This is an incomplete list of caves in Canada. Most notable caves are in western Canada and in parts of southern Ontario where limestone predominates.
Name | Image | Province | data-sort-type="number" | Entrance elevation (m) | data-sort-type="number" | Depth (m) | data-sort-type="number" | Length (m) | Remarks |
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Arctomys Cave | 536 | 3,496 | Located in Mount Robson Provincial Park | ||||||
Artlish River Cave | 396 | Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park | |||||||
Bisaro Anima | 670 | 5,300 | Discovered in 2012 on a high plateau of Mount Bisaro near Fernie. Extreme depth reached in a sump in late 2017.[1] | ||||||
740 | Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park | ||||||||
Bluefish Caves | Located near Old Crow | ||||||||
Bocock Peak Caves[2] | Located in Bocock Peak Provincial Park | ||||||||
Bonnechere Caves | Located in Eganville | ||||||||
Booming Ice Chasm | 140 | 704 | Located near Crowsnest Pass | ||||||
Cadomin Cave | 1,891 | 220 | 2,791 | Located near Cadomin. Closed in 2010 due to an outbreak of white nose syndrome. | |||||
Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 1,769 | +89.4 | 727.12 | Located near the town of Bragg Creek. Impassable beyond the first 150m since 1980, due to ice buildup.[3] | |||||
Castleguard Cave | 2,016 | 384 | 20,357 | Located in Banff National Park. It is longest cave in Canada. The cave entrance is gated and requires permission from Parks Canada to enter. | |||||
Cave and Basin | 1,403 | Located in the town of Banff. The cave consists of a tunnel blasted through to a natural cavern containing hot springs. Has an entry fee. | |||||||
Cave Falls | Located in Hamilton | ||||||||
Charlie Lake Cave | An archaeologically significant cave located near Charlie Lake | ||||||||
Chipmunk Caves | Located in the Chilliwack River valley near Ford Mountain Correctional Centre | ||||||||
Close To The Edge | 700 | 475 | 967 | Located in Close To The Edge Provincial Park | |||||
Cody Caves | 800 | Located in Cody Caves Provincial Park. Access is by guided tour only. | |||||||
Devil's Bath | 90 | 44 | Large cenote located 13.5 km southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake | ||||||
Duncan Crevice Caves | Located in Beaver Valley | ||||||||
Eramosa Karst | Located in Hamilton | ||||||||
Eternal Fountain | A waterfall emptying into a sinkhole near Port McNeill | ||||||||
Fairy Hole | A sea cave reputedly linked to various legends of the Mi'kmaq Nation | ||||||||
Fang Cave[4] | Located in Evanoff Provincial Park | ||||||||
Gargantua Cave | 2,501 | 286 | 6,001 | Located near Crowsnest Pass. Contains the largest and highest elevation natural cavern in Canada. | |||||
Hayes Cave | 400[5] | Located near Maple Grove | |||||||
Hole in the Wall | 2,013 | 30 | A prominent feature on the side of Mount Cory. Visible from the Trans-Canada Highway about 14 km west of the town of Banff. | ||||||
Homesite Creek Caves | Located near Halfmoon Bay | ||||||||
Hoodoo Cave | 220 | Located near Nordegg | |||||||
Horne Lake cave complex | Located in Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park | ||||||||
Horseshoe Falls grotto | 46 | A large manmade grotto behind Horseshoe Falls of Niagara Falls | |||||||
Kitt's Cave | 8 | 141 | Located near Hammondvale | ||||||
Limestone deposits | Located near Lake Winnipeg | ||||||||
Little Huson Cave complex | Located in Little Huson Cave Regional Park | ||||||||
Nakimu Caves | Located in Glacier National Park | ||||||||
Plateau Mountain Ice Cave | 2,226 | 90 | Located in Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve. Closed to the public in the early 1970s.[6] | ||||||
Raspberry Rising | 220 | 975 | Located beneath Mount Tupper in Glacier National Park. Still being explored, its full extents are yet to be determined.[7] | ||||||
Rat's Nest Cave | 1,450 | 245 | 4,003 | Located beneath Grotto Mountain near Exshaw. Access is by guided tour only. | |||||
Saint-Alban caves | Located in Saint-Alban | ||||||||
Saint-Leonard Cavern | 250 | Located in Saint-Léonard. Original cave is 35 metres long with a depth of 8 metres;[8] a second 250-metre cave was discovered in 2017.[9] | |||||||
Sarlacc's Pit cave | +130 | +2,000 | Discovered in 2018 within Wells Gray Provincial Park. Not yet accurately measured. The largest known cave of its type. Given the informal name of "Sarlacc's Pit".[10] | ||||||
Scenic Caves | Located near Collingwood | ||||||||
Skaha North Cave | 40 | 300 | Located approximately 5 km south of north end of Skaha and 3 km up from Skaha lake | ||||||
Skaha South Cave | 30 | 150 | Located approximately 2 km south of Skaha North Cave | ||||||
Slesse Creek caves | Located near Slesse Creek | ||||||||
Small River Caves complex[11] | Located in Small River Caves Provincial Park. | ||||||||
Stone Corral Caves[12] | Located in Monkman Provincial Park | ||||||||
Thanksgiving Cave | 479[13] | 8,386 | Located near Tahsis. A through passage was discovered in September 2017. | ||||||
Trou de la Fée | Located in Desbiens | ||||||||
Trou du Diable | 980 | Located in Saint-Casimir. Second longest cave in Quebec. | |||||||
Trou du Perdus | Located in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec | ||||||||
Underground Lake | 13.1 | 141 | A gypsum cave located in the community of Demoiselle Creek | ||||||
Valdes Island cave | Located on Valdes Island | ||||||||
Vanishing River/Reappearing River | Located southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake | ||||||||
Wapiabi Cave | 152 | 540 | Located near Nordegg | ||||||
Warsaw Caves | Located in Douro-Dummer Township near Warsaw | ||||||||
Weymer Creek caves complex | Located in Weymer Creek Provincial Park. Caving is strongly discouraged until a park management plan is completed.[14] | ||||||||
Hell Holes Caves | Located in Lennox and Addington County near Centreville[15] |