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Of the more than 36,000 islands, only 11 are populated. Baffin Island, the largest, also has the largest population of 13,309. [2] The population accounts for 67.37 per cent of the 19,355 people in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, 56.51 per cent of the population of the Arctic Archipelago, and 35.38 per cent of the population of Nunavut. [2] [3]
Vostothny Island; Solovetsky Islands. Anzersky; Bolshaya Muksalma; Malaya Muksalma; Solovetsky; Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz Josef Land, but physically separate) Ushakov Island (Russian Arctic) halfway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya Wiese Island; Wrangel Island. Herald Island; Five new islands were discovered by ...
The Arctic Archipelago consists of 36,563 islands; those having articles are included here. Subcategories This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.
The islands, together 419,061 km 2 (161,800 sq mi) [2] in area, were renamed as a group after Elizabeth II on her coronation as Queen of Canada in 1953. The islands cover an area approximately the shape of a right triangle, bounded by the Nares Strait on the east, Parry Channel on the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north and west.
This is an incomplete list of islands of Canada. ... Map of Canadian islands in the Arctic Ocean. Islands and island groups in the Arctic Archipelago include ...
Melville Island [1] (French: île Melville [citation needed]; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq [citation needed]) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. With an area of 42,149 km 2 (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island .
The largest island in Canada outside the Arctic. Population obtained by subtracting the population of Labrador from the total population. [1] [5] [6] 5: 24: Banks Island:
Ellesmere Island is the northernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago in Canada's Far North and one of the world's northernmost land masses. It is exceeded in this regard only by neighbouring Greenland, which extends about 60 km (37 mi) closer to the north pole.