 |
Glaciers
Arctic Islands
| Axel Heiberg
Island |
11 380 |
1 121 |
| Baffin Island |
35 900 |
10 224 |
| Bylot Island |
4 850 |
575 |
| Coburg Island |
220 |
92 |
| Devon Island |
15 720 |
1 852 |
| Ellesmere
Island |
77 600 |
Data
not available |
| Ice
shelves |
490 |
Data
not available |
| Meighen
Island |
80 |
Data
not available |
| Melville
Island |
150 |
Data
not available |
| North
Kent Island |
150 |
66 |
| Total
ice area |
146
540 |
Data
not available |
|
Source: Canada. Environment Canada. National Hydrology
Research Institute. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Mainland Canada - Glaciers Within Drainage
Basins
| Nelson River |
320 |
1 616 |
| Yukon River |
10 250 |
Data not available |
| Great Slave
Lake |
600 |
Data
not available |
| Pacific Ocean |
36 530 |
Data
not available |
| Arctic Ocean
(other than in the Great Slave Lake drainage basin) |
810 |
Data
not available |
| Atlantic
Ocean |
25 |
Data
not available |
| Total
ice area |
48
535 |
Data
not available |
|
Source: Canada. Environment Canada. National Hydrology
Research Institute. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
|
At
present there are no reliable figures on the total number
or area of glaciers in Canada. The National Hydrology Research Institute, Environment Canada,
is in the process of identifying and measuring all glaciers.
The table shows the best available estimates for areas by
region, and the number of glaciers for those areas surveyed
to date. 