About 9% (891,163 square kilometres or 344,080 sq mi of Canada is covered by freshwater with close to 32,000 lakes.  561 of these lakes have a surface area larger than 100 km², and 50 of those over 1,000 km^2.

The following is the list of the 7 largest Canadian Lakes:

1.Lake Superior :82,100 km²   in Ontario

 

2.Lake Huron; 59,600 km²   in Ontario

3.Great Bear Lake:31,328 km²   in Northwest Territories

4.Great Slave Lake: 28,568 km²   in Northwest Territories

5.Lake Erie : 25,700  km²   in Ontario

6. Lake Winnipeg 24,387 km²   in Manitoba

7. Lake Ontario : 18,960 km²   in Ontario