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{{short description|Region of Canada}}
[[Image:Eastern Canada map.png|right|thumb|250px|Eastern Canada, defined politically.]]
'''Eastern Canada''' (also the '''Eastern provinces''') is the [[region]] of [[Canada]] generally considered to be east of [[Manitoba]], consisting of the following [[provinces and territories of Canada|provinces]]:
{{About|the grouping of all provinces east of Manitoba|the grouping of the Maritime provinces with Newfoundland and Labrador|Atlantic Canada}}
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| [[New Brunswick]] (NB) | [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] (NL) | [[Nova Scotia]] (NS) | [[Ontario]] (ON) | [[Prince Edward Island]] (PE) | [[Quebec]] (QC)
}}
| parts_type = Principal cities
| p1 = [[Toronto]]
| p2 = [[Montreal]]
| p3 = [[Ottawa]]
| p4 = [[Quebec City]]
| p5 = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
| p6 = [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]
| p7 = [[London, Ontario|London]]
| p8 = [[St. Catharines]]
| p9 = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
| p10 = [[Oshawa]]
| p11 = [[Barrie]]
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'''Eastern Canada''' ({{langx|fr|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 and territories of Canada|provinces]] (from east to west): [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Prince Edward Island]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Quebec]] and [[Ontario]].
* [[Ontario]]
* [[Quebec]]
* [[New Brunswick]]
* [[Prince Edward Island]]
* [[Nova Scotia]]
* [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]


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 [[The Maritimes|Maritime provinces]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maritime-provinces/|title=Maritime Provinces|publisher=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|language=en|access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref>


==Definitions==
==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:
Although ''Eastern Canada'' typically refers to the above provinces, especially to residents of [[Western Canada]], the region is often subdivided into [[Central Canada]] (Ontario and Quebec) and [[Atlantic Canada]] ([[Canadian Maritimes|the Maritimes]] and Newfoundland and Labrador). To many residents of Atlantic Canada, the term "Eastern Canada" refers only to that region.
* [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] - [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
* [[Nova Scotia]] - [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
* [[Prince Edward Island]] - [[Charlottetown]]
* [[New Brunswick]] - [[Fredericton]]
* [[Quebec]] - [[Quebec City]]
* [[Ontario]] - [[Toronto]]


==Definitions==
Historically, [[Canada East]] refers to the eastern portion of the former [[Province of Canada]]. This region was formally a colony called [[Lower Canada]].
[[File:Excise Inland revenue map of Eastern Canada, 1884 CTASC.jpg|thumb|Historical map of Eastern Canada (1884)]]
[[The Canadian Press]] defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including [[Thunder Bay]], Ontario.<ref>Canadian Press Style Guide. Canadian Press. 1995. p.471</ref>


==Population==
==Population==
The total population of this region is about 25,135,649 in 2021,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2021/PDF/POP_Can-Provs-Terrs_2021.pdf | title = Population Counts, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2021 and 2016 Censuses - 100% Data | publisher = Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency, Department of Finance | date = 2022-02-09 }}</ref> 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 [[List of North American cities by population|fourth largest municipality]] in North America.
[[File:Population density statistics canada.gif|thumb|[[Population of Canada|Canada population]] density map (2014)<br />'''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<ref name="McMurryShepherd2004">{{Cite book |last1=McMurry |first1=Peter H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1giH-mvhhw8C&pg=PA391 |title=Particulate Matter Science for Policy Makers: A NARSTO Assessment |last2=Shepherd |first2=Marjorie F. |last3=Vickery |first3=James S. |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-521-84287-7 |page=391}}</ref>|upright=1.3]]
;Largest metropolitan areas:
*[[Toronto]], Ontario - 6,254,191
*[[Montreal]], Quebec - 4,098,927
*[[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]] (Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec) - 1,568,381
*[[Quebec City]], Quebec - 807,200
*[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario - 536 917
*[[London, Ontario|London]], Ontario - 474 786
*[[Regional Municipality of Niagara|St. Catharines-Niagara]], Ontario - 447,888
*[[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], Ontario - 441 380
*[[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], Nova Scotia - 403,131
*[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], Ontario - 329,144
*[[Barrie, Ontario|Barrie]], Ontario - 212,667
*[[Sherbrooke]], Quebec - 212,105
*[[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], Newfoundland and Labrador - 205,955


The population of each province in 2016, from greatest to least is here:
The total population of this region is about 22,507,099, or about 70% of Canada's population. Most of the population resides in Ontario (nearly 13 million) and Quebec (nearly 8 Million).


