is the second largest country in the world (9,984,670 square
kilometres) after Russia (17,075,000 square kilometres). Great
Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario - are the
largest group of freshwater lakes in the world (total surface
area of 245,000 square kilometres, of which about one third is
Canadian territory, the longest distance North to South (on
land) is 4,634 kilometres from Cape Columbia on Ellesmere
Island, Nunavut to Middle Island in Lake Erie, Ontario. longest
distance East to West is 5,514 kilometres from Cape Spear,
Newfoundland and Labrador, to the Yukon Territory - Alaska
boundary. has the world's longest coastline (202,080
kilometres). largest non-polar ice field in the world can be
found in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory (40,570 square
kilometres of which 16,900 square kilometres are located in
Canada, the remainder being in Alaska). world's largest island
in a freshwater lake is Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron (2,765
square kilometres). largest island in Canada is