This is a table of extreme points (north, south, east and west) of each of the provinces and territories of Canada. Many of these points are uninhabited; see also extreme communities of Canada for inhabited places.
Province/territory | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point | |
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Alberta | Northwest Territories border (60th parallel) | Montana border south of Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park | Saskatchewan border (110 W) | British Columbia border, from Willmore Wilderness Park north to the border with the Northwest Territories (120 W) | |
British Columbia | Yukon and Northwest Territories border (60th parallel) | Race Rocks (Lat. 48°17′52.9″ N, also southernmost point in Western Canada) | BC-AB-MT tripoint | BC-YT-AK tripoint within Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park | |
Manitoba | Nunavut border (60th parallel) | Water: Minnesota border in Lake of the Woods Land: Minnesota border at Buffalo Point | Point where Manitoba's eastern border meets Hudson Bay (legally defined as where the shore intersects with 89th meridian west, near Milk Creek and the mouth of the Black Duck River) | Saskatchewan border, north of the Churchill River | |
New Brunswick | Point of land near Dalhousie | Machias Seal Island Excluding disputed islands: Southern tip of the largest island of "Three Islands" off the coast of Grand Manan | Cape Tormentine | Maine border near NB-QC-ME tripoint | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | Cape Chidley, Labrador | Cape Freels, Newfoundland | Cape Spear, Easternmost point of land in Canada | Quebec border approximately 50 miles (80 km) west of Esker | |
Northwest Territories | Western tip of an island that is approximately 200 km (124 mi) SW of the north magnetic pole | British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan border, along the 60th parallel | Nunavut border (From the 60th parallel to the centre of Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary) | Yukon border (the "straight" part near Aklavik) | |
Nova Scotia | Saint Paul Island | Mother Owens Rocks (South of Seal Island | Cormorandière Rocks (near Scatarie Island) | Brier Island | |
Nunavut | Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, near Alert. Northernmost point of land in Canada. (The northernmost water/ice point is the North Pole) | Stag Island's southern point[1] | Easternmost point of Ellesmere Island, 27km south east of Alert, 82°19'06.9"N 61°06'01.1"W | Point where Nunavut's western border with Northwest Territories and Amundsen Gulf meet, approx. 30 miles (50 km) north of Tuktut Nogait National Park | |
Ontario | Point just east of where Ontario's western border meets Hudson Bay, approx. NW of Fort Severn | Middle Island, Lake Erie. Southernmost point of land in Canada, and part of Point Pelee National Park | Land: Shore of the St. Lawrence River NE of Wood Creek, near Curry Hill. Water: In the St. Lawrence River offshore from the previous point | Manitoba border Longitude: 95°09'11" West | |
Prince Edward Island | North Cape | Wood Islands | East Point | West Cape | |
Quebec | Cape Wolstenholme, approx. NE of Ivujivik | New York border, where the Châteauguay River crosses the border (Latitude: 44°59'30"N approx.) | Labrador border, near Blanc-Sablon Longitude: 57°06'30" West | Pointe Louis-XIV, approx. NNW of Chisasibi | |
Saskatchewan | Northwest Territories border (60th parallel) | North Dakota border east of Northgate | Manitoba border, south of Gainsborough, Saskatchewan | Alberta border | |
Yukon | Shore of Beaufort Sea along 141st Meridian | British Columbia border | YT-BC-NT tripoint | Boundary Peak 187 (60°18′22.929″N, 141°00′7.128″W). Westernmost point of land in Canada. |