*[[Ontario]] - 13,448,494
'''Largest Metropolitan Areas'''
*[[Quebec]] - 8,164,361

*[[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] - 5,603,600
*[[Nova Scotia]] - 923,598
*[[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]] - 3,663,000
*[[New Brunswick]] - 747,101
*[[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]] - 1,220,000
*[[Newfoundland and Labrador]] - 519,716
*[[Quebec City|Quebec City, Quebec]] - 710,000
*[[Prince Edward Island]] - 142,907
*[[Hamilton, Ontario]] - 710,000
*[[London, Ontario]] - 445,000
*[[Kitchener, Ontario]] - 435,000
*[[St. Catharines, Ontario]] - 385,000
*[[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Halifax, Nova Scotia]] - 375,000
*[[Windsor, Ontario]] - 325,000


==Politics==
==Politics==
{{Unsourced|section|date=November 2023}}
Eastern Canada is represented by 231 Members of Parliament out of the 338 (121 in Ontario, 78 in Quebec, and 32 in the [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic Provinces]]) and 78 senators out of 105.


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
At the federal political level, Eastern Canada is typically considered to be a stronghold for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], with the majority of its support in recent [[Canadian federal election|elections]] coming from this region. A notable exception is Quebec, which usually strongly supports the [[Bloc Québécois]].
|+2021 Federal Election Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2021app/home.html#3|title=Official Voting Results}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="3"|Party name
! [[Ontario|ON]]
! [[Quebec|QC]]
! [[New Brunswick|NB]]
! [[Nova Scotia|NS]]
! [[Prince Edward Island|PE]]
! [[Newfoundland and Labrador|NL]]
! Total
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} rowspan="2" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| style="text-align:left;"|Seats:
| 78
| 35
| 6
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 137
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Vote:
| 39.3
| 33.6
| 42.4
| 42.3
| 46.2
| 47.7
| &ndash;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} rowspan="2" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| style="text-align:left;"|Seats:
| 37
| 10
| 4
| 3
| &ndash;
| 1
| 55
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Vote:
| 34.9
| 18.6
| 33.6
| 29.4
| 31.6
| 32.5
| &ndash;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} rowspan="2" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]]
| style="text-align:left;"|Seats:
| 5
| 1
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| 6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Vote:
| 17.8
| 9.8
| 11.9
| 22.1
| 9.2
| 17.4
| &ndash;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|background}} rowspan="2" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Bloc Québécois]]
| style="text-align:left;"|Seats:
| &ndash;
| 32
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| 32
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Vote:
| &ndash;
| 32.1
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} rowspan="2" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
| style="text-align:left;"|Seats:
| 1
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
| 1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Vote:
| 2.2
| 1.5
| 5.2
| 1.9
| 9.6
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |Total seats
| 121
| 78
| 10
| 11
| 4
| 7
| 231
|}


{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
There are major exceptions, particularly in the rural areas of these provinces, where support for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] is strong. Increasingly, the split is becoming more [[urban-rural split|urban-rural]].
|+2021 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto"/>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:59.31%;" | 137
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:23.81%;" | 55
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:13.85%;" | 32
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:2.60%;" | 6
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:0.43%;" | 1
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|N}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}|G}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}


{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
Eastern Canada is represented by 213 MP's (106 in Ontario, 75 in Quebec and 32 in the Atlantic Provinces) and 78 senators.
|+2019 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/home.html|title=Official Voting Results}}</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:60.61%;" | 140
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:21.65%;" | 50
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:13.85%;" | 32
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:3.46%;" | 8
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:0.43%;" | 1
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|ND}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}|G}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}


{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
==See also==
|+2015 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2015app/home.html|title=Official Voting Results}}</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:65.80%;" | 152
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:19.48%;" | 45
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:10.39%;" | 24
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:4.32%;" | 10
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|NDP}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|BQ}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}


