List of rivers of Canada explained

The list of rivers of Canada is organized by drainage basin and province.

Canadian drainage basins

The major Canadian drainage basins are the following:^{[1] [2]}

• Arctic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Hudson Bay including James Bay and Ungava Bay
• Atlantic Ocean including the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Drainage basin
• Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River basin

Rivers by drainage basins

• Pacific Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Hudson Bay
• Canada Atlantic

Rivers by Canadian provinces

• List of rivers of Alberta
• List of rivers of British Columbia
• List of rivers of Manitoba
• List of rivers of New Brunswick
• List of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of rivers of the Northwest Territories
• List of rivers of Nova Scotia
• List of rivers of Nunavut
• List of rivers of Ontario
• List of rivers of Prince Edward Island
• List of rivers of Quebec
• List of rivers of Saskatchewan
• List of rivers of Yukon

See also

• Canadian Rivers Day
• Geography of Canada
• List of longest rivers of Canada
• List of rivers of the Americas
• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

External links

• Government of Canada - Canadian Geographical Names database
• The Canadian Council for Geographic Education - Rivers of Canada - How they shaped our country
• Atlas of Canada - Rivers
• Web site: GEONet Names Server. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. June 25, 2021., GEOnet Names Server

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rivers in Canada . Atlas of Canada . Atlas of Canada . 2007-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070404150649/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/rivers.html . 4 April 2007 . dead .
2. Web site: Drainage Basin. The Canadian Encyclopedia. August 17, 2019. Ayers. H. d..