Largest Island in Canada

Baffin Island

The largest Island in Canada is Baffin Island. Its area is 507,451 km² (195,928 square miles).

Baffin Island is part of the territory of Nanavut. It is the fifth biggest island on Earth. The four islands larger than Baffin Island are:

Greendland 2,130,800 km²
New Guinea 785,753 km²
Borneo 748,168 km²
Madagascar 587,713 km²

Australia (7,617,930 km²) is much larger than any of the islands above, but Australia is classified as a continent, not an island.

Only two US states are bigger than Baffin Island – Alaska and Texas.

Nasa Satellite Image of Baffin Island

Baffin Island is more than double the size of the UK and is slightly smaller than France.

Four Canadian provinces are smaller than Baffin Island; these are Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.