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Canada and the World's Largest Lakes |
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By the NumbersOur lakes are among some of the world's largest. The following table provides a sense of Canada's ranking among the largest of lakes in the world. World's Largest LakesRank
(by area) | Name | Area (km2) | Maximum depth
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| 1 | Caspian Sea | 374 000 - 436 000 | 946 - 1 025 | | 2 | Superior* | 82 100 - 83 300 | 307 - 406 | | 3 | Victoria | 62 940 - 69 900 | 80 - 92 | | 4 | Huron* | 59 500 - 59 800 | 223 - 229 | | 5 | Michigan | 57 016 - 58 100 | 265 - 285 | | 6 | Tanganyika | 32 000 - 34 000 | 1 435 - 1 470 | | 7 | Baikal | 31 500 | 1 620 - 1 741 | | 8 | Great Bear* | 30 200 - 31 792 | 137 - 445 | | 9 | Great Slave* | 27 000 - 28 570 | 156 - 614 | | 10 | Erie* | 25 657 - 25 720 | 64 | | 11 | Winnipeg* | 24 387 - 24 600 | 19 - 28 | | 13 | Ontario* | 18 760 - 19 480 | 225 - 273 | | 22 | Athabasca* | 7 935 - 8 080 | 60 - 124 | | 29 | Winnipegosis* | 5 370 - 5 470 | 12 | Source: Adapted from Peter H. Gleick. Water in Crisis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
* Partly or entirely in Canada. |
Canada has more lake area than any other country in the world, with 563 lakes larger than 100 square kilometres. The Great Lakes, straddling the Canada-U.S. boundary, contain 18% of the world's fresh lake water. The country’s largest lakes are depicted in the table below. 
Area in km2 x 1000
Total area including islands
Numbers have been rounded
*Canadian portion only
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