List of fjords in Canada

Fjords in Canada are long, narrow inlets characterized by steep sides, created in a valley carved by glacial activity. A fjord can have two or more basins separated by sills. The bowls can have a depth of and the dividing sills can raise up to a few metres below the water surface. Mountainous glaciated areas in Canada are along the British Columbia Coast - from the Alaskan border along the Portland Canal to Indian Arm. Kingcome Inlet is a typical west coast fjord.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, Saglek Fiord, Nachvak Fiord, and Hebron Fiord, are in Labrador. While Western Brook Pond, Trout River Big Pond, and Bonne Bay in Gros Morne National Park are located along the coastline of the island of Newfoundland.
Quebec's Saguenay River valley contains a fjord. The Saguenay Fjord is long and deep.
The Arctic Archipelago features fjords such as those around Ellesmere and Baffin Island, including Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, and Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti, Baffin Island.
When a portion of the high cliff wall falls off, it may cause a tsunami. This occurred in the early 20th century at Western Brook Pond of Gros Morne National Park when a tsunami was created after Broke Off Cliff fell.
Fjords listed here may consist of several complex waterways. These waterways may contribute to the length of the fjord. For more information on these please see the main fjord source or Wikipedia article. Some examples are Dean Channel and Douglas Channel. The locality of Hagensborg in the Bella Coola Valley in the Dean Channel fjord was settled by Norwegian immigrants in 1894 as it reminded them of home. The total length of the fjord from the head of Dean Channel to the mouth of Fitz Hugh Sound is about rivalling Hardangerfjord in Norway for length. The Hardangerfjord, the Queen of fjords, at a length of is claimed to be fourth largest fjord in the world and second largest of Norway.
Anaktalak Bay, Saglek Fiord and Nachvak Fiord off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador are being studied for environmental changes due to global warming. Increased tourism and marine traffic, contaminants from air, water or industrial pollution, changing weather patterns are affecting what once had been pristine water basins of the fjords protected by sills.
The use of the word canal to name fjords or inlets on the British Columbian and Southeast Alaskan coast is a legacy of the Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest in the 18th century. For example, Haro Strait between Victoria and the San Juan Islands was originally Canal de Haro. The English cognate to the Spanish canal is "channel", which is found throughout the coast, cf. Dean Channel.
Some fjords on the British Columbian coast have rapids, termed skookumchucks which means strong waters in Chinook Jargon). Skookumchucks are caused by the shallows and narrows near the mouth of a fjord as the water inside the fjord's depths is drawn through, to or from, the more open waters beyond.
The phenomenon of mountain-gap wind or squamish or outflow affects the fjords of Canada and Norway. The outflow winds at the Salt and Bols fjords of Norway and the Howe Sound and Portland Inlet of Canada have been compared. European winds may be termed bora. The cold dry air of the continental interior seeks out the easier passage through the fjord valley creating hurricane-force winds.
According to the definition, fjord, Western Brook Pond and Trout River Big Pond in Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park, are also often described as a fjords, but are actually freshwater lakes cut off from the sea, so are not fjords in the English sense of the term. Such lakes are sometimes called "fjord lakes". It is of interest to note that Pissing Mare Falls at high, is one of several waterfalls to drain into Western Brook Pond. Along the British Columbia Coast, a notable fjord-lake is Owikeno Lake, which is a freshwater extension of Rivers Inlet.

List of fjords

Image	Fjords	Province	Co-ordinates	Comments
	Aarrujaaqtuup Kangiqtua	NU		Inuktitut syllabics: ᐋᕐᕈᔮᖅᑑᑉ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊ, Aarrujaaqtuup Kangiqtua
	Agate Fiord	NU
	Akpait Fiord	NU
	Aktijartukan Fiord	NU
	Alan Reach	BC
	Alberni Inlet	BC		Length
	Alexandra Fiord	NU
	Alice Arm	BC
	Alluviaq Fiord	NU		Alluviaq Fiord / Fjord Alluviaq
	Archer Fiord	NU
	Arthur Fiord	NU
	Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua	NU		Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua
	Aurland Fiord	NU
	Ayles Fiord	NU
	Baad Fiord	NU
	Baie Wakeham	QC		Wakeham Bay
	Bals Fiord	NU
	Barrie Reach	BC
	Baumann Fiord	NU
	Bay Fiord	NU
	Bears Gut	NL
	Beitstad Fiord	NU
	Belize Inlet	BC		A part of the fjord network Seymour-Belize Inlet Complex, located on the north coast of British Columbia. Belize Inlet, which is in length has its own side inlets, narrow waterways named Wentworth Sound and Alison Sound.
