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| 2 | List of Canadian islands by area - Islands over 2,500 km² |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | World Rank | Island's Name | Area (km²) | Area (sq mi) | Location | Permanent Population (2001) |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Baffin Island | 507,451 | 195,928 | Nunavut Nunavut | 9,563 |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Victoria Island | 217,291 | 83,897 | Northwest Territories Northwest Territories, Nunavut Nunavut | 1,707 |
| 6 | 3 | 10 | Ellesmere Island | 196,236 | 75,767 | Nunavut Nunavut | 168 |
| 7 | 4 | 16 | Newfoundland | 108,860 | 42,031 | Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador | 485,066 |
| 8 | 5 | 24 | Banks Island | 70,028 | 27,038 | Northwest Territories Northwest Territories | 114 |
| 9 | 6 | 27 | Devon Island | 55,247 | 21,331 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 32 | Axel Heiberg Island | 43,178 | 16,671 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 33 | Melville Island | 42,149 | 16,274 | Northwest Territories Northwest Territories, Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | 34 | Southampton Island | 41,214 | 15,913 | Nunavut Nunavut | 721 |
| 13 | 10 | 40 | Prince of Wales Island | 33,339 | 12,872 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | 43 | Vancouver Island | 31,285 | 12,079 | British Columbia British Columbia | 638,213 |
| 15 | 12 | 46 | Somerset Island | 24,786 | 9,570 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | 54 | Bathurst Island | 16,042 | 6,194 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | 55 | Prince Patrick Island | 15,848 | 6,119 | Northwest Territories Northwest Territories | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | 61 | King William Island | 13,111 | 5,062 | Nunavut Nunavut | 960 |
| 19 | 16 | 69 | Ellef Ringnes Island | 11,295 | 4,361 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 20 | 17 | 72 | Bylot Island | 11,067 | 4,273 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 21 | 18 | 77 | Cape Breton Island | 10,311 | 3,981 | Nova Scotia Nova Scotia | 140,893 |
| 22 | 19 | 78 | Prince Charles Island | 9,521 | 3,676 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 23 | 20 | 90 | Anticosti Island | 7,941 | 3,066 | Quebec Quebec | 266 |
| 24 | 21 | 97 | Cornwallis Island | 6,995 | 2,701 | Nunavut Nunavut | 215 |
| 25 | 22 | 101 | Graham Island | 6,361 | 2,456 | British Columbia British Columbia | 4,475 |
| 26 | 23 | 104 | Prince Edward Island | 5,620 | 2,170 | Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island | 135,294 |
| 27 | 24 | 107 | Coats Island | 5,498 | 2,123 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 28 | 25 | 111 | Amund Ringnes Island | 5,255 | 2,029 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 29 | 26 | 116 | Mackenzie King Island | 5,048 | 1,949 | Northwest Territories Northwest Territories, Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 30 | 27 | 127 | Stefansson Island | 4,463 | 1,723 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 31 | 28 | 158 | Mansel Island | 3,180 | 1,228 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 32 | 29 | 161 | Akimiski Island | 3,001 | 1,159 | Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 33 | 30 | 170 | Borden Island | 2,794 | 1,079 | Northwest Territories Northwest Territories, Nunavut Nunavut | 0 |
| 34 | 31 | 172 | Manitoulin Island | 2,766 | 1,068 | Ontario Ontario | 11,933 |
| 35 | 32 | 175 | Moresby Island | 2,608 | 1,007 | British Columbia British Columbia | 460 |

Question: How large Banks Island, both by area and by ranking?
Answer: Banks Island covers an area 70,028 km² (27,038 sq mi), and it is the world's 24th largest island and Canada's fifth largest island.