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List of caves in Canada

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{{dynamic list}}This is an incomplete list of caves in Canada. Most notable caves are in western Canada and in parts of southern Ontario where limestone predominates.

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Arctomys Cave

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| 536

| 3,496

| Located in Mount Robson Provincial Park

Artlish River Cave

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| 396

| Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park

Bisaro Anima

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| 670

| 5,300

| Discovered in 2012 on a high plateau of Mount Bisaro near Fernie. Extreme depth reached in a sump in late 2017.Heide Pearson, [https://globalnews.ca/news/3966284/calgarian-explorers-among-team-that-discovered-canadas-deepest-cave-near-fernie-bc/ Calgarian explorers among team that discovered Canada's deepest cave near Fernie, BC], Global News, January 15, 2018

{{sort|Black Hole|The Black Hole}}

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| 740

| Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park

Bluefish Caves

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| Located near Old Crow

Bocock Peak Caves{{Cite web|last=Environment|first=Ministry of|title=Bocock Peak Provincial Park - BC Parks|url=http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/bocock_peak/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=bcparks.ca}}

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| Located in Bocock Peak Provincial Park

Bonnechere Caves

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| {{flag|Ontario}}

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| Located in Eganville

Booming Ice Chasm

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| {{flag|Alberta}}

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| 140

| 704

| Located near Crowsnest Pass

Cadomin Cave

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| {{flag|Alberta}}

| 1,891

| 220

| 2,791

| Located near Cadomin. Closed in 2010 due to an outbreak of white nose syndrome.

Canyon Creek Ice Cave

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| {{flag|Alberta}}

| 1,769

| +89.4

| 727.12

| Located near the town of Bragg Creek. Impassable beyond the first 150m since 1980, due to ice buildup.{{cite book|last=Rollins|first=Jon|title=Caves of the Canadian Rockies & Columbia Mountains|publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location=Surrey, BC|isbn=0921102941|year=2004}}

Castleguard Cave

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| {{flag|Alberta}}

| 2,016

| 384

| 20,357

| Located in Banff National Park. It is longest cave in Canada. The cave entrance is gated and requires permission from Parks Canada to enter.

Cave and Basin

| File:Cave and Basin National Historic Site 03.jpg

| {{flag|Alberta}}

| 1,403

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| Located in the town of Banff. The cave consists of a tunnel blasted through to a natural cavern containing hot springs. Has an entry fee.

Cave Falls

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| Located in Hamilton

Charlie Lake Cave

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| An archaeologically significant cave located near Charlie Lake

Chipmunk Caves

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| Located in the Chilliwack River valley near Ford Mountain Correctional Centre

Close To The Edge

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| 700

| 475

| 967

| Located in Close To The Edge Provincial Park

Cody Caves

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| 800

| Located in Cody Caves Provincial Park. Access is by guided tour only.

Devil's Bath

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| 90

| 44

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| Large cenote located 13.5 km southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake

Duncan Crevice Caves

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| {{flag|Ontario}}

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| Located in Beaver Valley

Eramosa Karst

| File:Nexus Cave - entrance.jpg

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| Located in Hamilton

Eternal Fountain

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| A waterfall emptying into a sinkhole near Port McNeill

Fairy Hole

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| A sea cave reputedly linked to various legends of the Mi'kmaq Nation

Fang Cave{{Cite web|last=Environment|first=Ministry of|title=Evanoff Provincial Park - BC Parks|url=http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/evanoff/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=bcparks.ca}}

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| Located in Evanoff Provincial Park

Gargantua Cave

| File:Middle entrance of the Gargantua cave (British Columbia - September 2010).jpg

| {{flag|Alberta}}
{{flag|British Columbia}}

| 2,501

| 286

| 6,001

| Located near Crowsnest Pass. Contains the largest and highest elevation natural cavern in Canada.

Hayes Cave

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| 400Derek Davis, et al., (1996 Revised Edition), [https://ojs.library.dal.ca/NSM/article/download/3845/3515 Natural History of Nova Scotia, Volume II: Theme Regions], Nova Scotia Museum, p. 96

| Located near Maple Grove

Hole in the Wall

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| 2,013

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| 30

| A prominent feature on the side of Mount Cory. Visible from the Trans-Canada Highway about 14 km west of the town of Banff.

