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Eastern Canada Est du Canada (French)
Region
Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan)
Country	Canada
Composition	New Brunswick (NB) Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Nova Scotia (NS) Ontario (ON) Prince Edward Island (PE) Quebec (QC)
Principal cities	List Toronto Montreal Ottawa Quebec City Hamilton Kitchener London St. Catharines Halifax Oshawa Barrie
Area
• Total	2,783,400 km (1,074,700 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23,946,177
• Density	8.6/km (22/sq mi)

Eastern Canada (French: Est du Canada, also the Eastern provinces, Canadian East or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of Hudson Bay/Hudson Strait and east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces (from east to west): Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

Eastern Canada overlaps into other geographic regions; Ontario and Quebec, Canada's two largest provinces, define Central Canada, while the other provinces in Eastern Canada constitute Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are also known as the Maritime provinces.

Capitals

Ottawa, Canada's capital, is located in Eastern Canada, within the province of Ontario.

The capitals of the provinces are in the list below:

• Newfoundland and Labrador - St. John's
• Nova Scotia - Halifax
• Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown
• New Brunswick - Fredericton
• Quebec - Quebec City
• Ontario - Toronto

Definitions

The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Population

The total population of this region is about 25,135,649 in 2021, or about 70% of Canada's population. Most of the population resides in Ontario and Quebec. The region contains three of Canada's five largest metropolitan areas, Toronto being the fourth largest municipality in North America.

Largest metropolitan areas

• Toronto, Ontario - 6,254,191
• Montreal, Quebec - 4,098,927
• National Capital Region (Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec) - 1,568,381
• Quebec City, Quebec - 807,200
• Hamilton, Ontario - 536 917
• London, Ontario - 474 786
• St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario - 447,888
• Kitchener, Ontario - 441 380
• Halifax, Nova Scotia - 403,131
• Windsor, Ontario - 329,144
• Barrie, Ontario - 212,667
• Sherbrooke, Quebec - 212,105
• St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador - 205,955

The population of each province in 2016, from greatest to least is here:

• Ontario - 13,448,494
• Quebec - 8,164,361
• Nova Scotia - 923,598
• New Brunswick - 747,101
• Newfoundland and Labrador - 519,716
• Prince Edward Island - 142,907

Politics

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Eastern Canada is represented by 231 Members of Parliament out of the 338 (121 in Ontario, 78 in Quebec, and 32 in the Atlantic Provinces) and 78 senators out of 105.

See also

• Eastern United States
• List of regions of Canada

References

1. "Maritime Provinces". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
2. Canadian Press Style Guide. Canadian Press. 1995. p.471
3. "Population Counts, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2021 and 2016 Censuses - 100% Data" (PDF). Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency, Department of Finance. 2022-02-09.
4. McMurry, Peter H.; Shepherd, Marjorie F.; Vickery, James S. (2004). Particulate Matter Science for Policy Makers: A NARSTO Assessment. Cambridge University Press. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-521-84287-7.
5. ^ "Official Voting Results".
6. "Official Voting Results".
7. "Official Voting Results".
8. "OVR / ROS".
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11. "OVR / ROS".
12. ^ "Past elections – Elections Canada".
13. ^ Parliament, Library of. "History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867-2010 - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca.

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External links

• Media related to Eastern Canada at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of Eastern Canada at Wiktionary

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