevation of