List of nickel mines in Canada explained

This is a list of nickel mines in Canada sorted by province.

Manitoba

Mine	Coordinates	Associated town	Owner	Dates	Comments	References
Birchtree Mine	55.7017°N -97.9269°W	Thompson	Vale Inco	1965–Present	In 2005 Birchtree mine was the recipient of the John T. Ryan Trophy for having achieving the lowest accident frequency of all Canadian metal mines. In 2008 it received the regional John T. Ryan trophy for the Prairies & Northwest Territories.	^[1]
Bucko Lake Mine	54.878°N -98.657°W	Wabowden	CaNickel	2009–Present	near Wabowden, Manitoba, Canada and is owned by CaNickel Mining LTD previously Crowflight Minerals who purchased the property from Xtrata.^[2] Production began on 10 June 2009.^[3]

Newfoundland and Labrador

Mine	Coordinates	Associated region	Owner	Dates	Comments	References
Voisey's Bay Mine	56.3347°N -62.1031°W	Voisey's Bay	Vale Limited	2005–Present	Purchased for $4.3 billion Canadian dollars	^[4]

Ontario

Mine	Coordinates	Associated town	Owner	Dates	Comments	References
Coleman Mine	46.6671°N -81.3601°W	Sudbury	Vale Limited	1970–Present		^[5]
Copper Cliff North Mine	46.4958°N -81.0556°W	Copper Cliff	Vale Canada Limited
Copper Cliff South Mine	46.4583°N -81.0792°W	Copper Cliff	Vale Canada Limited		Discovered in 1887

Quebec

Mine	Coordinates	Associated region	Owner	Dates	Comments	References
Raglan Mine	61.6875°N -73.6781°W	Nunavik	Glencore	1997–Present		http://www.mineraglan.ca/en/Pages/home.aspx
Nunavik Nickel		Nunavik	Jilin Jien	2009-present

Notes and References

1. Hersey. Carolyn. November 2008. Safety, above all else. CIM Magazine. 3. 7. 5140–43. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1718-4177.
2. November 2008. Crowflight Commissioning Bucko Lake Mine. Engineering & Mining Journal. 209. 9. 10. McGraw Hill Pub. Co.. New York, New York, United States. 0095-8948.
3. News: Scales. Marilyn. Crowflight's Bucko Lake Project. 29 July 2010. Canadian Mining Journal. September 2009.
4. Web site: The story of Voisey's Bay – the auction 'the total value' of the Voiseys bay deal was 'closer to $4.3 billion'. Mining.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215054102/http://www.mining.com/web/infographic-the-story-of-voiseys-bay-the-auction/. 15 December 2017. live. 29 October 2015.
5. News: Vale's Coleman Mine marks 50 years in operation. 11 December 2020. 21 July 2021.