Hardly an ocean to ocean canal, is it ? I’m assuming the OP means two different oceans.
If the Caledonian Canal is admitted as connecting two oceans, then so does the Union Canal, which since 2002 has been connected with the Forth and Clyde canal.
EDIT : I see that he doesn’t mean two different oceans …
No I don’t mean two different oceans. I don’t think the Union Canal qualifies, since it only goes to the Forth & Clyde Canal. But the F&C Canal does, as far as I can tell.
There was also the Xerxes canal across the Mount Athos Peninsula which fell into disrepair almost as soon as it was built around 483 BC. It was only in the 1990s that archaeologists finally confirmed that it had crossed the entire width of the isthmus.
I’m not quite sure what is the “ocean to ocean” criterium; surely Corinthian canal is connecting two sides of the Aegean sea? The sea is part of the Mediterranean which is part of the Atlantic, but following that logic surely all sea-to-sea canals are ocean canals (save for inner seas such is the Caspian)?
No, the Göta Canal in the OP is multiple canals connecting lakes but it was built as a single project. None of the ones you suggested were, though, so they are right out.
That one looks good.
If you know of a sea-to-sea canal, propose it. The Caspian is a lake, by the way.
The salinity of a body of water has nothing to do with whether it’s a lake or not. There are salt or brackish lakes all over the world, such as the Great Salt Lake. Despite their size, the Great Lakes are considered lakes by geographers. So is the Dead Sea and as I said, the Caspian Sea. I’m going with this standard for this question.
As far as the difference between oceans and seas, for this question there is none.