List of lakes of Ontario

This is an incomplete list of lakes in Ontario, a province of Canada. There are over 250,000 lakes in Ontario, constituting around 20% of the world's fresh water supply.[1]

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Canadian Provinces and Territories
Ontario relief map
Lake Superior at Neys Provincial Park Ontario
Lake Huron
Frozen Lake Erie
Looking east across Lake Ontario to Toronto
Scarborough bluffs Lake Ontario
Lake Nipigon
Rainy Lake from Tango Channel

This is a list of lakes of Ontario with an area larger than 400 km2 (150 sq mi).[2][3][4]

Ontario lakes larger than 400 km2 (150 sq mi)
Lake Area (including islands) Altitude Depth max. Volume
Lake Superior[3] 82,100 km2 (31,700 sq mi) 184 m (604 ft) 406 m (1,332 ft) 12,000 km3 (2,900 cu mi)
Lake Huron[3] 59,600 km2 (23,000 sq mi) 177 m (581 ft) 229 m (751 ft) 3,543 km3 (850 cu mi)
Lake Erie[3] 25,700 km2 (9,900 sq mi) 174 m (571 ft) 64 m (210 ft) 480 km3 (120 cu mi)
Lake Ontario[3] 18,960 km2 (7,320 sq mi) 75 m (246 ft) 244 m (801 ft) 1,640 km3 (390 cu mi)
Lake Nipigon[2][4] 4,848 km2 (1,872 sq mi) 260 m (850 ft) 165 m (541 ft) 248 km3 (59 cu mi)
Lake of the Woods[2] 3,150 km2 (1,220 sq mi) 323 m (1,060 ft) 64 m (210 ft)
Lac Seul[2][4] 1,657 km2 (640 sq mi) 357 m (1,171 ft) 47.2 m (155 ft) 15 km3 (3.6 cu mi)
Lake St. Clair 1,114 km2 (430 sq mi) 175 m (574 ft) 8.2 m (27 ft) 3.4 km3 (0.82 cu mi)
Rainy Lake[2][4] 932 km2 (360 sq mi) 338 m (1,109 ft) 50 m (160 ft)
Lake Abitibi[2][4] 931 km2 (359 sq mi) 265 m (869 ft) 10 m (33 ft)
Lake Nipissing[2][4] 832 km2 (321 sq mi) 196 m (643 ft) 69 m (226 ft) 3.8 km3 (0.91 cu mi)
Lake Simcoe[2] 744 km2 (287 sq mi) 219 m (719 ft) 41 m (135 ft) 11.6 km3 (2.8 cu mi)
Big Trout Lake[2][4] 661 km2 (255 sq mi) 213 m (699 ft) 39.6 m (130 ft)
Sandy Lake[2][4] 527 km2 (203 sq mi) 276 m (906 ft) 41.8 m (137 ft) 2.72 km3 (0.65 cu mi)
Lake St. Joseph 493 km2 (190 sq mi) 371 m (1,217 ft)

#
  • 24 Mile Lake[5]

G
  • Gananoque Lake
  • Garson Lake
  • Gathering Lake
  • Gibson Lake (disambiguation), multiple lakes
  • Gibson Lake (Greater Sudbury)
  • Gillies Lake
  • Gloucester Pool
  • Go Home Lake
  • Golden Lake
  • Gordon Lake
  • Ghost Lake
  • Gould Lake (disambiguation), several lakes
  • Green Lake
  • Grundy Lake
  • Guelph Lake
  • Gull Lake (Ontario)
  • Gullrock Lake
  • Gunter Lake

H
  • Halet Lake
  • Halls Lake (Haliburton County)
  • Hammer Lake
  • Head Lake (Kawartha Lakes)
  • Head Lake (Haliburton County)
  • Heart Lake
  • Herbert Lake
  • Holden Lake
  • Lake Huron
  • Horseshoe Lake multiple lakes

I
  • Inn Lake
  • Indian Lake
  • Innis Lake
  • Irwin Lake
  • Ivanhoe Lake

J
  • Jack Lake
  • Jeff Lake[6]
  • Lake Joseph
  • Jules Lake[7]
  • Jumping Cariboo Lake

