Extreme communities of Canada

This is a list of the extreme communities in Canada and its provinces and territories. They are farther east, north, south or west than any other community, though they are generally not farther than the extreme points of Canadian provinces. The record latitude (in degrees north) or longitude (in degrees west) is given.

Area North Latitude West Longitude South Latitude East LongitudeCanadaAlert, Nunavut 82°28′Beaver Creek, Yukon 140°52′46″Pelee, Ontario 41°46' 0.12"St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 52°39′26″British ColumbiaLower Post 59°55'Pleasant Camp 136°27'East Sooke 48°21'Corbin 114°29'AlbertaIndian Cabins 59°52'Cherry Point 119°57'Coutts 49°00′23″Lloydminster* 110°00′SaskatchewanWaterloo Lake 59°38'Lloydminster* 110°00′West Poplar 49°00'08"Fertile 101°27′02"ManitobaNunalla 59°55'Flin Flon** 101°51′Emerson 49°00'43"Shamattawa 92°05'OntarioFort Severn56°00′37″Ingolf 95°07' Pelee, Ontario41°46' 0.12"Curry Hill 74°23'QuebecIvujivik62°25′0″Pointe-Piché 79°31'Elgin or Hinchinbrooke*** 44°59′30″Blanc-Sablon 57°07'New BrunswickDalhousie 48°03'Connors 68°49'White Head 44°37'Cape Tormentine 63°47'Prince Edward IslandSeacow Pond47°01'West Cape 64°24'High Bank 45°58'East Point 61°58′Nova ScotiaSt. Paul Island (uninhabited)47°12′10″Westport 66°21′06″ The Hawk 43°23′30″Main-à-Dieu 59°51′Newfoundland and LabradorNain56°33′02″Labrador City 66°55′13″St. Shott's 46°37′41″Blackhead, St. John's 52°39′26″YukonOld Crow, Yukon "Yukon's northernmost community, Old Crow" "We are also the only Yukon community located north of the Arctic Circle." Pauline Cove (last permanent residents left in 1987) 67°57′ (Old Crow)Beaver Creek 140°53'Contact Creek 60°00'Contact Creek 127°43'Northwest TerritoriesSachs Harbour71°59′Aklavik 135°0′Fort Smith 60°00′Łutselk'e 110°44′NunavutAlert82°27′Kugluktuk 115°09′0″Sanikiluaq 56°32′Qikiqtarjuaq 64°02′

*Lloydminster lies on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border. Farthest east entirely within Alberta is Empress (110°0′22″W). Farthest west entirely within Saskatchewan is Govenlock in the southwest part of the province.**Flin Flon lies on the Saskatchewan / Manitoba border, however, the southeastern part of Saskatchewan is located much further to the east than Flin Flon.***The Canada-US border bends below 45°N in the region; the very southernmost point is where the Châteauguay River crosses the border.

See also Extreme points of Canadian provinces Nordicity Remote and isolated community

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