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[[File:Welland Canal image.png|thumb|upright=1.2|A ship passing through the [[Welland Canal]] in [[St. Catharines]], 2017]]
There exists a number of canals in Canada that are used as [[Aqueduct (water supply)|aqueducts]], diversionary channels for power stations, and [[Ship canal|for shipping]]s.

==Natural canals==
A natural canal exists between the [[Magaguadavic River]] and [[Lake Utopia]] outside [[St. George, New Brunswick]].

==Shipping canals==
===Active===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Canal
!Province
!Length
!Number of locks
!Max boat length
!Start point
!End point
!Year opened
!class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|[[Beauharnois Canal]]
|[[Quebec]]
|{{convert|24.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|2
|
|[[Lake Saint Francis (Canada)|Lake Saint Francis]]
|[[Lake Saint-Louis]]
|1932
|Later incorporated as a part of the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]]
|-
|[[Canso Canal]]
|[[Nova Scotia]]
|{{convert|0.56|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|1
|{{convert|740|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|[[St. George's Bay (Nova Scotia)|St. George's Bay]]
|[[Chedabucto Bay]]
|1955
|
|-
|[[Carillon Canal]]
|[[Quebec]]
|{{convert|21|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|1
|
|[[Ottawa River]]
|[[Ottawa River]]
|1830
|
|-
|[[Chambly Canal]]
|[[Quebec]]
|{{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|9
|
|[[Richelieu River]] ([[Chambly, Quebec|Chambly]])
|[[Richelieu River]] ([[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]])
|1843
|
|-
|[[Dougall Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|0.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|
|
|[[Lake Couchiching]]
|[[Lake Couchiching]]
|{{circa|1960s}}
|Forms part of the [[Trent–Severn Waterway]]
|-
|[[Lachine Canal]]
|[[Quebec]]
|{{convert|14.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|5{{notetag|The Lachine Canal initially had seven locks when it opened. The number of locks was reduced to five during the canal's expansion in the 1840s.}}
|
|[[Saint Lawrence River]] ([[Old Port of Montreal]])
|[[Lake Saint-Louis]]
|1825
|
|-
|[[Murray Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|
|
|[[Bay of Quinte]]
|[[Lake Ontario]]
|1889
|
|-
|[[Pender Island|Pender Canal]]
|[[British Columbia]]
|{{convert|200|m|mi|abbr=on}}
|
|
|[[Bedwell Harbour]]
|[[Port Browning, British Columbia|Port Browning]]
|1903
|
|-
|[[Rideau Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|202|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|47
|{{convert|90|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|[[Ottawa River]] ([[Ottawa]])
|[[Lake Ontario]] ([[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]])
|1832
|
|-
|[[Saint Lawrence Seaway]]
|[[Ontario]] & [[Quebec]]{{notetag|Portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway also extends into the US state of [[New York (state)|New York]].}}
|{{convert|600|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|15
|{{convert|740|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|[[Saint Lawrence River]] ([[Old Port of Montreal]])
|[[Lake Erie]] ([[Port Colborne]])
|1959
|
|-
|[[Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal]]
|[[Quebec]]
|
|
|
|[[Lake Saint-Louis]]
|[[Lake of Two Mountains]]
|1843
|
|-
|[[Sault Ste. Marie Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|1.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|1
|
|[[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]]
|[[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]]
|1895
|
|-
|[[St. Peters Canal]]
|[[Nova Scotia]]
|{{convert|0.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|1
|{{convert|300|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|[[Bras d'Or Lake]]
|[[Atlantic Ocean]] ([[St. Peter's, Nova Scotia|St. Peter's]])
|1869
|
|-
|[[Tay Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|9.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|2
||{{convert|90|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|[[Tay River]]
|[[Lower Rideau Lake]]
|1891
|Currently operated as a part of the [[Rideau Canal]]
|-
|[[Trent-Severn Waterway]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|386|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|44
|{{convert|84|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|[[Georgian Bay]] ([[Severn, Ontario|Severn]])
|[[Bay of Quinte]] ([[Trenton, Ontario|Trenton]])
|1833
|
|-
|[[Welland Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|43|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|8
|{{convert|740|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}
|[[Lake Ontario]] ([[St. Catharines]])
|[[Lake Erie]] ([[Port Colborne]])
|1829
|Later incorporated as a part of the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]]
|}

===Abandoned===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Canal
!Province
!Length
!Number of locks
!Start point
!End point
!Year opened
!Year closed
!class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|[[Baillie-Grohman Canal]]
|[[British Columbia]]
|{{convert|1.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|
|[[Columbia River]]
|[[Kootenay River]]
|1889
|1902
|
|-
|[[Coteau-du-Lac canal]]
|[[Quebec]]
|{{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|3
|
|
|1781
|
|
|-
|[[Desjardins Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|
|
|[[Cootes Paradise]]
|[[Hamilton Harbour]]
|1837
|1895
|
|-
|[[Newmarket Canal]]
|[[Ontario]]
|{{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|3
|[[Lake Simcoe]]
|[[East Holland River]] ([[Newmarket, Ontario|Newmarket]])
|{{NA}}
|{{NA}}
|The canal was cancelled during its construction.
|-
|[[Shubenacadie Canal]]
|[[Nova Scotia]]
|{{convert|114|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|1{{notetag|The Shubenacadie Canal initially had nine locks and two inclined planes. The number of operational locks was eventually reduced to one.}}
|[[Halifax Harbour]] ([[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]])
|[[Cobequid Bay]] ([[Maitland, Hants County, Nova Scotia|Maitland]])
|1856
|1871
|
|-
|[[Soulanges Canal]]
|[[Quebec]]
|
|5
|
|
|1899
|1958
|
|-
|[[Welland Recreational Waterway]]
|[[Ontario]]
|
|
|Welland Canal
|Welland Canal
|
|{{circa|1970s}}
|The waterway formed a part of the original alignment for the Welland Canal that passed Welland, prior to the completion of the [[Welland By-Pass]] in the 1970s. Motorboats are prohibited from the Welland Recreational Waterway.
|}
Parts of the [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]] in [[Markham, Ontario]] were being planned by [[William Berczy]] in the 1790s as a navigation route between [[Lake Simcoe]] and [[Lake Ontario]] via [[Holland River]] but did not progress beyond clearing of 24 miles along the route.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=9ff0dada600f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |title=History - Rouge Park - Featured Parks | City of Toronto |access-date=2016-08-03 |archive-date=2016-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827234057/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=9ff0dada600f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Other types of canals==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Canal
!Province
!Start point
!End point
!class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|[[Canal de l'Aqueduc]]
|[[Quebec]]
|
|City of Montreal pumping station ([[Pointe-Saint-Charles]])
|Open-air [[Navigable aqueduct|aqueduct]] canal used by the city of [[Montreal]].
|-
|[[Kootenay Canal]]
|[[British Columbia]]
|[[Kootenay River]]
|[[Kootenay River]]
|Diversionary canal for the Kootenay Canal hydroelectric plant.
|-
|[[Seton Canal]]
|[[British Columbia]]
|[[Seton Lake]]
|[[Fraser River]]
|Diversionary canal for the [[Seton Powerhouse]].
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{World topic|List of canals in|noredlinks=yes}}

[[Category:Canals in Canada| ]]
[[Category:Lists of canals by country|Canada]]
[[Category:Canada transport-related lists|Canals]]
[[Category:Lists of buildings and structures in Canada|Canals]]
[[Category:Lists of landforms of Canada|Canals]]

List of canals in Canada - Revision history

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