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Land and Freshwater Areas
Land and Freshwater Areas
Canada
is the second largest country in the world. Russia,
whose area is 17 075 000 square kilometres, is the only
country that is larger.
However, Canada almost certainly has the largest surface area
of freshwater of any country. The table below shows data for
land and freshwater as calculated in 2001.
Land and Freshwater Areas (areas in
square kilometres)
| Newfoundland
and Labrador |
373 872 |
31 340 |
405 212 |
4.06 |
| Prince Edward
Island |
5 660 |
Data not available |
5 660 |
0.06 |
| Nova Scotia |
53 338 |
1 946 |
55 284 |
0.55 |
| New Brunswick |
71 450 |
1 458 |
72 908 |
0.73 |
| Quebec |
1 365
128 |
176 928 |
1 542
056 |
15.44 |
|
Ontario |
917 741 |
158 654 |
1 076
395 |
10.78 |
|
Manitoba |
553 556 |
94 241 |
647 797 |
6.49 |
|
Saskatchewan |
591 670 |
59 366 |
651 036 |
6.52 |
|
Alberta |
642 317 |
19 531 |
661 848 |
6.63 |
|
British Columbia |
925 186 |
19 549 |
944 735 |
9.46 |
|
Yukon Territory |
474 391 |
8 052 |
482 443 |
4.83 |
|
Northwest Territories |
1 183
085 |
163 021 |
1 346
106 |
13.48 |
|
Nunavut |
1 936
113 |
157 077
|
2 093
190 |
20.96 |
| Canada |
9
093 507 |
891
163 |
9
984 670 |
100.00 |
Source: Natural Resources Canada. Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. GeoAccess Division. 2001.
These figures were estimated using the Atlas of Canada 1:1 000 000 scale
hydrography base.