	Bentham Fiord	NU
	Bird Fiord	NU
	Blind Fiord	NU
	Blue Fiord	NU
	Boas Fiord	NU
	Bonne Bay	NL		There is both Inner Bonne Bay and outer Bonne Bay. Outer Bonne Bay opens up to the entrance of the fjord of Bonne Bay.
	Borup Fiord	NU
	Briggs Inlet	BC
	Bukken Fiord	NU
	Bunde Fiord	NU
	Burke Channel	BC		See also the major inlets of British Columbia coast, and Dean Channel.
	Burrard Inlet	BC		Burrard Inlet is a relatively shallow-sided coastal fjord in southwestern British Columbia. The City of Vancouver and surrounding cities are on the Burrard Inlet. Because of this, the shores of the fjord are heavily populated and the fjord is busy with shipping activity from the Port of Vancouver.
	Bute Inlet	BC
	Cambridge Fiord	NU
	Cañon Fiord	NU
	Cascade Inlet	BC
	Chandler Fiord	NU
	Chief Mathews Bay	BC		See also the major inlets of British Columbia coast.
	Clark Fiord	NU
	Clearwater Fiord	NU
	Confederation Fiord	NU
	Conybeare Fiord	NU
	Coronation Fiord	NU
	Cousins Inlet	BC
	d'Iberville Fiord	NU
	Dean Channel	BC		The total length of the fjord from the head of Dean Channel to the mouth of Fitz Hugh Sound is about rivalling Hardangerfjord in Norway for length.
	Denmark Fiord	NU
	Desolation Sound	BC		See also the major inlets of British Columbia coast, Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park and Recreation Park.
	Devastation Channel	BC
	Dexterity Fiord	NU
	Disraeli Fiord	NU		Disraeli Fiord
	Douglas Channel	BC		Length
	East Fiord	NU
	Eids Fiord	NU
	Eidsbotn	NU
	Ekalugad Fiord	NU
	Ekortiarsuk Fiord	NL
	Emma Fiord	NU
	Ephemeral Cove	NU
	Europa Reach	BC		See also list of rivers of British Columbia and British Columbia Coast
	Exaluin Fiord	NU
	Expedition Fiord	NU
	Fabricius Fiord	NU
	Fisher Channel	BC		Fisher Channel leads into Dean Channel, and towards Ocean Falls.
	Fitz Hugh Sound	BC		See also Dean Channel.
	Fjord Alluviaq	QC		Alluviaq Fiord / Fjord Alluviaq
	Fjord de Salluit	QC
	Fjord du Saguenay	QC		Southernmost fjord in Canada.
	Fjord Qanartalik	QC
	Fjord Qasigiarsiti	QC
	Fjord Tursukattaq	QC
	Foss Fiord	NU
	Fram Fiord	NU
	Frederick Sound	BC		The largest branch of Seymour Inlet.
	Gardner Canal	BC		Technically a side-inlet of the larger Douglas Channel. The Gardner is a principal inlet/fjord of a length.
	Gibbs Fiord	NU
	Gibs Fiord	NU
	Gifford Fiord	NU
	Gilttoyees Inlet	BC
	Glacier Fiord	NU
	Goose Fiord	NU
	Greely Fiord	NU
	Grise Fiord	NU		There is a hamlet of the same name, Grise Fiord on this fiord. Grise Fiord means "pig fiord" and in Inuktitut is named Ausuittuq.
	Haakon Fiord	NU
	Harbour Fiord	NU
	Hare Fiord	NU
	Hastings Arm	BC
	Hayes Fiord	NU
	Hebron Fiord	NL		See also Torngat Mountains
	Hotham Sound	BC		See also the major inlets of British Columbia coast, Nelson Island and St. Vincent Bay.
	Hevenor Inlet K’t’a’i	BC		See also Pitt Island
	Howe Sound	BC		Howe Sound is a roughly triangular-shaped complex of fjords. The scenic Sea-to-Sky Highway runs along the eastern shore of the sound.
	Humber Arm	NL
	Ikkudliayuk Fiord	NL
	Indian Arm	BC		Indian Arm Provincial Park protects the area of Indian Arm fjord.
