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This is an incomplete list of caves in Canada. Most notable caves are in western Canada and in parts of southern Ontario where limestone predominates.
Name
Image
Province
Entrance elevation (m)
Depth (m)
Length (m)
Remarks
Arctomys Cave
British Columbia
536
3,496
Located in Mount Robson Provincial Park
Artlish River Cave
British Columbia
396
Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park
Bisaro Anima
British Columbia
670
5,300
Discovered in 2012 on a high plateau of Mount Bisaro near Fernie. Extreme depth reached in a sump in late 2017.[1]
The Black Hole
British Columbia
740
Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park
Bluefish Caves
Yukon
Located near Old Crow
Bocock Peak Caves[2]
British Columbia
Located in Bocock Peak Provincial Park
Bonnechere Caves
Ontario
Located in Eganville
Booming Ice Chasm
Alberta
140
704
Located near Crowsnest Pass
Cadomin Cave
Alberta
1,891
220
2,791
Located near Cadomin. Closed in 2010 due to an outbreak of white nose syndrome.
Canyon Creek Ice Cave
Alberta
1,769
+89.4
727.12
Located near the town of Bragg Creek. Impassable beyond the first 150m since 1980, due to ice buildup.[3]
Castleguard Cave
Alberta
2,016[3]
384
20,357
Located in Banff National Park. It is longest cave in Canada. The cave entrance is gated and requires permission from Parks Canada to enter.
Cave and Basin
Alberta
1,403[3]
Located in the town of Banff. The cave consists of a tunnel blasted through to a natural cavern containing hot springs. Has an entry fee.
Cave Falls
Ontario
Located in Hamilton
Charlie Lake Cave
British Columbia
An archaeologically significant cave located near Charlie Lake
Chipmunk Caves
British Columbia
Located in the Chilliwack River valley near Ford Mountain Correctional Centre
Close To The Edge
British Columbia
700
475
967
Located in Close To The Edge Provincial Park
Cody Caves
British Columbia
800
Located in Cody Caves Provincial Park. Access is by guided tour only.
Devil's Bath
British Columbia
90
44
Large cenote located 13.5 km southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake
Duncan Crevice Caves
Ontario
Located in Beaver Valley
Eramosa Karst
Ontario
Located in Hamilton
Eternal Fountain
British Columbia
A waterfall emptying into a sinkhole near Port McNeill
Fairy Hole
Nova Scotia
A sea cave reputedly linked to various legends of the Mi'kmaq Nation
Fang Cave[4]
British Columbia
Located in Evanoff Provincial Park
Gargantua Cave
Alberta British Columbia
2,501[3]
286
6,001
Located near Crowsnest Pass. Contains the largest and highest elevation natural cavern in Canada.
Hayes Cave
Nova Scotia
400[5]
Located near Maple Grove
Hole in the Wall
Alberta
2,013[3]
30[3]
A prominent feature on the side of Mount Cory. Visible from the Trans-Canada Highway about 14 km west of the town of Banff.
Homesite Creek Caves
British Columbia
Located near Halfmoon Bay
Hoodoo Cave
Alberta
220
Located near Nordegg
Horne Lake cave complex
British Columbia
Located in Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park
Horseshoe Falls grotto
Ontario
46
A large manmade grotto behind Horseshoe Falls of Niagara Falls
Kitt's Cave
New Brunswick
8
141
Located near Hammondvale
Limestone deposits
Manitoba
Located near Lake Winnipeg
Little Huson Cave complex
British Columbia
Located in Little Huson Cave Regional Park
Nakimu Caves
British Columbia
Located in Glacier National Park
Plateau Mountain Ice Cave
Alberta
2,226
90[3]
Located in Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve. Closed to the public in the early 1970s.[6]
Raspberry Rising
British Columbia
220
975
Located beneath Mount Tupper in Glacier National Park. Still being explored, its full extents are yet to be determined.[7]
Rat's Nest Cave
Alberta
1,450[3]
245
4,003
Located beneath Grotto Mountain near Exshaw. Access is by guided tour only.
Saint-Alban caves
Quebec
Located in Saint-Alban
Saint-Leonard Cavern
Quebec
250
Located in Saint-Léonard. Original cave is 35 metres long with a depth of 8 metres;[8] a second 250-metre cave was discovered in 2017.[9]
Sarlacc's Pit cave
British Columbia
+130
+2,000
Discovered in 2018 within Wells Gray Provincial Park. Not yet accurately measured. The largest known cave of its type. Given the informal name of "Sarlacc's Pit".[10]
Scenic Caves
Ontario
Located near Collingwood
Skaha North Cave
British Columbia
40
300
Located approximately 5 km south of north end of Skaha and 3 km up from Skaha lake
Skaha South Cave
British Columbia
30
150
Located approximately 2 km south of Skaha North Cave
Slesse Creek caves
British Columbia
Located near Slesse Creek
Small River Caves complex[11]
British Columbia
Located in Small River Caves Provincial Park.
Stone Corral Caves[12]
British Columbia
Located in Monkman Provincial Park
Thanksgiving Cave
British Columbia
479[13]
8,386[13]
Located near Tahsis. A through passage was discovered in September 2017.
Trou de la Fée
Quebec
Located in Desbiens
Trou du Diable
Quebec
980
Located in Saint-Casimir. Second longest cave in Quebec.
Trou du Perdus
Quebec
Located in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec
Underground Lake
New Brunswick
13.1
141
A gypsum cave located in the community of Demoiselle Creek
Valdes Island cave
British Columbia
Located on Valdes Island
Vanishing River/Reappearing River
British Columbia
Located southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake
Wapiabi Cave
Alberta
152
540
Located near Nordegg
Warsaw Caves
Ontario
Located in Douro-Dummer Township near Warsaw
Weymer Creek caves complex
British Columbia
Located in Weymer Creek Provincial Park. Caving is strongly discouraged until a park management plan is completed.[14]
Hell Holes Caves
Ontario
Located in Lennox and Addington County near Centreville[15]
^Heide Pearson, Calgarian explorers among team that discovered Canada's deepest cave near Fernie, BC, Global News, January 15, 2018
^Environment, Ministry of. "Bocock Peak Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^ abcdefghRollins, Jon (2004). Caves of the Canadian Rockies & Columbia Mountains. Surrey, BC: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 0921102941.
^Environment, Ministry of. "Evanoff Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^Derek Davis, et al., (1996 Revised Edition), Natural History of Nova Scotia, Volume II: Theme Regions, Nova Scotia Museum, p. 96
^Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan
^Joshua Rapp Learn, "Cave Mappers", Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2014, pp. 36-37.
^The Saint-Leonard Cavern Archived 2017-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Alive 375: Society for the Celebrations of Montréal's 375th Anniversary, 2015
^Michelle Lalonde, Spelunkers discover 15,000-year-old cavern in St-Léonard park, Montreal Gazette, December 1, 2017
^The Canadian Press (3 December 2018). "Newly discovered cave in B.C. might be largest ever found in Canada". CBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^Environment, Ministry of. "Small River Caves Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^Environment, Ministry of. "Monkman Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^ ab"Canada's 100 Longest and Deepest surveyed caves". CanCaver. Caving Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^Environment, Ministry of. "Weymer Creek Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^"Spelunking The Hell Holes Caves". Retrieved 2021-06-30.
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