List of gold mines in Canada

Last updated April 30, 2025

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes, defunct and future mines are demarcated in italics and bold respectively. Asterisks (*) note mines which produce(d) gold as a secondary product..

British Columbia

Mine	Coordinates	Location	Owner	Dates	Comments
Blue Hawk Mine	49°59′2″N119°30′30.59″W / 49.98389°N 119.5084972°W / 49.98389; -119.5084972 (Blue Hawk mine)	Kelowna		1934	Also produced silver
Bralorne	50°46′29″N122°48′52″W / 50.77472°N 122.81444°W / 50.77472; -122.81444 (Bralorne)	Ogden		????-1971	Produced 4.2 million ounces
Defot Creek Mine	58°54′00″N130°27′00″W / 58.90000°N 130.45000°W / 58.90000; -130.45000 (Defot Creek mine)	Defot		1880-1915
Hedley Mascot Mine	49°22′15″N120°02′51″W / 49.370937°N 120.047562°W / 49.370937; -120.047562 (Hedley Mascot mine)	Hedley		1936-1949
Kemess Mine	57°0′17″N126°45′31″W / 57.00472°N 126.75861°W / 57.00472; -126.75861 (Kemess Mine)	Thutade Lake
Mount Polley mine	52°30′48″N121°35′47″W / 52.513437°N 121.596309°W / 52.513437; -121.596309 (Mount Polley mine)	Likely	Imperial Metals Corp	1997-Present
Pioneer Mine	50°45′34″N122°46′47″W / 50.75944°N 122.77972°W / 50.75944; -122.77972 (Pioneer mine)	Ogden		1920-1960

New Brunswick

Mine	Coordinates	Location	Owner	Dates	Comments
Murray Brook Mine	47°31′34″N66°25′53″W / 47.5262°N 66.4313°W / 47.5262; -66.4313 (Murray Brook mine)	Restigouche County	NovaGold Resources	1989-1992

Nova Scotia

Mine	Coordinates	Location	Owner	Dates	Comments
Catcha Lake	44°44′09″N63°11′40″W / 44.73583°N 63.19444°W / 44.73583; -63.19444 (Catcha Lake)	Catcha Lake	Acadian Gold Corporation	1882	s planning to drill for samples in the future .
Stirling Mine	N 45° 43' 44.8536 E -60° 26' 17.2356	Stirling, Richmond County, Cape Breton	Stirling Zinc Co., Mindamar Metals, Thundermin Resources Ltd (Current)	1925-1957	Produced silver, zinc and gold.
Moose River Consolidated	44°59′9.23″N62°56′4.96″W / 44.9858972°N 62.9347111°W / 44.9858972; -62.9347111	Middle Musquodoboit	Atlantic Gold Corporation, St Barbara Limited (Current)^[1]	2018-Present	Touquoy and Beaver Dam gold mines

