List of glaciers in Canada
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A comprehensive list of glaciers in Canada began with glacial surveys by the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) from 1945 to 1980, including an inventory begun for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58) and contributions to the World Glacier Inventory (WGI, now part of the World Glacier Monitoring Service) for the International Hydrological Decade (1965–1974).
In mainland Canada, glaciers are grouped by the WSC basin system. In the Arctic Archipelago, where the majority of glaciers are unnamed, glaciers are grouped by island with the WSC basin identifier augmented by Scott Polar Research Institute catalogue numbers.
Published in the Glacier Atlas of Canada, the inventory identified {{#expr:68+51+95+187+174}} glaciers on Bylot Island and {{#expr:43+9+47+58+48+51+70+61+47+26+28+11+24+16+36+116+19+93+24+48+30+66+42+16+31+15+36}} on Axel Heiberg Island.
The following is a list of notable glaciers in Canada.
List of glaciers
=[[Saint Elias Mountains]]=
=[[Coast Mountains]]=
==[[Boundary Ranges]]==
==[[Pacific Ranges]]==
- Monarch Icefield
- Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
- Klinaklini Glacier
- Silverthrone Glacier
- Waddington Massif-Pantheon Range-Whitemantle Range
- Waddington Glacier
- Tiedemann Glacier
- Scimitar Glacier
- Parallel Glacier
- Franklin Glacier
- Bell Glacier (Canada)
- Cannonade Glacier
- Remote Glacier
- Shadow Glacier
- Fan Glacier
- Geddes Glacier
- Chaos Glacier
- Radiant Glacier
- Cataract Glacier
- Isolation Glacier
- Shiverick Glacier
- Malemute Glacier
- Sunrise Glacier
- Tellot Glacier
- Smoking Cannon Glacier
- Jambeau Glacier
- Chanterelle Glacier
- Yataghan Glacier
- Jubilee Glacier
- Chasm Glacier
- Lemolo Glacier
- Marvel Glacier
- Splinter Glacier
- Dauntless Glacier
- Cascade Glacier
- Whitemantle Glacier
- Homathko Icefield
- Lillooet Icecap
- Lord Glacier
- Tchaikazan Glacier
- Stanley Smith Glacier
- Frank Smith Glacier
- Bridge Glacier
- Lillooet Glacier
- Necwtinoaz Glacier
- Magaera Glacier
- Qwilqen Glacier
- Stalhalam Glacier
- Compton Névé
- Ring Glacier
- Pemberton Icefield
- Overseer Icefield
- Ipsoot Icefield
- Powder Mountain Icefield
- Rainbow Glacier
- Plateau Icefield
===[[Garibaldi Ranges]]===
===[[Lillooet Ranges]]===
===[[Cayoosh Range]]===
=[[Vancouver Island Ranges]]=
=[[Columbia Mountains]]=
==[[Purcell Mountains]]==
==[[Selkirk Mountains]]==
==[[Monashee Mountains]]==
==[[Cariboo Mountains]]==
=[[Interior Mountains]]=
==[[Hazelton Mountains]]==
==[[Stikine Plateau]]==
- Idiji Glacier – Mount Edziza Provincial Park
- Tenchen Glacier – Mount Edziza Provincial Park
- Tencho Glacier – Mount Edziza Provincial Park
- Tennaya Glacier – Mount Edziza Provincial Park
=[[Canadian Rockies]] (BC/AB)=
- Angel Glacier – Jasper National Park, Alberta
- Athabasca Glacier – Jasper National Park, Alberta
- Berg Glacier – Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia
- Bonnet Icefield
- Bow Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Campbell Icefield
- Chaba Icefield
- Clemenceau Icefield
- Columbia Icefield
- Crowfoot Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Daly Glacier – Yoho National Park, British Columbia
- Dome Glacier – Jasper National Park, Alberta
- Drummond Icefield
- Emerald Glacier – Yoho National Park, British Columbia
- Freshfield Icefield
- Hooker Icefield
- Lloyd George Icefield
- Lyell Icefield
- Mons Icefield
- Mount Brown Icefield
- Hector Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Peyto Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Ram Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Reef Icefield
- Robson Glacier – Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia
- Saskatchewan Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Vulture Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Wapta Icefield – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Waputik Icefield – Banff National Park, Alberta
- Washmanwapta Icefield
- Yoho Glacier – Yoho National Park, British Columbia
=[[Arctic Archipelago]]=
==[[Axel Heiberg Island]]==
==[[Baffin Island]]==
==[[Bylot Island]]==
- Aktineq Glacier (B17){{r| Dowdeswell2007|p=405}}
- Kaparoqtalik Glacier (A17)
- Sermilik Glacier (B37){{r| Dowdeswell2007|p=405}}
==[[Devon Island]]==
==[[Ellesmere Island]]==
See also
References
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|url=https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas/eng/glacier/baffinandbylotislands/plate5-1.jpg
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