Eastern Canada
Region of Canada
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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:
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Quebec City, Quebec
- Toronto, Ontario
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Definitions
The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay, Ontario. This definition excludes from Eastern Canada the sparsely populated section of Northwest Ontario that is west of Thunder Bay, that section including Rainy River District and the most populated part of Kenora District.
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, Ontario / Gatineau, 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 2021, from greatest to least is here:
- Ontario: 14,223,942
- Quebec: 8,501,833
- Nova Scotia: 969,383
- New Brunswick: 775,610
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 510,550
- Prince Edward Island: 154,331
Politics
In Canadian politics, Eastern Canada generally supports the Liberal Party. A notable exception is Central Ontario, which remains heavily conservative.
Eastern Canada is represented by 232 Members of Parliament out of the 338 (122 in Ontario, 78 in Quebec, and 32 in the Atlantic Provinces) and 78 senators out of 105.