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List of highest mountain peaks of Canada


The following sortable table comprises the 150 highest mountain peaks of Canada with at least 500 metres (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

Five major Canadian summits exceed 5000 metres (16,404 feet), 11 exceed 4500 metres (14,764 feet) elevation, 19 exceed 4000 metres (13,123 feet), 41 exceed 3500 metres (11,483 feet), 67 exceed 3000 metres (9843 feet), and 125 major summits exceed 2500 metres (8202 feet) elevation.

Of these 150 highest major summits of Canada, 102 are located in British Columbia, 37 in Yukon, 13 in Alberta, two in Nunavut, and one in the Northwest Territories. Three of these summits lie on the British Columbia-Alberta border and two lie on the British Columbia-Yukon border. Five of these summits lie on the international Yukon-Alaska border and five lie on the international British Columbia-Alaska border.

1. Mount Logan in Yukon is the highest summit of Canada.

2. Mount Saint Elias is the second-highest summit of both Canada and the United States.

3. Mount Lucania in Yukon is the highest summit of the northern Saint Elias Mountains.

4. King Peak in Yukon is the fourth-highest summit of Canada.

5. Mount Steele in Yukon is the fifth-highest summit of Canada.

9. Mount Fairweather on the Alaska border is the highest summit of British Columbia.

19. Mount Waddington is the highest summit of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia.

21. Mount Robson in British Columbia is the highest summit of the Canadian Rockies.


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