List of gold mines in Canada

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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..

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Catcha Lake 44°44′09″N 63°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″N 62°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″N 79°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″N 79°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″N 79°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″N 79°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″N 80°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″N 79°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′N 081°14′W / 48.450°N 81.233°W / 48.450; -81.233 (Dome mine) Timmins
Golden Giant Mine 48.00°41′N 85.00°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″N 79°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″N 79°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″N 79°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″N 79°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″N 93°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, 2025 - Present
Matachewan Consolidated mine Matachewan 1916 to 1954
McIntyre Mines
Norrie Mine* 47°06′59.59″N 79°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″N 79°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″N 93°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″N 79°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

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