Northern Pike Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded northern pike in 819 Ontario lakes, 35% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes: 819
Recorded since 2010: 576
Median size: 5.45 km²
Median max depth: 21 m
Latest record: 2026

Where northern pike 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	Cameron LakeAlgoma	21 of 21	2011	6	22.2
2	Tocheri LakeAlgoma	20 of 20	2011	5	8.78
3	Côté LakeSudbury	202 of 228	2021	3	1.01
4	Hine LakeThunder Bay	18 of 18	2013		0.53
5	Savoy LakeKenora	18 of 18	2009		5.59
6	Little Sandbar LakeKenora	17 of 17	2009		2.17
7	Winisk LakeKenora	56 of 62	2011		258
8	Muskeg LakeThunder Bay	29 of 31	2008		35.1
9	Lingman LakeKenora	19 of 20	2012		5.28
10	Spruce LakeKenora	19 of 20	2012	16	10.8
11	Shacabac LakeThunder Bay	19 of 20	2011	6	7.75
12	Sup LakeKenora	18 of 19	2009	18	6.78
13	Lake DoréRenfrew	23 of 25	2010	21	15.1
14	Beaton LakeAlgoma	11 of 11			2.3
15	Blueberry LakeKenora	16 of 17	2010	5	1.27
16	Frank LakeThunder Bay	16 of 17	2008		5.13
17	Pickerel LakeKenora	25 of 28	2010	24	6.07
18	McFaulds LakeKenora	10 of 10	2012		9.55
19	Ricestalk LakeThunder Bay	10 of 10	2008		2.66
20	Nelson LakeThunder Bay	15 of 16	2008		6.56
21	Jolly LakeThunder Bay	23 of 26	2013	4	1.04
22	Wabaskang LakeKenora	30 of 35	2009	24	61.7
23	Wasicho LakeCochrane	9 of 9	2011	5	1.68
24	Porcupine LakeTimiskaming	9 of 9			0.12
25	Guilfoyle LakeCochrane	18 of 20	2010	8	7.69
26	Hartman LakeKenora	18 of 20	2009	6	5.18
27	Dumbell LakeSudbury	25 of 29	2013	10	1.74
28	Crooked Pine LakeRainy River	25 of 29	2010	15	17.3
29	Off LakeRainy River	16 of 18	2010	9	4.49
30	Smithy LakeAlgoma	12 of 13	2023		0.15
31	Spruce LakeKenora	12 of 13	2009		1.14
32	Crayfish LakeThunder Bay	19 of 22	2008		5.45
33	Bluffy LakeKenora	25 of 30	2009	15	24.9
34	Bright LakeAlgoma	38 of 48	2014	9	12.2
35	Little LakeSimcoe	15 of 17	2008	5	2.25
36	Lac NosbonsingNipissing	50 of 65	2014	14	17.7
37	Spangle LakeThunder Bay	20 of 24	2019		1.41
38	Weese LakeThunder Bay	14 of 16	2012	14	15.2
39	White Otter LakeThunder Bay	16 of 19	2011	9	4.67
40	Selwyn LakeThunder Bay	16 of 19	2009		10
41	Govan LakeFrontenac	21 of 26	2013	15	1.84
42	Upper Kaogomok LakeThunder Bay	13 of 15	2013	2	3.82
43	Kukukus LakeKenora	18 of 22	2009	18	42
44	Pine LakeKenora	15 of 18	2012	12	4.86
45	Lake PlacidAlgoma	15 of 18	2011	10	1.07
46	Hanson LakeSudbury	14 of 17	2010		1.6
47	Kilbarry LakeThunder Bay	16 of 20	2014	8	3.11
48	Nameigos LakeAlgoma	16 of 20	2011	3	13.5
49	North Spirit LakeKenora	28 of 38	2011	30	66.8
50	Little Basswood LakeAlgoma	22 of 29	2019	10	2.17

Top 50 of 819 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.

Northern Pike Lakes in Ontario

Where it is found

Where northern pike is most consistently recorded

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