This is a list of lighthouses in Canada. These may naturally be divided into lighthouses on the Pacific coast, on the Arctic Ocean, in the Hudson Bay watershed, on the Labrador Sea and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the St. Lawrence River watershed (including the Great Lakes), and on the Atlantic seaboard.
British Columbia
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Manitoba
Newfoundland and Labrador
Labrador
This is a list of lighthouses in Labrador.
Newfoundland Atlantic Coast
This is a list of lighthouses on Newfoundland's Atlantic Coast.
Newfoundland South Coast
This is a list of lighthouses in Newfoundland South Coast.
Newfoundland West Coast
This is a list of lighthouses in Newfoundland West Coast.
New Brunswick
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Nova Scotia
- Balache Point Lighthouse
- Bass River, lighthouse, in use from 1908 to the 1980s
- Devils Island Light
- Cape Forchu Lighthouse
- Cape George Point Lighthouse, located in Antigonish County
- Cape North Lighthouse, in use from 1908 to 1980
- Cape Sable Lighthouse, located on Cape Sable Island
- Caribou Island Lighthouse (Nova Scotia), located in Pictou County
- Five Islands, lighthouse, in use from 1914 to 1993
- Fort Point Lighthouse
- Georges Island Lighthouse
- Grandique Point Lighthouse
- Hampton Beach Lighthouse, located overlooking Chute's Cove, Hampton Beach. Established 1911.
- Jerome Point Lighthouse, located in St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Established in 1882
- Kidston Island Lighthouse, located in Baddeck, Cape Breton
- Louisbourg Light, built on the site of the oldest lighthouse on the continent, and the first Canadian one
- Low Point Lighthouse
- Neil's Harbour Lighthouse
- Peggys Point Lighthouse
- Peter Island lighthouse
- Point Prim Lighthouse, located at the entrance of the Digby Gut
- Sambro Island Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in North America
- Sable Island East End Light
- Sable Island West End Light
- The Salvages Light Tower
- Schafner Point Lighthouse
- Seal Island Lighthouse
- St. Paul Island Lighthouses North point and South point
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Ontario
- Beausoleil Island Light
- Big Tub Light, Tobermory, Ontario
- Brebeuf Island Light
- Burlington Canal Front Range Light
- Burlington Canal Rear Range Light
- Byng Inlet Range Lights
- Cabot Head Light
- Cape Croker Lighthouse
- Caribou Island Lighthouse
- Chantry Island Lightstation Tower Lightstation, Chantry Island, Ontario
- Christian Island Light
- Coppermine Point
- Cove Island Light
- Erieau East Pier Light
- Fleet Street Lighthouse in Toronto, aka Queen's Wharf
- Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on the Toronto Islands
- Ile Parisienne Light, Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior
- Imperial Towers Six stone lighthouses built circa 1858âÂÂ59, on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay
- Kincardine Lighthouse, Kincardine, Ontario
- Long Point Lighthouse, Long Point, Ontario (built in 1917, is the third Long Point Light, replaced the 1843 light, which in turn replaced the 1830 light)
- Mohawk Island Light, on Mohawk Island, Ontario (formerly called Gull Island)
- Nottawasaga Island Lighthouse Nottawasaga Island, Collingwood, Ontario
- Nine Mile Point on Simcoe Island
- Old Cut Lighthouse on Long Point (inactive)
- Snug Harbour, Parry Sound, Killbear Provincial Park
- Point Clark Lighthouse, Point Clark, Ontario
- Prescott Breakwater Light in Prescott, Ontario
- Prince Edward Point in Prince Edward County, Ontario
- Queen's Wharf, see Fleet Street Lighthouse
- Thames River Light
- Toronto Harbour Light at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto
- Windmill Point Light (best known because of the Battle of the Windmill)
- Port Burwell Lighthouse, Port Burwell- Canada's oldest wooden lighthouse
- Presqu'ile Lighthouse
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Prince Edward Island
Quebec
- Pointe-Mitis Lighthouse, Métis-sur-mer, built in 1909
- Cap de la tête au chien Lighthouse, Saint-Siméon
- Cap-au-Saumon Lighthouse, Port-au-Persil, built in 1894
- Haut-fond Prince Lighthouse, offshore Tadoussac, built in 1964
- Pointe-au-Père lighthouse, in use from 1908 to 1975
- Cap-des-Rosiers, the tallest lighthouse in Canada: 34.1 M
- ÃÂle-Verte Lighthouse, built in 1809, third oldest in Canada
- Brandy Pot Lighthouse, Rivière-du-Loup, built in 1862
- Bicquette Island Lighthouse, Le Bic, built in 1843
- Matane Lighthouse, Matane
- Cap Chat Lighthouse, Cap Chat, built in 1871
- La Martre Lighthouse, La Martre, built in 1906
- Cap Madeleine Lighthouse, Gaspé Peninsula
- Fame Point Lighthouse, Gaspé, built in 1880
- Cap Gaspé Lighthouse, Forillon National Park
- Cap Blanc Lighthouse, Percé
- Cap-d'Espoir, Chaleur Bay
- ÃÂtang-du-Nord Lighthouse, built in 1874, rebuilt in 1987, Cap-aux-Meules
- Amherst Island Lighthouse, built in 1960, Amherst Island
- Brion Island Lighthouse, Brion Island, built in 1905
- Lachine Light Tower, Lachine, built in 1900
- L'ile du Moine Lighthouse, Sorel
- Rocher-aux-Oiseaux Lighthouse, Magdalen Islands, built in 1870
- Ile Sainte-Hélène Light, Montréal, Quebec, built in 1912
- Soulanges Canal Lower Entrance Front Range Light, Pointe-des-Cascades, built in 1902, inactive since 1960
- Courbe Maskinongé Lighthouse, Offshore Lac Saint-Pierre
- Pilier de pierre Lighthouse, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli built in 1843
- Pointe de la Prairie Lighthouse, Isle-aux-Coudres, built in 1971
- Port Daniel Ouest Lighthouse, Port-DanielâÂÂGascons, built in 1919
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