Eastern Canada

Region of Canada

This article is about the grouping of all provinces east of Manitoba. For the grouping of the Maritime provinces with Newfoundland and Labrador, see Atlantic Canada.

Region in Canada

Eastern Canada

Est du Canada (French)

Region

Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan)

Country| Canada
Composition|

* New Brunswick (NB)
* Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
* Nova Scotia (NS)
* Ontario (ON)
* Prince Edward Island (PE)
* Quebec (QC)

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

(2021)

• Total

| 29,730,600
• Density| 11/km2 (28/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.

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

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Ottawa, Canada's capital, is located in Eastern Canada, within the province of Ontario.

The capitals of the provinces are in the list below:

* Newfoundland and Labrador \- St. John's
* Nova Scotia \- Halifax
* Prince Edward Island \- Charlottetown
* New Brunswick \- Fredericton
* Quebec \- Quebec City
* Ontario \- Toronto

## 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

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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.

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:

* 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

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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]

2025 Federal Election Results for Eastern Canada[6] Party name  | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | Total

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| Liberal | Seats:  | 70  | 44  | 6  | 10  | 4  | 4  | 138
Vote:  | 49.0  | 42.6  | 53.4  | 57.2  | 57.5  | 54.0  | -
| Conservative | Seats:  | 52  | 11  | 4  | 1  | - | 3  | 71
Vote:  | 43.8  | 23.3  | 40.8  | 35.2  | 36.9  | 39.7  | -
| Bloc Québécois | Seats:  | - | 22  | - | - | - | - | 22
Vote:  | - | 27.7  | - | - | - | - | -
| New Democratic Party | Seats:  | - | 1  | - | - | - | - | 1
Vote:  | 4.9  | 4.5  | 2.9  | 5.2  | 2.5  | 5.5  | -
| 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] 138  | 71  | 22  | 1

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Liberal | Conservative | Bloc | N |
2021 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[6] 137  | 55  | 32  | 6  | 1

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Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | N | G |
2019 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[7] 140  | 50  | 32  | 8  | 1

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Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | ND | G |
2015 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[8] 152  | 45  | 24  | 10

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Liberal | Conservative | NDP | BQ |
2011 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[9] 92  | 87  | 30  | 4

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Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | B |
2008 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[10] 71  | 69  | 49  | 22  | 2

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Conservative | Liberal | Bloc Québécois | NDP | I |
2006 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[11] 87  | 59  | 51  | 15  | 1

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Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | NDP | I |
2004 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[12] 118  | 54  | 31  | 10

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Liberal | Bloc Québécois | Conservative | NDP |
2000 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13] 155  | 38  | 10  | 5  | 2

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Liberal | Bloc Québécois | PC | N | C |
1997 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13] 138  | 44  | 19  | 8  | 1

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Liberal | Bloc Québécois | PC | ND | I |
1993 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[14] 148  | 54  | 2  | 1  | 1

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Liberal | Bloc Québécois | P | R | I |
1988 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[14] 121  | 75  | 10

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Progressive Conservative | Liberal | NDP |
1984 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[14] 150  | 38  | 13  | 1

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Progressive Conservative | Liberal | NDP | I |
1980 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[14] 145  | 52  | 5

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Liberal | Progressive Conservative | N |

## See also

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* Eastern United States
* List of regions of Canada

## References

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1. ^ "Maritime Provinces". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
2. ^ Canadian Press Style Guide. Canadian Press. 1995. p.471
3. ^ "Population Counts, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2021 and 2016 Censuses - 100% Data" (PDF). Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency, Department of Finance. 2022-02-09.
4. ^ McMurry, Peter H.; Shepherd, Marjorie F.; Vickery, James S. (2004). Particulate Matter Science for Policy Makers: A NARSTO Assessment. Cambridge University Press. p. 391\. ISBN 978-0-521-84287-7.
5. ^ https://enr.elections.ca/Provinces.aspx?lang=e [bare URL]
6. ^ a b c "Official Voting Results".
7. ^ "Official Voting Results".
8. ^ "Official Voting Results".
9. ^ "OVR / ROS".
10. ^ "OVR / ROS".
11. ^ "OVR / ROS".
12. ^ "OVR / ROS".
13. ^ a b "Past elections – Elections Canada".
14. ^ a b c d Parliament, Library of. "History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867-2010 - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca.

## External links

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

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