K
  • Kabinakagami Lake
  • Lake Kagawong
  • Kahshe Lake
  • Kamaniskeg Lake
  • Kashagawigamog Lake
  • Kashwakamak Lake
  • Kasshabog Lake
  • Kawagama Lake
  • Kawartha Lakes
  • Lake Kelso
  • Kennisis Lake
  • Kesagami Lake
  • Kimber Lake
  • Kushog Lake
  • Lake Kairiskons
  • Lake Kishkatina

L
  • Lake Bernard (Parry Sound District)
  • Lac des Mille Lacs
  • Lady Evelyn Lake
  • Lake Madawaska
  • Lake of Bays (Kenora District)
  • Lake of Bays (Muskoka lake)
  • Lake of the Woods
  • Lake of Two Islands
  • Larder Lake
  • Little Branch Lake
  • Little Lake (Peterborough)
  • Little Moose Lake[8]
  • Little Papineau Lake
  • Little Sachigo Lake
  • Little Sucker Lake[9]
  • Little Yirkie Lake
  • Limerick Lake
  • Long Lake
  • Loughborough Lake
  • Lower Beverley Lake
  • Lower Buckhorn Lake

M
Mazinaw Lake
  • Mabel Lake
  • MacDowell Lake
  • Madawaska Lake
  • Mameigwess Lake (north Kenora District)
  • Mameigwess Lake (south Kenora District)
  • Lake Manitou
  • Lake Manitouwabing
  • Maple Lake
  • Marmion Lake
  • Mary Lake
  • Lake Matinenda
  • Maul Lake
  • Maynard Lake
  • Mazinaw Lake
  • McArthur Lake
  • McKay Lake (Ottawa)
  • McKay Lake (Pic River)
  • McLaren Lake[10]
  • Mirror Lake[11]
  • Mississauga Lake
  • Mississippi Lake
  • Lake Mindemoya
  • Minnitaki Lake
  • Missisa Lake
  • Mojikit Lake
  • Mong Lake[12]
  • Morrison Lake
  • Mountain Lake
  • Mozhabong Lake
  • Mud Lake
  • Muldrew Lake
  • Lake Muskoka
  • Muskrat Lake

N
  • Nameless Lake (Sudbury District)
  • Net Lake
  • Nettleton Lake
  • Nicholls Lake
  • Night Hawk Lake
  • Lake Nipigon
  • Lake Nipissing
  • North Caribou Lake
  • Lake Nosbonsing
  • Nungesser Lake
  • Nishin Lake

O
  • Oak Lake
  • Oba Lake - North
  • Oba Lake - South
  • Octopus Lake
  • Lake Ogoki
  • Old Man's Lake
  • Onaman Lake
  • Onigam Lake
  • Onion Lake
  • Lake Ontario
  • Opeongo Lake
  • Opinicon Lake
  • Otter Tail Lake
  • Ottertooth Lake[13]
  • Otty Lake
  • Ozhiski Lake

P
  • Packsack Lake[14]
  • Lake Panache
  • Paint Lake
  • Pakeshkag Lake
  • Papineau Lake
  • Paudash Lake
  • Peninsula Lake
  • Perch Lake
  • Pelican Lake
  • Percy Lake
  • Peters Lake (Sudbury District)
  • Pierce Lake
  • Pierre Lake
  • Pike Lake
  • Pigeon Lake
  • Pog Lake
  • Pokei Lake
  • Pot Lake[15]
  • Priamo Lake
  • Professor's Lake
  • Pumphouse Lake[16]
  • Puslinch Lake
  • Pine Lake[17]

R
  • Rainbow Lake[18]
  • Rainy Lake
  • Lake Ramsey
  • Rebecca Lake, multiple lakes
  • Redbridge Lake[19]
  • Red Cedar Lake
  • Red Squirrel Lake
  • Redstone Lake (Haliburton County)
  • Redstone Lake (Sudbury District)
  • Restoule Lake
  • Rice Lake
  • Ril Lake
  • Riley Lake (Kenora District)
  • Riley Lake (Muskoka)
  • Rock Lake (Algonquin Park)
  • Rock Lake (Kenora District)
  • Lake Rosalind
  • Lake Rosseau
  • Round Lake
  • Ruth Lake

