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Extreme communities of Canada

{{Original research|date=May 2008}}

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.

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Area

! colspan=1 | North

! colspan=1 | Latitude

! colspan=1 | West

! colspan=1 | Longitude

! colspan=1 | South

! colspan=1 | Latitude

! colspan=1 | East

! colspan=1 | Longitude

Canada

|width=100|Alert, Nunavut ||width=65| 82°28′

|width=100|Beaver Creek, Yukon ||width=65| 140°52′46″

|width=100|Pelee, Ontario ||width=65|41°46' 0.12"

|width=100|St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador ||width=65| 52°39′26″

British Columbia

|Lower Post{{cite web|url=http://www.ourbc.com/travel_bc/bc_cities/alaska_highway/lower_post.htm|title=Lower Post|publisher=British Columbia Travel and Discovery|accessdate=June 11, 2011}}

| 59°55'

|Pleasant Camp || 136°27'

|East Sooke || 48°21'

|Corbin || 114°29'

Alberta

|Indian Cabins{{cite web|url=http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-ca/index.cfm?pageid=7&id=87|title=Deh Cho Trail (12-14 days)|publisher=Travel Alberta Canada|accessdate=June 11, 2011|archive-date=July 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725232559/http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-ca/index.cfm?pageid=7&id=87|url-status=dead}}

| 59°52'

|Cherry Point || 119°57'

|Coutts ||49°00′23″

|Lloydminster* ||110°00′

Saskatchewan

|Waterloo Lake

| 59°38'

|Lloydminster* ||110°00′

|West Poplar || 49°00'08"

|Fertile|| 101°27′02"

Manitoba

|Nunalla

| 59°55'

|Flin Flon** ||101°51′

|Emerson || 49°00'43"

|Shamattawa || 92°05'

Ontario

|Fort Severn

|56°00′37″

|Ingolf || 95°07'

| Pelee, Ontario

|41°46' 0.12"

|Curry Hill || 74°23'

Quebec

|Ivujivik

|62°25′0″

|Pointe-Piché || 79°31'

|Elgin or Hinchinbrooke*** ||44°59′30″

|Blanc-Sablon || 57°07'

New Brunswick

|Dalhousie

| 48°03'

|Connors || 68°49'

|White Head || 44°37'

|Cape Tormentine || 63°47'

Prince Edward Island

|Seacow Pond

|47°01'

|West Cape || 64°24'

|High Bank || 45°58'

|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

|Nain

|56°33′02″

|Labrador City ||66°55′13″

|St. Shott's ||46°37′41″

|Blackhead, St. John's ||52°39′26″

Yukon

|Old Crow, Yukon{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/gg-s-yukon-tour-announced-1.1047063|title=GG's Yukon tour announced|publisher=CBC News|date=February 4, 2011|access-date=June 11, 2011}} "Yukon's northernmost community, Old Crow"{{cite web|url=http://www.oldcrow.ca/index2.htm|title=Main|publisher=Old Crow official website|accessdate=June 11, 2011}} "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 Territories

|Sachs Harbour

|71°59′

|Aklavik ||135°0′

|Fort Smith || 60°00′

|Łutselk'e ||110°44′

Nunavut

|Alert

|82°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

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References

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