Extreme communities of Canada

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This is a list of the extreme communities in Canada and its provinces and territories. They are further east, north, south or west than any other community, though they are generally not further than the extreme points of Canadian provinces. The record latitude (in degrees north) or longitude (in degrees west) is given.

Area North West South East
Canada Alert, Nunavut 82°29'50" Beaver Creek, Yukon 140°52'46" Pelee Island, Ontario Blackhead, Newfoundland and Labrador
British Columbia Lower Post Pleasant Camp East Sooke Corbin
Alberta Indian Cabins Cherry Point Coutts 49°00'23" Lloydminster* 110°00′
Saskatchewan Waterloo Lake Lloydminster* 110°00′ West Poplar Fertile 101°27′
Manitoba Nunalla Flin Flon** 101°51′ Emerson Shamattawa
Ontario Fort Severn 56°00′37″ Ingolf Pelee Island South Curry Hill
Quebec Ivujivik 62°25′0″ Pointe-Piché North Derby Blanc-Sablon
New Brunswick Dalhousie Connors White Head Cape Tormentine
Prince Edward Island Seacow Pond West Cape High Bank East Point 61º58'
Nova Scotia Meat Cove 47°01′23″ Westport 66°21′06″ The Hawk Main-à-Dieu 59°51'
Newfoundland and Labrador Hebron 58°12′06" Labrador City 66°55′13" St. Shotts 46°37′41" Blackhead 52°39′26"
Yukon Pauline Cove Beaver Creek Contact Creek Contact Creek
Northwest Territories Sachs Harbour 71°59′ Aklavik 135°0′ Fort Smith 60°00′ Łutselk'e 110°44′
Nunavut Alert 82°28′ Kugluktuk 115°09′0″ Sanikiluaq 56°32′ Qikiqtarjuaq 64°02′

*Lloydminster lies on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border. Furthest east entirely within Alberta is Empress (110°0'22"W). Furthest west entirely within Saskatchewan is ??.
**Flin Flon lies on the Saskatchewan / Manitoba border, however, the southeastern part of Saskatchewan is located much further to the east than Flin Flon.


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