Yellow Perch Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded yellow perch in 1,006 Ontario lakes, 43% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes: 1,006
Recorded since 2010: 695
Median size: 4.16 km²
Median max depth: 21 m
Latest record: 2026

Where yellow perch 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	Buckhorn LakePeterborough	54 of 54	2013	12	32.8
2	Lake St. JohnSimcoe	49 of 49	2014	6	6.54
3	Rice LakePeterborough	100 of 103	2015	11	95.4
4	Canal LakeKawartha Lakes	40 of 40	2013	4	8.56
5	Clam LakeSudbury	216 of 230	2021	10	0.82
6	Bright LakeAlgoma	47 of 48	2014	9	12.2
7	Dalrymple LakeKawartha Lakes	41 of 43	2013	9	13.9
8	Lake CouchichingSimcoe	56 of 60	2013		47.1
9	Tocheri LakeAlgoma	20 of 20	2011	5	8.78
10	Côté LakeSudbury	202 of 228	2021	3	1.01
11	Muskeg LakeThunder Bay	30 of 31	2008		35.1
12	Buzzer LakeThunder Bay	19 of 19	2016		0.47
13	Pelicanpouch LakeKenora	18 of 18	2010	9	9.66
14	Lake BelwoodWellington	27 of 28	2020	12	5.54
15	Onaman LakeThunder Bay	41 of 44	2011	15	111
16	Gull LakeAlgoma	17 of 17	2011		1.08
17	Eskwanonwatin LakeThunder Bay	17 of 17	2009		2.27
18	Deer LakeNipissing	32 of 34	2014	6	3.04
19	Cygnet LakeKenora	24 of 25	2010	8	13.3
20	Manion LakeRainy River	24 of 25	2010	12	11.5
21	Golden LakeRenfrew	71 of 80	2015	24	36.2
22	Coli LakeKenora	23 of 24	2009	9	21.2
23	Upper Kaogomok LakeThunder Bay	15 of 15	2013	2	3.82
24	Savanne LakeThunder Bay	15 of 15	2011	4	3.67
25	Fosters LakeHastings	22 of 23	2014	13	0.68
26	Little Turtle LakeRainy River	28 of 30	2010	6	23.2
27	Lake ScugogKawartha Lakes	70 of 80	2014	6	66.4
28	Farlain LakeSimcoe	27 of 29	2014	5	1.09
29	Muskosung LakeNipissing	32 of 35	2014	10	3.25
30	Shadow LakeKawartha Lakes	26 of 28	2009	22	4.27
31	Gurd LakeParry Sound	13 of 13	2011	6	1
32	Eye LakeKenora	13 of 13	2009		1.31
33	White LakeRenfrew	41 of 46	2014	9	23.8
34	Whitefish LakeThunder Bay	19 of 20	2013	6	28.9
35	Heathwalt LakeKenora	19 of 20	2012		8.26
36	Cree LakeSudbury	19 of 20	2011		5.11
37	Guilfoyle LakeCochrane	19 of 20	2010	8	7.69
38	Sparrow LakeMuskoka	39 of 44	2014	12	11.2
39	Mountain LakeGrey	12 of 12	1992	3	0.99
40	Lac NosbonsingNipissing	56 of 65	2014	14	17.7
41	Pigeon LakeKawartha Lakes	64 of 75	2013	12	50.7
42	Little Kesagami LakeCochrane	18 of 19	2010	18	5.14
43	Chemong LakePeterborough	37 of 42	2013	6	17.6
44	Gloucester PoolMuskoka	47 of 55	2014	27	13
45	Lower Buckhorn LakePeterborough	43 of 50	2015	11	13.1
46	Lower Minnipuka LakeAlgoma	16 of 17	2011	5	2.57
47	Little Sandbar LakeKenora	16 of 17	2009		2.17
48	Nonwatinose LakeThunder Bay	16 of 17	2009		1.34
49	Ricestalk LakeThunder Bay	10 of 10	2008		2.66
50	Pahkayyahkahmahk/Silcox LakeKenora	15 of 16	2009	6	8.78

Top 50 of 1,006 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.

Yellow Perch Lakes in Ontario

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Where yellow perch is most consistently recorded

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