List of copper mines in Canada

This is a list of copper mines in Canada sorted by province.

British Columbia

Mine	Coordinates	Associated town	Owner	Dates	Comments	References
Gibraltar Mine	52°31′47.31″N122°17′11.53″W / 52.5298083°N 122.2865361°W / 52.5298083; -122.2865361 (Gibraltar mine)	McLeese Lake	Taseko Mines	1973–Present	Reserves of 2.4 billion pounds of copper and 69 million pounds of molybdenum	[1]
Highland Valley Copper mine	50°28′25″N121°01′18″W / 50.47361°N 121.02167°W / 50.47361; -121.02167 (Highland Valley Copper mine)	Logan Lake	Teck Resources	1962–Present		[2]
Mount Polley mine	52°30′48″N121°35′47″W / 52.513437°N 121.596309°W / 52.513437; -121.596309 (Mount Polley mine)	Williams Lake	Imperial Metals	1997–Present	On care and maintenance status during remediation work on site	[3]
New Afton mine	50°39′35″N120°30′48″W / 50.659813°N 120.513437°W / 50.659813; -120.513437 (New Afton mine)	Kamloops	New Gold	2012–Present	Proven and probable reserves of the mine were 1.0 million ounces of gold, 2.8 million ounces of silver, and 802 million pounds of copper	[4]
Mount Milligan Mine	55°07′26″N124°01′39″W / 55.12389°N 124.02750°W / 55.12389; -124.02750	Between Fort St.James and Mackenzie	Centerra Gold	2014-Present	A open pit operation that extracts both copper and gold ore.	[5]

Newfoundland and Labrador

Mine	Coordinates	Associated town	Owner	Dates	Comments	References
Duck Pond mine	48°38′38.19″N56°29′19.59″W / 48.6439417°N 56.4887750°W / 48.6439417; -56.4887750 (Duck Pond mine)	Millertown	Teck Resources	2007–2015	Closed in 2015	[6]

Ontario

Mine	Coordinates	Associated town	Owner	Dates	Comments	References
Coldstream copper mine	48°36′11″N90°35′31″W / 48.603°N 90.592°W / 48.603; -90.592	Burchell Lake	Ovintiv	1957-1967		[7]
Coleman Mine	46°40′1.51″N81°21′36.36″W / 46.6670861°N 81.3601000°W / 46.6670861; -81.3601000 (Coleman mine)	Sudbury	Vale Limited	1970–Present	Flagship mine of Vale's Sudbury operation	[8]
Kidd Mine	48°41′20″N81°21′55″W / 48.68889°N 81.36528°W / 48.68889; -81.36528	Timmins	Glencore	1966-Present

Quebec

This is a list of mines in the Canadian province of Quebec and includes both operating and closed mines.

Mine	Commodities	Ore deposit	Administrative regions	Owner(s)	Period
Raglan Mine	Ni, Cu, Co	Komatiitic	Nord-du-Québec	Glencore	1997-
Mouska	Au, Cu, Ag		Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Iamgold	1991-2014
LaRonde	Au, Cu, Ag, Zn		Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Agnico-Eagle	1988-
Langlois	Au, Cu, Ag, Zn		Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Breakwater Resources	1996-2001 2007-2008 2012-2019
Persévérance	Au, Cu, Ag, Zn	VHMS	Nord-du-Québec	Xstrata	2008-2013?
Eustis	Cu, S		Estrie	Consolidated Copper and Sulphur Company (1927-1939)	1865-1939
Capelton	Cu		Estrie		1863-1907
Troïlus	Au, Cu		Nord-du-Québec	Inmet Mining	1997-2010
Gaspé Copper	Cu		Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Noranda mining	1968-1999
Aldermac	Au, Ag, Cu		Abitibi-Témiscamingue		1932-1943
East Sullivan	Cu, Zn		Abitibi-Témiscamingue		1949-1967
Manitou	Au, Ag, Cu, Zn		Abitibi-Témiscamingue		1942-1994
Des Georges	Cu, Au, Ag		Nord-du-Québec		1954-1991
Principale	Cu, Au, Ag		Nord-du-Québec		1955-2008

References

1. "Taseko Mines Limited - News Releases - Taseko Adds 128 Million Tons to Gibraltar Mineral Reserves - Thu Aug 14, 2008". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
2. "Highland Valley Copper (HVC), British Columbia Mine Information". mines.nrs.gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
3. Mount Polley Mining Corporation (June 2020), Mount Polley Update on Mineral Resource Estimate and Exploration Drilling , retrieved 7 August 2020
4. New Gold, New Gold Inc. - Assets - New Afton
5. Accessed 15 July 2025 https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=093N++194
6. Collaborating on Closure Planning at Duck Pond Operations, 27 April 2016, retrieved 23 July 2021
7. "Institute on Lake Superior Geology: Proceedings, 2012". Lakehead University . 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
8. "Vale's Coleman Mine marks 50 years in operation". 11 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.