Homesite Creek Caves

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| Located near Halfmoon Bay

Hoodoo Cave

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| {{flag|Alberta}}

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| 220

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| Located near Nordegg

Horne Lake cave complex

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| Located in Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park

Horseshoe Falls grotto

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| {{flag|Ontario}}

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| 46

| A large manmade grotto behind Horseshoe Falls of Niagara Falls

Kitt's Cave

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| 8

| 141

| Located near Hammondvale

Limestone deposits

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| Located near Lake Winnipeg

Little Huson Cave complex

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| Located in Little Huson Cave Regional Park

Nakimu Caves

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| Located in Glacier National Park

Plateau Mountain Ice Cave

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| 2,226

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| 90

| Located in Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve. Closed to the public in the early 1970s.[http://www.albertaparks.ca/media/2741526/plateau_mtn_mgmt_plan.pdf Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan]

Raspberry Rising

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| 220

| 975

| Located beneath Mount Tupper in Glacier National Park. Still being explored, its full extents are yet to be determined.Joshua Rapp Learn, "Cave Mappers", Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2014, pp. 36-37.

Rat's Nest Cave

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| {{flag|Alberta}}

| 1,450

| 245

| 4,003

| Located beneath Grotto Mountain near Exshaw. Access is by guided tour only.

Saint-Alban caves

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| Located in Saint-Alban

Saint-Leonard Cavern

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| 250

| Located in Saint-Léonard. Original cave is 35 metres long with a depth of 8 metres;[https://www.375mtl.com/en/2-minutes-of-history-the-saint-leonard-cavern/ The Saint-Leonard Cavern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204030100/https://www.375mtl.com/en/2-minutes-of-history-the-saint-leonard-cavern/ |date=2017-12-04 }}, Alive 375: Society for the Celebrations of Montréal's 375th Anniversary, 2015 a second 250-metre cave was discovered in 2017.Michelle Lalonde, [https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/caves-dating-back-more-than-15000-years-discovered-in-saint-leonard Spelunkers discover 15,000-year-old cavern in St-Léonard park], Montreal Gazette, December 1, 2017

Sarlacc's Pit cave

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| +130

| +2,000

| Discovered in 2018 within Wells Gray Provincial Park. Not yet accurately measured. The largest known cave of its type. Given the informal name of "Sarlacc's Pit".{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-cave-bc-canadas-biggest-cave-1.4929918 |title=Newly discovered cave in B.C. might be largest ever found in Canada |author=The Canadian Press |date=3 December 2018 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=3 December 2018 }}

Scenic Caves

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| Located near Collingwood

Skaha North Cave

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| 40

| 300

| Located approximately 5 km south of north end of Skaha and 3 km up from Skaha lake

Skaha South Cave

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| {{flag|British Columbia}}

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| 30

| 150

| Located approximately 2 km south of Skaha North Cave

Slesse Creek caves

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| Located near Slesse Creek

Small River Caves complex{{Cite web|last=Environment|first=Ministry of|title=Small River Caves Provincial Park - BC Parks|url=http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/small_rv/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=bcparks.ca}}

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| Located in Small River Caves Provincial Park.

Stone Corral Caves{{Cite web|last=Environment|first=Ministry of|title=Monkman Provincial Park - BC Parks|url=http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/monkman/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=bcparks.ca}}

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| Located in Monkman Provincial Park

Thanksgiving Cave

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| 479{{cite web|title=Canada's 100 Longest and Deepest surveyed caves|url=http://www.cancaver.ca/longdeep/deepest.htm|website=CanCaver|publisher=Caving Canada|access-date=20 March 2018}}

| 8,386

| Located near Tahsis. A through passage was discovered in September 2017.

Trou de la Fée

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| Located in Desbiens

Trou du Diable

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| {{flag|Quebec}}

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| 980

| Located in Saint-Casimir. Second longest cave in Quebec.

Trou du Perdus

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| Located in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec

Underground Lake

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| {{flag|New Brunswick}}

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| 13.1

| 141

| A gypsum cave located in the community of Demoiselle Creek

Valdes Island cave

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| Located on Valdes Island

Vanishing River/Reappearing River

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| Located southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake

Wapiabi Cave

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| {{flag|Alberta}}

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| 152

| 540

| Located near Nordegg

Warsaw Caves

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| {{flag|Ontario}}

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| Located in Douro-Dummer Township near Warsaw

Weymer Creek caves complex

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| Located in Weymer Creek Provincial Park. Caving is strongly discouraged until a park management plan is completed.{{Cite web|last=Environment|first=Ministry of|title=Weymer Creek Provincial Park - BC Parks|url=http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/weymr_cr/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=bcparks.ca}}

Hell Holes Caves

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| {{flag|Ontario}}

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| Located in Lennox and Addington County near Centreville{{Cite web|title=Spelunking The Hell Holes Caves|url=https://southeasternontario.ca/spleunking-hell-holes/|access-date=2021-06-30}}

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