	Ingnit Fiord	NU
	Inugsuin Fiord	NU
	Iqalualuit Fiord	NU
	Iqalujjuaq Fiord	NU
	Isortoq Fiord	NU		Iterungnek Fiord
	Iterungnek Fiord	NL
	Itirbilung Fiord	NU
	Jervis Inlet	BC		Jervis Inlet is in length. Between Toba Inlet and Jervis Inlet to its west, however, there is a freshwater fjord, Powell Lake.
	Jokel Fiord	NU
	Jugeborg Fiord	NU
	Kairolik Fiord	NU
	Kangalaksiorvik Fiord	NL
	Kangerk Fiord	NU
	Kangilo Fiord	NU
	Kangiqhuk	NU		Kangiqhuk
	Kangiqtualuk Agguqti	NU		Kangiqtualuk Agguqti
	Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti	NU		Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti
	Kangiqtugaapik	NU		Kangiqtugaapik
	Kangiqtugaapiruluk	NU		Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᕈᓗᒃ, Kangiqtugaapiruluk
	Kangiqturuluk	NU		Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᖅᑐᕈᓗᒃ, Kangiqturuluk
	Kangirlugag Fiord	NU
	Kangirtukutaaruluq Fiord	NU
	Khutzeymateen Inlet	BC
	Kiltuish Inlet	BC
	Kingcome Inlet	BC		A lesser principal fjord of the British Columbia Coast.
	Kingnait Fiord	NU
	Kingnelling Fiord	NU
	Kitimat Arm	BC		See also Douglas Channel and Kitimat River.
	Knight Inlet	BC		Knight Inlet is one of the longest great saltwater inlets/fjords on the BC Coast at c. in length; it is about in average width.
	Komaktorvik Fiord	NL
	Kulutingwak Fiord	NU
	Kumlien Fiord	NU		Kumlien Fiord
	Kwatna Inlet	BC		See also Dean Channel.
	Kyuquot Sound	BC
	Labouchere Channel	BC		See also North Bentinck Arm, King Island, and Dean Channel.
	Li Fiord	NU
	Livingstone Fiord	NU
	Loughborough Inlet	BC		Loughborough Inlet is a lesser principal inlet/fjord with a length of and a width of.
	Louise Fiord	NU
	Maktak Fiord	NU
	Markham Fiord	NU
	Maujatuuq Fiord	NU
	McBeth Fiord	NU		McBeth Fiord
	Mermaid Fiord	NU
	Middle Fiord	NU
	Milne Fiord	NU
	Mokka Fiord	NU
	Mooneshine Fiord	NU
	Muskox Fiord	NU
	Nachvak Fiord	NL
	Najjuttuuq Fiord	NU
	Nallulik Fiord	NU
	Nallussiaq Fiord	NU
	Narpaing Fiord	NU
	Narrows Inlet	BC		Narrows Inlet
	Nass Bay	BC
	Nedlukseak Fiord	NU
	Nenahlmai Lagoon	BC
	Nettilling Fiord	NU
	Newton Fiord	NU
	Noodleook Fiord	NL
	North Bentinck Arm	BC		See also South Bentinck Arm. North Bentinck Arm is a deep fjord which runs about in length and is about in width. The fjord has a depth of between.
	North Fiord	NU
	North Pangnirtung Fiord	NU
	Nudlung Fiord	NU
	Nugent Sound	BC		Located between Belize Inlet and Seymour Inlet.
	Nyeboe Fiord	NU
	Observatory Inlet	BC		Northward extension of Portland Inlet
	Otto Fiord	NU
	Owikeno Lake	BC
	Padle Fiord	NU
	Pangnirtung Fiord	NU
	Pearse Canal	BC		Pearse Canal forms the border between British Columbia and the southernmost point of the Alaska Panhandle.
	Portland Canal	BC		Portland Canal is in length.
	Portland Inlet	BC		Portland Inlet is long and as much as wide.
	Prince of Wales Reach	BC		The Prince of Wales Reach has a length of, a depth of and reaches the first arm of Jervis Inlet.
	Prince Rupert Harbour	BC		The immense, Prince Rupert Harbour, operated by the Prince Rupert Port Authority, is a complex of basins or channel waterways and sills. In alphabetical order the channels, and their respective sills are: Fern Passage Kloiya Bay Morse Basin ; Porpoise Channel Porpoise Harbour depth Prince Rupert Main Harbour Tuck Inlet, is "silled-off" fjord Upper Harbour Venn Passage around the north end of Digby Island Wainwright Basin.
