Extreme Communities of Canada

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

Area North West South East
Canada Alert, Nunavut 82°29′50″ Beaver Creek, Yukon 140°52′46″ Middle Island, Ontario Blackhead, Newfoundland and Labrador
British Columbia Lower Post Pleasant Camp East Sooke Corbin
Alberta Indian Cabins Cherry Point Coutts 49°00′23″ Lloydminster* 110°00′
Saskatchewan Waterloo Lake Lloydminster* 110°00′ West Poplar Fertile 101°27′
Manitoba Nunalla Flin Flon** 101°51′ Emerson Shamattawa
Ontario Fort Severn 56°00′37″ Ingolf Middle Island Curry Hill
Quebec Ivujivik 62°25′0″ Pointe-Piché Elgin or Hinchinbrooke*** 44°59′30″ Blanc-Sablon
New Brunswick Dalhousie Connors White Head Cape Tormentine
Prince Edward Island Seacow Pond West Cape High Bank East Point 61°58′
Nova Scotia St. Paul Island (uninhabited) 47°12′10″ Westport 66°21′06″ The Hawk 43°23′30″ Main-à-Dieu 59°51′
Newfoundland and Labrador Hebron 58°12′06″ Labrador City 66°55′13″ St. Shotts 46°37′41″ Blackhead 52°39′26″
Yukon Old Crow, Yukon

Pauline Cove (last permanent residents left in 1987)

 67°57′ (Old Crow) Beaver Creek Contact Creek Contact Creek
Northwest Territories Sachs Harbour 71°59′ Aklavik 135°0′ Fort Smith 60°00′ Łutselk'e 110°44′
Nunavut Alert 82°28′ 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

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