Ontario

Mine	Coordinates	Location	Owner	Dates	Comments
Barton Mine *	47°07′08.75″N79°47′09.58″W / 47.1190972°N 79.7859944°W / 47.1190972; -79.7859944 (Barton mine)	Temagami		1906-1918	Secondary products included gold, silver, copper and bismuth.
Beanland Mine	47°05′28.71″N79°49′30.83″W / 47.0913083°N 79.8252306°W / 47.0913083; -79.8252306 (Beanland mine)	Temagami		1937-1938	Also produced silver
Big Dan Mine	47°05′28.53″N79°46′28.95″W / 47.0912583°N 79.7747083°W / 47.0912583; -79.7747083 (Big Dan mine)	Temagami		1906-1907	Also produced silver and arsenic
Chesterville gold mine	48°08′20″N79°34′26″W / 48.13889°N 79.57389°W / 48.13889; -79.57389	McGarry	Chesterfield Larder Lake Gold Mining Company	1939-1950
Copperfields Mine *	46°57′44.41″N80°02′13.67″W / 46.9623361°N 80.0371306°W / 46.9623361; -80.0371306 (Copperfields mine)	Temagami		1954-1972	Secondary products included cobalt, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum and silver.
David Bell Mine		Hemlo		closed 2013	smallest of the three Hemlo mines
Detour Lake Mine	50°1′8.75″N79°42′54.08″W / 50.0190972°N 79.7150222°W / 50.0190972; -79.7150222 (Detour Lake mine)	Cochrane	Agnico Eagle Mines	1983-Present
Dome Mine	48°27′N081°14′W / 48.450°N 81.233°W / 48.450; -81.233 (Dome mine)	Timmins
Golden Giant Mine	48.00°41′N85.00°54′W / 48.683°N 85.900°W / 48.683; -85.900 (Golden Giant mine)	Hemlo		1985-2006	Produced over 7 million ounces as well as a small amount of silver.^[2]^[3]
Hermiston-McCauley Mine	47°05′54.30″N79°49′38.18″W / 47.0984167°N 79.8272722°W / 47.0984167; -79.8272722 (Hermiston-McCauley mine)	Temagami		1935-1940
Kanichee Mine *	47°06′13.07″N79°50′38.63″W / 47.1036306°N 79.8440639°W / 47.1036306; -79.8440639 (Kanichee mine)	Temagami		1937-1948, 1948-1949, 1973-1976	Secondary products included gold, palladium, silver and platinum.
Kerr-Addison Mine	48°08′19″N79°34′39″W / 48.13861°N 79.57750°W / 48.13861; -79.57750	McGarry	Kerr Addison Mines Ltd	1900s to 1996
Leckie Mine	47°05′36.34″N79°47′48.68″W / 47.0934278°N 79.7968556°W / 47.0934278; -79.7968556 (Leckie mine)	Temagami		~1900-1909, 1933-1937	Also produced arsenic, copper and silver
Madsen Mine	50°58′02″N93°55′04″W / 50.967143°N 93.917692°W / 50.967143; -93.917692 (Madsen mine)	Red Lake	West Red Lake Gold Mines	1938 - 1976, 1997 - 1999, 2021 - 2022
Matachewan Consolidated mine		Matachewan		1916 to 1954
McIntyre Mines
Norrie Mine *	47°06′59.59″N79°46′27.63″W / 47.1165528°N 79.7743417°W / 47.1165528; -79.7743417 (Norrie mine)	Temagami		Prior to 1920	Secondary products included lead, gold, zinc and silver.
Northland Pyrite Mine *	47°10′26.24″N79°44′34.45″W / 47.1739556°N 79.7429028°W / 47.1739556; -79.7429028 (Northland Pyrite mine)	Temagami		1906-1911	Secondary products included cobalt, copper, zinc, gold and nickel.
Red Lake Mine	51°3′40.16″N93°44′35.34″W / 51.0611556°N 93.7431500°W / 51.0611556; -93.7431500 (Red Lake mine)	Red Lake	Evolution Mining	1949 - Present
Richardson Mine		Eldorado	Kim Woodside	1867-1869	Ontario's first gold mine
Temagami-Lorrain Mine	47°06′39.79″N79°40′58.2″W / 47.1110528°N 79.682833°W / 47.1110528; -79.682833 (Temagami-Lorrain mine)	Temagami		Prior to 1912	Also produced cobalt, arsenic, silver, nickel and copper
Williams Mine		Hemlo			largest of the three Hemlo mines
Young-Davidson mine		Matachewan	Alamos Gold	~1916 to 1957 2010- Present

Quebec

Mine	Coordinates	Location	Owner	Dates	Comments
Canadian Malartic Mine	48°6′42.33″N78°7′53.91″W / 48.1117583°N 78.1316417°W / 48.1117583; -78.1316417 (Canadian Malartic mine)	Malartic	Agnico-Eagle Mines	1935-Present
Casa Berardi Mine	49°34′23.19″N79°14′13.19″W / 49.5731083°N 79.2369972°W / 49.5731083; -79.2369972 (Casa Berardi Mine)	La Sarre	Hecla Mining	1988-Present
LaRonde mine	48°14′54.3″N78°26′30.01″W / 48.248417°N 78.4416694°W / 48.248417; -78.4416694 (LaRonde mine)	Rivière-Héva	Agnico-Eagle Mines	1988-Present

