Lakes
Canada has at least 3 million lakes and in some regions, there are as many as 30 lakes for every 100 square kilometres. Ontario alone has over 250,000 lakes and thousands of rivers and streams. Quebec has over 1 million lakes and there are another 100,000 lakes in the Maritime provinces. British Columbia has about 20,000 lakes which are distributed uniformly throughout the province. By contrast, the 15,000 lakes in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are restricted to the northern third of these provinces. Most of Canada's wealth of fresh water lakes have glacial origins.
