Eastern Canada

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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

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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.

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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

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

Politics

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2025 Federal Election Results for Eastern Canada[6]
Party name ON QC NB NS PE NL Total
Template:Canadian party colour rowspan="2" |     Liberal Seats: 70 44 6 10 4 4 138
Vote: 49.0 42.6 53.4 57.2 57.5 54.0
Template:Canadian party colour rowspan="2" |     Conservative Seats: 52 11 4 1 3 71
Vote: 43.8 23.3 40.8 35.2 36.9 39.7
Template:Canadian party colour rowspan="2" |     Bloc Québécois Seats: 22 22
Vote: 27.7
Template:Canadian party colour rowspan="2" |     New Democratic Party Seats: 1 1
Vote: 4.9 4.5 2.9 5.2 2.5 5.5
Template:Canadian party colour rowspan="2" |     Green Seats:
Vote: 1.2 0.9 1.7 0.9 2.2 0.1
Total seats 122 78 10 11 4 7 232
2025 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[6]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:59.48%;" | 138 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:30.60%;" | 71 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:9.48%;" | 22 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.43%;" | 1
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2021 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[6]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:59.31%;" | 137 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:23.81%;" | 55 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:13.85%;" | 32 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:2.60%;" | 6 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.43%;" | 1
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2019 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[7]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:60.61%;" | 140 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:21.65%;" | 50 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:13.85%;" | 32 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:3.46%;" | 8 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.43%;" | 1
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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
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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
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2008 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[10]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:33.33%;" | 71 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:32.39%;" | 69 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:23.00%;" | 49 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:10.33%;" | 22 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.94%;" | 2
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2006 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[11]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:40.85%;" | 87 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:27.70%;" | 59 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:23.94%;" | 51 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:7.04%;" | 15 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.47%;" | 1
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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
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2000 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:73.81%;" | 155 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:18.10%;" | 38 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:4.76%;" | 10 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:2.38%;" | 5 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.95%;" | 2
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1997 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:65.71%;" | 138 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:20.95%;" | 44 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:9.05%;" | 19 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:3.81%;" | 8 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.48%;" | 1
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1993 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[14]
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:71.84%;" | 148 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:26.21%;" | 54 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.97%;" | 2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.49%;" | 1 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width:0.49%;" | 1
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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 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />
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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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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See also

References

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