S
  • Saskatchewan Lake
  • Sachigo Lake
  • Saint Francis (Lac Saint-François)
  • Salerno Lake
  • Salmon Lake
  • Sand Lake, numerous lakes by this name
  • Sand Pits Lake
  • Sandy Lake (Algoma District)
  • Sandy Lake
  • Savant Lake
  • Sawyer lake
  • Lake Scugog
  • Seseganaga Lake
  • Lac Seul
  • Severn Lake
  • Seymour Lake (disambiguation), several lakes by this name
  • Sharbot Lake
  • Shibogama Lake
  • Shoal Lake
  • Shutze Lake
  • Lake Simcoe
  • Six Mile Lake
  • Skeleton Lake
  • Skootamatta Lake
  • Smoothrock Lake
  • Snider Lake
  • Soap Lake
  • South Summit Lake
  • Sparrow Lake
  • Spotter Lake
  • Spring Lake
  • Steel Lake (Ontario)
  • Steve Lake[20]
  • Stoco Lake
  • Lake St. Clair
  • St. Joe Lake
  • Lake St. Joseph
  • Lake St. Peter
  • Stony Lake
  • Sturgeon Lake
  • Sunfish Lake
  • Lake Superior
  • Sydenham Lake
  • Syrette Lake

T
  • Talon Lake
  • Tangamong Lake
  • Lake Temagami
  • Tetapaga Lake
  • Tetu Lake
  • The Third Lake
  • Thirty Island Lake
  • Lake Timiskaming
  • Triangle Lake (Ontario)
  • Trout Lake (Algoma District)[21]
  • Trout Lake (Nipissing District)
  • Tunnel Lake
  • Turtle Lake
  • Twelve Mile Lake (Ontario)
  • Twin Narrows Lake[22]
  • Twoline Lake[23]

U
  • Ulster Lake (Kenora District)
  • Upper Algocen Lake[24]
  • Upper Beverley Lake
  • Upper Nishin Lake
  • Upper Redwater Lake
  • Upper Rideau Lake
  • Umfreville Lake

W
  • Wabatongushi Lake
  • Wabigoon Lake
  • Wahwashkesh Lake
  • Wanapitei Lake
  • Wapikopa Lake
  • Wawa Lake
  • Weagamow Lake
  • West Shining Tree Lake
  • Whiddon Lake
  • White Lake
  • Whiteclay Lake
  • White Otter Lake
  • Whitewater Lake
  • Widdifield Lake[25]
  • Windermere Lake
  • Wintering Lake
  • Windigo Lake
  • Windy Lake
  • Winisk Lake
  • Wolfe Lake
  • Lake Wolsey
  • Wood Lake
  • Wunnummin Lake

Y
  • Yorkend Lake

Z
  • Zionz Lake

References
  1. Water Geography information.
  2. "Principal lakes, elevation and area, by province and territory". Statistics Canada. 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  3. "Great Lakes Factsheet No. 1". Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  4. "World Lake Database (Lakes in Canada)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  5. "24 Mile Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  6. "Place names - Jeff Lake".
  7. "Place names - Jules Lake".
  8. "Place names - Little Moose Lake".
  9. "Place names - Little Sucker Lake".
  10. "Place names - McLaren Lake".
  11. "Place names - Mirror Lake".
  12. "Place names - Mong Lake".
  13. "Place names - Ottertooth Lake".
  14. "Place names - Packsack Lake".
  15. "Place names - Pot Lake".
  16. "Place names - Pumphouse Lake".
  17. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Pine Lake". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  18. "Place names - Rainbow Lake".
  19. "Place names - Redbridge Lake".
  20. "Place names - Steve Lake".
  21. "Place names - Trout Lake".
  22. "Place names - Twin Narrows Lake".
  23. "Place names - Twoline Lake".
  24. "Place names - Upper Algocen Lake".
  25. "Place names - Widdifield Lake".
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