101 Interesting Facts About Canada ~ Islands

Did you know that Canada is home to three of the world's ten largest islands?

1	Greenland (main island)	2,130,800^[9]	822,700	Denmark ( Greenland forms a part of the Danish Realm)
2	New Guinea	785,753^[10]	303,381	Indonesia (Papua and West Papua) and Papua New Guinea
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	Brunei, Indonesia (Central, East, North, South and West Kalimantan) and Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak)
4	Madagascar (main island)	587,041^[11]	226,658	Madagascar
5	Baffin Island	507,451^[12]	195,928	Canada (Nunavut)
6	Sumatra	443,065	171,068	Indonesia (Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau and North, South and West Sumatra provinces)
7	Honshu	225,800	87,200	Japan (Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō and Tōhoku regions)
8	Victoria Island	217,291^[12]	83,897	Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
9	Great Britain	209,331	80,823	United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales)
10	Ellesmere Island	196,236^[12]	75,767	Canada (Nunavut)

(Wikipedia)

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