Lake Whitefish Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded lake whitefish in 478 Ontario lakes, 20% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes: 478
Recorded since 2010: 343
Stocked: 1
Median size: 11.7 km²
Median max depth: 27 m
Latest record: 2025

Where lake whitefish is most consistently recorded

Ranked by consistency: the lower bound of a 95% confidence interval on the share of the lake’s surveys that found it. A lake where 18 of 20 surveys found it ranks above one where 1 of 1 did. Lakes known only from stocking come last.

#	Lake	Surveys	Last record	Max depth m	Area km²
1	Makobe LakeTimiskaming	71 of 72	2014	21	20.3
2	Echoing LakeKenora	35 of 36	2012	30	53.8
3	Carson LakeRenfrew	23 of 23	2016	43	2.7
4	Big Trout LakeKenora	64 of 76	2011		644
5	Trout LakeRenfrew	11 of 11	2012	43	1.82
6	Lac des IlesThunder Bay	48 of 57	2013	29	15.5
7	Ninegee LakeSudbury	15 of 16	2010	20	0.48
8	Nelson LakeThunder Bay	15 of 16	2008		6.56
9	Pagwachuan LakeThunder Bay	26 of 30	2012	55	26.9
10	Wakami LakeSudbury	21 of 24	2010	9	17.9
11	Castle LakeThunder Bay	26 of 31	2013	36	6.11
12	Bedivere LakeThunder Bay	19 of 22	2008	12	22.5
13	Titmarsh LakeThunder Bay	39 of 50	2013	49	9.72
14	Paugh LakeRenfrew	14 of 16	2015	49	7.05
15	Waweig LakeThunder Bay	42 of 56	2013	43	11.6
16	Cecil LakeKenora	28 of 36	2009		15.6
17	Crooked Pine LakeRainy River	23 of 29	2010	15	17.3
18	Victoria LakeKenora	44 of 60	2013	27	9.29
19	Larder LakeTimiskaming	56 of 78	2014	34	37.4
20	Shamattawa LakeKenora	17 of 21	2012	6	8.81
21	Opeepeesway LakeSudbury	40 of 57	2014	13	20.8
22	Bad Vermilion LakeRainy River	31 of 43	2010	37	18.1
23	Arrow LakeThunder Bay	27 of 37	2013	49	32.5
24	Wabinosh LakeThunder Bay	23 of 31	2008		17.3
25	Barrigar LakeKenora	5 of 5	2022		11.9
26	Mountain LakeNipissing	18 of 24	2014	37	2.23
27	Kenogamisis LakeThunder Bay	35 of 51	2013	30	42.4
28	Weikwabinonaw LakeThunder Bay	16 of 21	2008		12.7
29	Nikip LakeKenora	23 of 32	2012	5	54.3
30	Kesagami LakeCochrane	31 of 45	2012	4	175
31	Nagagami LakeAlgoma	31 of 45	2011	27	54
32	Kittson LakeTimiskaming	21 of 29	2014	15	0.83
33	Greenwater LakeThunder Bay	40 of 60	2013	54	34.3
34	Jolly LakeThunder Bay	19 of 26	2013	4	1.04
35	Kashabowie LakeThunder Bay	41 of 62	2013	34	22.7
36	Rice LakeSudbury	38 of 57	2014	10	25
37	Paguchi LakeKenora	31 of 46	2013	27	24.8
38	Pakwash LakeKenora	23 of 33	2009	15	86.8
39	Athelstane LakeThunder Bay	35 of 53	2013	34	17.8
40	Onaman LakeThunder Bay	29 of 44	2011	15	111
41	Chiblow LakeAlgoma	53 of 86	2013	67	20.5
42	Wawa LakeAlgoma	20 of 29	2012	32	6.71
43	Mameigwess LakeKenora	31 of 48	2009	49	52.6
44	Kenogamissi LakeTimiskaming	28 of 43	2013		25
45	Muskeg LakeThunder Bay	21 of 31	2008		35.1
46	Windigo LakeKenora	15 of 21	2011		80.2
47	Lac ComoSudbury	25 of 38	2011	27	16.2
48	Keechewahshaykahmeeshek/Cairns LakeKenora	22 of 33	2011	18	54.8
49	Pine LakeKenora	13 of 18	2012	12	4.86
50	Diamond LakeRenfrew	8 of 10	2014	30	0.87

Top 50 of 478 lakes. Download the full list (CSV). Source: Ontario’s Aquatic Resource Area survey summaries and fish stocking records (Ministry of Natural Resources, OGL-Ontario). Data as of October 9, 2026. A record means a survey caught or observed the species, not that it is abundant today.

Lake Whitefish Lakes in Ontario

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Where lake whitefish is most consistently recorded

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