	Princess Louisa Inlet	BC		Princess Louisa Inlet is at the north east end of Jervis Inlet, and the east side of Queens Reach, and has a length of, a width of and a depth of.
	Princess Royal Reach	BC		Princess Royal Reach is the second arm of the Jervis Inlet, between Queens Reach and Prince of Wales Reach, and has a length of and a maximum depth of.
	Ptarmigan Fiord	NU
	Qarmaarjuit	NU		Inuktitut syllabics: ᖃᕐᒫᕐᔪᐃᑦ, Qarmaarjuit
	Quajon Fiord	NU
	Quatsino Sound	BC		Quatsino Sound is one of five sounds that pierce the west coast of Vancouver Island.
	Queen Charlotte Strait	BC		See also the major inlets of British Columbia coast.
	Queens Reach	BC		Queens Reach is the last arm of Jervis Inl, and is long and deep.
	Quernbiter Fiord	NU
	Rens Fiord	NU
	Rivers Inlet	BC		The entrance to Rivers Inlet is from Dean Channel near that fjord's mouth. It is about in length.
	Rocknoser Fiord	NU
	Roscoe Inlet	BC
	Royal Society Fiord	NU
	Saanich Inlet	BC		Saanich Inlet is long, has a surface area of, and its maximum depth is.
	Saglek Fiord	NL
	Sakiak Fiord	NU
	Salmon Inlet	BC		Salmon Inlet
	Sarvalik	NU		Inuktitut syllabics: ᓴᕐᕙᓕᒃ, Sarvalik
	Sechelt Inlet	BC		Sechelt Inlet is one of the principal inlets/fjords along the British Columbia Coast comprising Narrows Inlet and Salmon Inlet. Sechelt Inlet
	Seton Lake	BC
	Seymour Inlet	BC		A part of the fjord network, Seymour-Belize Inlet Complex, located on the north coast of British Columbia. Seymour Inlet is one of the lesser travelled of the principal inlets/fjords of the British Columbia Coast and the main arm is long.
	Shark Fiord	NU
	Skaare Fiord	NU
	Skookumchuck Narrows	BC		Skookumchuck Narrows forms the entrance of Sechelt Inlet
	Slidre Fiord	NU
	Smith Inlet	BC
	Sor Fiord	NU
	South Bentinck Arm	BC
	South Cape Fiord	NU
	South Fiord	NU
	Southwind Fiord	NU
	Starnes Fiord	NU
	Stenkul Fiord	NU
	Strand Fiord	NU
	Strathcona Fiord	NU
	Sunneshine Fiord	NU
	Surprise Fiord	NU
	Svarte Fiord	NU
	Tanquary Fiord	NU		A part of the Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada
	Tasialuk	NU		Structurally a fjord, part of Baffin Island's northeastern coast fjord system. Tasialuk.
	Tawsig Fiord	NU
	Telegraph Passage	BC
	Tellialuk Fiord	NL
	Telliaosilk Fiord	NL
	Tingin Fiord	NU
	Toba Inlet	BC		Toba Inlet is one of the lesser of the principal inlets/fjords of the British Columbia Coast amidst the Coast Mountain Range. Between Toba Inlet and Jervis Inlet to its west, however, there is a freshwater fjord, Powell Lake
	Touak Fiord	NU
	Trold Fiord	NU
	Troll Fiord	NU
	Tromso Fiord	NU
	Trout River Big Pond	NL
	Trout Trap Fiord	NL
	Ugjuktok Fiord	NL
	Uivvaruluup Kangiqtuttaivanga	NU		Inuktitut syllabics: ᐅᐃᕝᕙᕈᓘᑉ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᑦᑕᐃᕙᖓ
	Ujuktuk Fiord	NU
	Ursula Channel	BC
	Vendom Fiord	NU
	Verney Passage	BC
	Vesle Fiord	NU
	Viks Fiord	NU
	Wakeman Sound	BC
	Walrus Fiord	NU
	West Cape Fiord	NU
	West Fiord	NU
	Western Brook Pond	NL		Western Brook Pond, at in length, is a fjord or lake located in Gros Morne National Park amidst the Long Range Mountains, in the Appalachian Mountains range.
	Whidbey Reach	BC		Part of Gardner Canal, located near its eastern end, between Barrie Reach and Egeria Reach portions of Gardner Canal
	Wolf Fiord	NU
	Work Channel	BC		Work Channel