Canada’s triumphant mountains are a memorable experience, studded with glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves. The majestic ranges form a striking mountain landscape.
Situated in spectacular settings resplendent with forests and lakes, Canadian mountains are dramatic with long glaciers, deep valleys and rugged vistas.
The deep snow pack found in many mountain ranges throughout the winter make for a long season with superb skiing. Many popular resorts feature abundant selection of runs in the trees and in the high alpine, glaciated terrain. The many valleys have various micro-climates that allow for good skiing in virtually all weather conditions.
Principal Mountain Heights by Range or Region
| Newfoundland | |
| Torngat Mountains | Elev (m) |
| Mount Caubvik1 (highest point in Nfld.) (on Nfld.–Que. boundary) |
1,652 |
| Cirque Mountain | 1,568 |
| Mount Cladonia | 1,453 |
| Mount Eliot | 1,356 |
| Mount Tetragona | 1,356 |
| Quartzite Mountain | 1,186 |
| Blow Me Down Mountain | 1,183 |
| Mealy Mountains | |
| Unnamed peak (53°37′ 58°33′) | 1,176 |
| Kaumajet Mountains | |
| Bishops Mitre | 1,113 |
| Long Range Mountains | |
| Lewis Hills | 814 |
| Gros Morne | 806 |
| Prince Edward Island | |
| Highest point | |
| Queen’s County (46°20′ 63°25′) | 142 |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Highest point | |
| Cape Breton Highlands (46°42′ 60°36′) | 532 |
| New Brunswick | |
| Mount Carleton (highest point in N.B.) | 817 |
| Wilkinson Mountain | 785 |
| Québec | |
| Monts Torngat | |
| Mont D’Iberville 1(highest point in Que.) (on Nfld.–Que. boundary) | 1,652 |
| Les Appalaches | |
| Mont Jacques-Cartier | 1,268 |
| Mont Gosford | 1,192 |
| Mont Richardson | 1,185 |
| Mont Mégantic | 1,105 |
| Les Laurentides | |
| Unnamed peak (47°19′ 70°50′) | 1,166 |
| Mont Tremblant | 968 |
| Mont Sainte-Anne | 800 |
| Mont Sir-Wilfrid | 783 |
| Monts Otish | |
| Unnamed peak (52°19′ 71°27′) | 1,135 |
| Collines Montérégiennes | |
| Mont Brome | 533 |
| Ontario | |
| Ishpatina Ridge (highest point in Ont.) | 693 |
| Ogidaki Mountain | 665 |
| Batchawana Mountain | 653 |
| Tip Top Mountain | 640 |
| Niagara Escarpment | 600 |
| Blue Mountains | 541 |
| Osler Bluff | 526 |
| Caledon Mountain | 427 |
| Manitoba | |
| Baldy Mountain (highest point in Man.) | 832 |
| Highest point in Porcupine Hills | 823 |
| Riding Mountain | 610 |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Cypress Hills (highest point in Sask.) | 1,468 |
| Wood Mountain | 1,013 |
| Vermilion Hills | 785 |
| Alberta | |
| Rocky Mountains | |
| Mount Columbia (highest point on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,747 |
| North Twin | 3,733 |
| Mount Alberta | 3,620 |
| Mount Assiniboine (on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,618 |
| Mount Forbes | 3,612 |
| South Twin | 3,581 |
| Mount Temple | 3,547 |
| Mount Brazeau | 3,525 |
| Snow Dome (on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,520 |
| Mount Lyell (on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,504 |
| Hungabee Mountain (on Alta.– B.C. boundary) | 3,492 |
| Mount Athabasca | 3,491 |
| Mount King Edward (on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,490 |
| Mount Kitchener | 3,490 |
| British Columbia | |
| St. Elias Mountains | |
| Fairweather Mountain (highest point on Alaska–B.C. boundary) | 4,663 |
| Mount Quincy Adams (on Alaska–B.C. boundary) | 4,133 |
| Mount Root (on Alaska–B.C. boundary) | 3,901 |
| Coast Mountains | |
| Mount Waddington | 4,016 |
| Mount Tiedemann | 3,848 |
| Combatant Mountain | 3,756 |
| Asperity | 3,716 |
| Serra Peaks | 3,642 |
| Monarch Mountain | 3,459 |
| Rocky Mountains | |
| Mount Robson | 3,954 |
| Mount Columbia (on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,747 |
| Mount Clemenceau | 3,642 |
| Mount Assiniboine (on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,618 |
| Mount Goodsir: North Tower | 3,581 |
| Mount Goodsir: South Tower | 3,520 |
| Snow Dome (on Alta.–B.C. boundary) | 3,520 |
| Mount Bryce | 3,507 |
| Selkirk Mountains | |
| Mount Sir Sandford | 3,522 |
| Cariboo Mountains | |
| Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier | 3,520 |
| Purcell Mountains | |
| Mount Farnham | 3,481 |
| Monashee Mountains | |
| Torii Mountain | 3,429 |
| Yukon | |
| St. Elias Mountains | |
| Mount Logan (highest point in Canada) | 5,959 |
| Mount St. Elias (on Alaska–Yukon boundary) | 5,489 |
| Mount Lucania | 5,226 |
| King Peak | 5,173 |
| Mount Steele | 5,067 |
| Mount Wood | 4,838 |
| Mount Vancouver (on Alaska–Yukon boundary) | 4,785 |
| Mount Macaulay | 4,663 |
| Mount Slaggard | 4,663 |
| Mount Hubbard (on Alaska–Yukon boundary) | 4,577 |
| Northwest Territories | |
| Mackenzie Mountains | |
| Unnamed peak (61°52′ 127°42′) (highest point in N.W.T.) | 2,773 |
| Mount Sir James MacBrien | 2,762 |
| Axel Heiberg Island | |
| Outlook Peak | 2,210 |
| Baffin Island | |
| Mount Odin | 2,147 |
| Devon Island | |
| Summit Devon Ice Cap | 1,908 |
| Franklin Mountains | |
| Cap Mountain | 1,577 |
| Mount Clark | 1,462 |
| Pointed Mountain | 1,405 |
| Nahanni Butte | 1,396 |
| Melville Island | |
| Unnamed peak (75°25′ 114°47′) | 776 |
| Banks Island | |
| Durham Heights | 732 |
| Victoria Island | |
| Unnamed peak | 655 |
| Nunavut | |
| Ellesmere Island | |
| Barbeau Peak | 2,616 |
| 1. Mount Caubvik is also known as Mont D’Iberville in Québec. | |
| Source: Statistics Canada February 16 2000. |
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