Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada
Eastern Canada; Est du Canada (French)
	Region
	Eastern Canada (green) within the rest of Canada (tan)
Country	Canada
Provinces	New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
Area
• Total	2,783,400 km2 (1,074,700 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	23,946,177
• Density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)

Eastern Canada (also the Eastern provinces or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces:

Ontario and Quebec define Central Canada, while the other provinces constitute Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are also known as the Maritime Provinces.[1]

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:

Definitions

The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay, Ontario.[2]

Population

The total population of this region is about 23,946,177 in 2016, or about 70% of Canada's population. Most of the population resides in Ontario and Quebec. The region contains 3 of Canada's 5 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
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
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

Eastern Canada is represented by 213 Members of Parliament out of the 336 (106 in Ontario, 75 in Quebec and 32 in the Atlantic Provinces) and 78 senators out of 105.

References

"Maritime Provinces". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
Canadian Press Style Guide. Canadian Press. 1995. p.471

External links

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

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[1] "Maritime Provinces". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[2] Canadian Press Style Guide. Canadian Press. 1995. p.471