List of gold mines in Canada explained

This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes, defunct and future mines are demarcated in italics and bold respectively. Asterisks (*) note mines which produce(d) gold as a secondary product..

British Columbia

MineCoordinatesLocationOwnerDatesComments
Blue Hawk Mine49.9839°N -119.5085°WKelowna1934Also produced silver
Bralorne50.7747°N -122.8144°WOgden????-1971Produced 4.2 million ounces
Defot Creek Mine58.9°N -130.45°WDefot1880-1915
Hedley Mascot Mine49.3709°N -120.0476°WHedley1936-1949
Jolly Jack's Lost Mine49.05°N -118.55°WSkeff Creek
Kemess Mine57.0047°N -126.7586°WThutade Lake
Mount Polley mine52.5134°N -121.5963°WLikelyImperial Metals Corp1997-PresentUnder care and maintenance status during ongoing remediation
Pioneer Mine50.7594°N -122.7797°WOgden1920-1960
Pitt Lake's Lost Gold Mine49.4167°N -122.55°WPitt Lake

New Brunswick

MineCoordinatesLocationOwnerDatesComments
Murray Brook Mine47.5262°N -66.4313°WRestigouche CountyNovaGold Resources1989-1992

Nova Scotia

MineCoordinatesLocationOwnerDatesComments
Catcha Lake44.7358°N -63.1944°WCatcha LakeAcadian Gold Corporation1882s planning to drill for samples in the future .
Stirling MineN 45° 43' 44.8536 E -60° 26' 17.2356Stirling, Richmond County, Cape BretonStirling Zinc Co., Mindamar Metals, Thundermin Resources Ltd (Current)1925-1957Produced silver, zinc and gold.
Moose River ConsolidatedMiddle MusquodoboitAtlantic Gold Corporation, St Barbara Limited (Current)[1] 2018-PresentTouquoy and Beaver Dam gold mines

Ontario

MineCoordinatesLocationOwnerDatesComments
Barton Mine47.1191°N -79.786°WTemagami1906-1918Secondary products included gold, silver, copper and bismuth.
Beanland Mine47.0913°N -79.8252°WTemagami1937-1938Also produced silver
Big Dan Mine47.0913°N -79.7747°WTemagami1906-1907Also produced silver and arsenic
Chesterville gold mine48.1389°N -79.5739°WMcGarryChesterfield Larder Lake Gold Mining Company 1939-1950
Copperfields Mine46.9623°N -80.0371°WTemagami1954-1972Secondary products included cobalt, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum and silver.
Detour Lake Mine50.0191°N -79.715°WCochraneAgnico Eagle Mines1983-Present
Dome Mine48.45°N -95°WTimmins
Golden Giant Mine48.6833°N -139°WHemlo1985-2006
Hermiston-McCauley Mine47.0984°N -79.8273°WTemagami1935-1940
Kanichee Mine47.1036°N -79.8441°WTemagami1937-1948, 1948-1949, 1973-1976Secondary products included gold, palladium, silver and platinum.
Kerr-Addison MineMcGarryKerr Addison Mines Ltd1900s to 1996
Leckie Mine47.0934°N -79.7969°WTemagami~1900-1909, 1933-1937Also produced arsenic, copper and silver
Matachewan Consolidated mineMatachewan1916 to 1954
McIntyre Mines
Norrie Mine47.1166°N -79.7743°WTemagamiPrior to 1920Secondary products included lead, gold, zinc and silver.
Northland Pyrite Mine47.174°N -79.7429°WTemagami1906-1911Secondary products included cobalt, copper, zinc, gold and nickel.
Red Lake Mine51.0612°N -93.7432°WRed LakeEvolution Mining1949 - Present
Richardson MineEldoradoKim Woodside1867-1869Ontario's first gold mine
Temagami-Lorrain Mine47.1111°N -79.6828°WTemagamiPrior to 1912Also produced cobalt, arsenic, silver, nickel and copper
Young-Davidson mineMatachewanAlamos Gold~1916 to 1957201- Present

Quebec

MineCoordinatesLocationOwnerDatesComments
Canadian Malartic Mine48.1118°N -78.1316°WMalarticAgnico-Eagle Mines1935-Present
Casa Berardi Mine49.5731°N -79.237°WLa SarreHecla Mining1988-Present
LaRonde mine48.2484°N -78.4417°WRivière-HévaAgnico-Eagle Mines1988-Present

Northwest Territories

MineCoordinatesLocationOwnerDatesComments
Beaulieu Mine62.4422°N -114.3975°WYellowknife1947-1948Only a total of 30 troy ounces were recovered.
Burwash Mine62.4°N -138°WYellowknife1934-????The Burwash Mine has some historical significance in that the original ore sample kept "gold fever" alive in the area and helped in the establishment of Yellowknife as a viable northern community.
Camlaren Mine62.9864°N -113.2135°WMining Corporation of Canada Limited1963-1991The Camlaren property is now part of the Gordon Lake Project.
Colomac Mine64.2°N -116.0197°WCanada1990–1992 1994-1997
Con Mine62.4389°N -114.3717°WNewmont Mining Corporation
Discovery Mine63.1867°N -113.8917°WGoldMining Inc.
Giant Mine62.4997°N -114.3586°WMiramar Mining Corporation
Lost McLeod Mine
Negus Mine62.4339°N -114.3603°WNegus Mines Limited1939-1952
Outpost Island Mine61.7358°N -113.4589°WTungsten Corporation of Canada Limited1936-1952
Ptarmigan and Tom Mine62.5208°N -114.1958°WYellowknifeEquitas Resources Corporation1941-Present
Quartz Mountain mine
Ruth Mine62.4622°N -112.5731°WYellowknife1941-1959
Salmita Mine64.0792°N -111.2458°WGiant Yellowknife Mines Limited1983-1987
Thompson-Lundmark Mine62.612°N -113.474°W1941-1949
Tundra Mine64.0572°N -111.1761°WRoyal Oak Mines Inc1962-1968

Nunavut

MineCoordinatesLocationOwnerDatesComments
Lupin Mine65.75°N -111.25°WWPC Resources1982-Present
Meadowbank Gold Mine65.0186°N -96.0739°WKivalliqAgnico-Eagle Mines2010-2017
Meliadine Gold Mine63.032°N -92.2211°WKivalliqAgnico-Eagle Mines2019-Present

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