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Eastern Canada (Template:Langx , 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 .[ 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
File:Excise Inland revenue map of Eastern Canada, 1884 CTASC.jpg Historical map of Eastern Canada (1884)
The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay , Ontario.[ 2] 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,[ 3] 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.
File:Population density statistics canada.gif Canada population density map (2014)Top left: The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is the most densely inhabited and heavily industrialized region accounting for nearly 50 percent of the total population[ 4]
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:
Politics
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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.[ 5]
2015 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[ 8]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:65.80%;" | 152
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:19.48%;" | 45
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:10.39%;" | 24
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:4.32%;" | 10
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Liberal
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Conservative
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NDP
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />BQ
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2011 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[ 9]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:43.19%;" | 92
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:40.85%;" | 87
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:14.08%;" | 30
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:1.88%;" | 4
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Conservative
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />New Democratic
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2004 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[ 12]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:55.40%;" | 118
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:25.35%;" | 54
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:14.55%;" | 31
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:4.69%;" | 10
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Liberal
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Bloc Québécois
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Conservative
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NDP
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1988 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[ 14]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:58.74%;" | 121
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:36.41%;" | 75
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:4.85%;" | 10
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Progressive Conservative
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Liberal
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NDP
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1984 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[ 14]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:74.26%;" | 150
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:18.81%;" | 38
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:6.44%;" | 13
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:0.50%;" | 1
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<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Liberal
<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NDP
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1980 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[ 14]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:71.78%;" | 145
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:25.74%;" | 52
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour ; width:2.48%;" | 5
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<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />Progressive Conservative
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See also
References
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