Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada Est du Canada (French)
Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan)
Country	Canada
Composition	New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec
Principal cities	List Toronto Montreal Ottawa Quebec City Hamilton Kitchener London St. Catharines Halifax Oshawa Barrie
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 (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.

Ontario and Quebec, Canada's two largest provinces, 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]

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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 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

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.

2021 Federal Election Results for Eastern Canada
Party name			ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	78	35	6	8	4	6	137
	Liberal	Vote:	39.3	33.6	42.4	42.3	46.2	47.7	–
	Conservative	Seats:	37	10	4	3	–	1	55
	Conservative	Vote:	34.9	18.6	33.6	29.4	31.6	32.5	–
	New Democratic Party	Seats:	5	1	–	–	–	–	6
	New Democratic Party	Vote:	17.8	9.8	11.9	22.1	9.2	17.4	–
	Bloc Québécois	Seats:	–	32	–	–	–	–	32
	Bloc Québécois	Vote:	–	32.1	–	–	–	–	–
	Green	Seats:	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Green	Vote:	2.2	1.5	5.2	1.9	9.6	–	–
Total seats			121	78	10	11	4	7	231

2021 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada
137	55	32	6	1
Liberal	Conservative	Bloc Québécois	NDP	G

2019 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada
140	50	32	8	1
Liberal	Conservative	Bloc Québécois	NDP	G

2015 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada
152	45	24	10
Liberal	Conservative	NDP	BQ

2011 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada
92	87	30	4
Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	BQ

2008 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada
71	69	49	22	2
Conservative	Liberal	Bloc Québécois	NDP	I

2006 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada
87	59	51	15	1
Liberal	Conservative	Bloc Québécois	NDP	I

2004 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada
118	54	31	10
Liberal	Bloc Québécois	Conservative	NDP

References

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

47°11′22.96″N 70°8′12.19″W / 47.1897111°N 70.1367194°W / 47.1897111; -70.1367194

External links

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

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