Northwest Territories

Mine	Coordinates	Location	Owner	Dates	Comments
Beaulieu Mine	62°26′32″N114°23′51″W / 62.44222°N 114.39750°W / 62.44222; -114.39750 (Beaulieu mine)	Yellowknife		1947-1948	Only a total of 30 troy ounces were recovered.
Burwash Mine	62°24′N114°24′W / 62.400°N 114.400°W / 62.400; -114.400 (Burwash mine)	Yellowknife		1934-????	The Burwash Mine has some historical significance in that the original ore sample kept "gold fever" alive in the area and helped in the establishment of Yellowknife as a viable northern community.
Camlaren Mine	62°59′11.17″N113°12′48.42″W / 62.9864361°N 113.2134500°W / 62.9864361; -113.2134500 (Camlaren mine)		Mining Corporation of Canada Limited	1963-1991	The Camlaren property is now part of the Gordon Lake Project.
Colomac Mine	64°12′00″N116°01′11″W / 64.20000°N 116.01972°W / 64.20000; -116.01972 (Colomac mine)		Canada	1990–1992 1994-1997
Con Mine	62°26′20″N114°22′18″W / 62.43889°N 114.37167°W / 62.43889; -114.37167 (Con mine)		Newmont Mining Corporation
Discovery Mine	63°11′12.01″N113°53′30.01″W / 63.1866694°N 113.8916694°W / 63.1866694; -113.8916694 (Discovery mine)		GoldMining Inc.
Giant Mine	62°29′59″N114°21′31″W / 62.49972°N 114.35861°W / 62.49972; -114.35861 (Giant mine)		Miramar Mining Corporation
Lost McLeod Mine
Negus Mine	62°26′2″N114°21′37″W / 62.43389°N 114.36028°W / 62.43389; -114.36028 (Negus mine)		Negus Mines Limited	1939-1952
Outpost Island Mine	61°44′8.88″N113°27′32.04″W / 61.7358000°N 113.4589000°W / 61.7358000; -113.4589000 (Outpost Island mine)		Tungsten Corporation of Canada Limited	1936-1952
Ptarmigan and Tom Mine	62°31′15.0″N114°11′45.0″W / 62.520833°N 114.195833°W / 62.520833; -114.195833 (Ptarmigan and Tom mine)	Yellowknife	Equitas Resources Corporation	1941-Present
Quartz Mountain mine
Ruth Mine	62°27′44.0″N112°34′23.0″W / 62.462222°N 112.573056°W / 62.462222; -112.573056 (Ruth mine)	Yellowknife		1941-1959
Salmita Mine	64°04′45.0″N111°14′45.0″W / 64.079167°N 111.245833°W / 64.079167; -111.245833 (Salmita mine)		Giant Yellowknife Mines Limited	1983-1987
Thompson-Lundmark Mine	62°36′43.2″N113°28′26.4″W / 62.612000°N 113.474000°W / 62.612000; -113.474000 (Thompson-Lundmark mine)			1941-1949
Tundra Mine	64°03′26.0″N111°10′34.0″W / 64.057222°N 111.176111°W / 64.057222; -111.176111 (Tundra mine)		Royal Oak Mines Inc	1962-1968

Nunavut

Mine	Coordinates	Location	Owner	Dates	Comments
Lupin Mine	65°45′00.0″N111°15′00.0″W / 65.750000°N 111.250000°W / 65.750000; -111.250000 (Lupin mine)		WPC Resources	1982-Present
Meadowbank Gold Mine	65°01′07.0″N96°04′26.0″W / 65.018611°N 96.073889°W / 65.018611; -96.073889 (Meadowbank Gold mine)	Kivalliq	Agnico-Eagle Mines	2010-2017
Meliadine Gold Mine	63°1′55.29″N92°13′15.84″W / 63.0320250°N 92.2210667°W / 63.0320250; -92.2210667 (Meliadine Gold mine)	Kivalliq	Agnico-Eagle Mines	2019-Present

References

↑ "Our Atlantic Operations".
↑ "Golden Giant Mine". InfoMine. Glacier Media. Archived from the original on 26 Jan 2013. Mining ceased in Dec/05. Remnant sales stopped in second quarter 2007.
↑ Dawson, Steven (1 Jun 2004). "Hemlo's Golden Years". Canadian Mining Journal. Archived from the original on 2 Oct 2011.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "Our Atlantic Operations".

[2] "Golden Giant Mine". InfoMine. Glacier Media. Archived from the original on 26 Jan 2013. Mining ceased in Dec/05. Remnant sales stopped in second quarter 2007.

[3] Dawson, Steven (1 Jun 2004). "Hemlo's Golden Years". Canadian Mining Journal. Archived from the original on 2 Oct 2011.

[1]

[2]

[3]