Name Location Area[ 1] Area rank Pop 2021 [ 2] [ 3] Notes Coordinates km2 sqmi World Canada Baffin Island Nunavut 507,451 195,928 5 1 13,039 Population does not includeKinngait andQikiqtarjuaq . Both lie on small islands just off the coast of Baffin Island 68°N 70°W / 68°N 70°W /68; -70 (Baffin Island ) [ 4] Victoria Island Northwest Territories Nunavut 217,291 83,897 8 2 2,168 Contains the world's largest island within an island within an island[ 5] 70°25′N 107°45′W / 70.417°N 107.750°W /70.417; -107.750 (Victoria Island ) [ 6] Ellesmere Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands ) Nunavut 196,236 75,767 10 3 144 Population includesGrise Fiord ,Alert (Canada’s two most northerly communities) andEureka [ 7] 79°50′N 78°00′W / 79.833°N 78.000°W /79.833; -78.000 (Ellesmere Island ) [ 8] Banks Island Northwest Territories 70,028 27,038 24 5 104 The summer home to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds who nest at Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 1 and Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 2[ 9] [ 10] 72°45′02″N 121°30′10″W / 72.75056°N 121.50278°W /72.75056; -121.50278 (Banks Island ) [ 11] Devon Island Queen Elizabeth Islands )Nunavut 55,247 21,331 27 6 0 The largestuninhabited island on Earth[ 12] 75°15′N 088°00′W / 75.250°N 88.000°W /75.250; -88.000 (Devon Island ) [ 13] Axel Heiberg Island Sverdrup Islands ,Queen Elizabeth Islands )Nunavut 43,178 16,671 32 7 0 Known for its unusualfossil forests , which date from theEocene period[ 14] 79°45′N 091°00′W / 79.750°N 91.000°W /79.750; -91.000 (Axel Heiberg Island ) [ 15] Melville Island Queen Elizabeth Islands )Northwest Territories ,Nunavut 42,149 16,274 33 8 0 The most northerly report of agrizzly bear sighting occurred here in 2003[ 16] 75°30′02″N 111°30′09″W / 75.50056°N 111.50250°W /75.50056; -111.50250 (Melville Island ) [ 17] Southampton Island Nunavut 41,214 15,913 34 9 1,038 One of the few Canadian areas, and the only area in Nunavut, that does not usedaylight saving time [ 18] 64°20′N 084°40′W / 64.333°N 84.667°W /64.333; -84.667 (Southampton Island ) [ 19] Prince of Wales Island Nunavut 33,339 12,872 40 10 0 North of North is set in the fictional town of Ice Cove, which is situated here[ 20] 72°40′N 99°00′W / 72.667°N 99.000°W /72.667; -99.000 (Prince of Wales Island ) [ 21] Somerset Island Nunavut 24,786 9,570 46 12 0 Home ofFort Ross (1937-1948), the lasttrading post established by theHudson's Bay Company [ 22] 73°15′N 93°30′W / 73.250°N 93.500°W /73.250; -93.500 (Somerset Island ) [ 23] Bathurst Island Queen Elizabeth Islands )Nunavut 16,042 6,194 54 13 0 Home ofBrooman Point Village ,Qausuittuq National Park , and thePolar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] 75°45′N 100°00′W / 75.750°N 100.000°W /75.750; -100.000 (Bathurst Island ) [ 27] Prince Patrick Island Queen Elizabeth Islands )Northwest Territories ,Nunavut 15,848 6,119 55 14 0 Mould Bay Weather Station, part of the Joint Arctic Weather Station system between Canada and the United States opened in 1948[ 28] 76°45′02″N 119°30′12″W / 76.75056°N 119.50333°W /76.75056; -119.50333 (Prince Patrick Island ) [ 29] King William Island Nunavut 13,111 5,062 61 15 1,349 SirJohn Franklin ’s two ships,HMS Erebus andHMS Terror , were found in what is now theWrecks of HMSErebus and HMSTerror National Historic Site [ 30] 69°10′N 97°25′W / 69.167°N 97.417°W /69.167; -97.417 (King William Island ) [ 31] Ellef Ringnes Island Sverdrup Islands ,Queen Elizabeth Islands )Nunavut 11,295 4,361 68 16 0 Isachsen , opened in 1948, formerly staffed weather station, but now anAutomated Surface Observing System [ 28] 78°30′N 102°15′W / 78.500°N 102.250°W /78.500; -102.250 (Ellef Ringnes Island ) [ 32] Bylot Island Nunavut 11,067 4,273 71 17 0 Sirmilik National Park is located on the island[ 33] 73°13′N 78°34′W / 73.217°N 78.567°W /73.217; -78.567 (Bylot Island ) [ 34] Prince Charles Island Nunavut 9,521 3,676 77 19 0 Uninhabited, howeverInuit visited the island to huntcaribou [ 35] 67°47′N 76°12′W / 67.783°N 76.200°W /67.783; -76.200 (Prince Charles Island ) [ 36] Cornwallis Island Queen Elizabeth Islands )Nunavut 6,995 2,701 97 21 183 Resolute , the only community, was established in 1953 byforced migration know as theHigh Arctic relocation [ 37] 75°08′N 95°00′W / 75.133°N 95.000°W /75.133; -95.000 (Cornwallis Island ) [ 38] Coats Island Nunavut 5,498 2,123 107 24 0 The last home of theSadlermiut [ 39] 62°30′N 083°00′W / 62.500°N 83.000°W /62.500; -83.000 (Coats Island ) [ 40] Amund Ringnes Island Sverdrup Islands Queen Elizabeth Islands )Nunavut 5,255 2,029 111 25 0 78°20′N 96°25′W / 78.333°N 96.417°W /78.333; -96.417 (Amund Ringnes Island ) [ 41] Mackenzie King Island Queen Elizabeth Islands )Northwest Territories ,Nunavut 5,048 1,949 116 26 0 78°02′N 109°50′W / 78.033°N 109.833°W /78.033; -109.833 (Mackenzie King Island ) [ 42] 