{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
* [[Central Canada]]
|+2011 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/scripts/ovr2011/default.html|title=OVR / ROS}}</ref>
* [[Atlantic Canada]]
|- style="color:white;"
* [[Western Canada]]
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:43.19%;" | 92
* [[Northern Canada]]
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:40.85%;" | 87
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:14.08%;" | 30
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:1.88%;" | 4

|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|New Democratic}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|B}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+2008 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2008/default.html|title=OVR / ROS}}</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:33.33%;" | 71
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:32.39%;" | 69
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:23.00%;" | 49
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:10.33%;" | 22
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:0.94%;" | 2
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|NDP}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|I}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+2006 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/default.html|title=OVR / ROS}}</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:40.85%;" | 87
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:27.70%;" | 59
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:23.94%;" | 51
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:7.04%;" | 15
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:0.47%;" | 1
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|NDP}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|I}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+2004 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2004/default.html|title=OVR / ROS}}</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:55.40%;" | 118
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:25.35%;" | 54
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:14.55%;" | 31
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:4.69%;" | 10
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|NDP}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+2000 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=pas&document=index&lang=e|title=Past elections – Elections Canada}}</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:73.81%;" | 155
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:18.10%;" | 38
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}; width:4.76%;" | 10
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:2.38%;" | 5
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Canadian Alliance}}; width:0.95%;" | 2
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|PC}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|N}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Canadian Alliance}}|C}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+1997 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto2"/>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:65.71%;" | 138
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:20.95%;" | 44
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}; width:9.05%;" | 19
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:3.81%;" | 8
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:0.48%;" | 1
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|PC}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|ND}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|I}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+1993 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ea8f2c37-90b6-4fee-857e-984d3060184e|title=History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867-2010 - Open Government Portal|first=Library of|last=Parliament|website=open.canada.ca}}</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:71.84%;" | 148
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:26.21%;" | 54
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}; width:0.97%;" | 2
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Reform}}; width:0.49%;" | 1
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:0.49%;" | 1
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|Bloc Québécois}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|P}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Reform}}|R}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|I}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+1988 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto1"/>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}; width:58.74%;" | 121
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:36.41%;" | 75
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:4.85%;" | 10
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|Progressive Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|NDP}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+1984 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto1"/>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}; width:74.26%;" | 150
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:18.81%;" | 38
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:6.44%;" | 13
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:0.50%;" | 1
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|Progressive Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|NDP}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|I}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit}}|}}
|}

{| style="width100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+1980 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada<ref name="auto1"/>
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:71.78%;" | 145
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}; width:25.74%;" | 52
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:2.48%;" | 5
|-
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|Liberal}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|Progressive Conservative}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|N}}
| {{color|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}|}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Eastern United States]]
* [[List of regions of Canada]]
* [[List of regions of Canada]]


==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Coord|47|11|22.96|N|70|8|12.19|W|region:CA|display=title}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Eastern Canada}}
* {{wiktionary-inline|Eastern Canada}}

{{Canada topics}}
{{Regions of North America}}
{{Authority control}}

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Latest revision as of 03:44, 21 December 2024

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.
Eastern Canada
Est du Canada (French)
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Area
 • Total
2,783,400 km2 (1,074,700 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
23,946,177
 • Density8.6/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.

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:

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]

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

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

Politics

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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[5]
Party name ON QC NB NS PE NL Total
     Liberal Seats: 78 35 6 8 4 6 137
Vote: 39.3 33.6 42.4 42.3 46.2 47.7 –
     Conservative Seats: 37 10 4 3 – 1 55
Vote: 34.9 18.6 33.6 29.4 31.6 32.5 –
     New Democratic Party Seats: 5 1 – – – – 6
Vote: 17.8 9.8 11.9 22.1 9.2 17.4 –
     Bloc Québécois Seats: – 32 – – – – 32
Vote: – 32.1 – – – – –
     Green Seats: 1 – – – – – 1
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[5]
137 55 32 6 1
Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois N G
2019 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[6]
140 50 32 8 1
Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois ND G
2015 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[7]
152 45 24 10
Liberal Conservative NDP BQ
2011 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[8]
92 87 30 4
Conservative New Democratic Liberal B
2008 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[9]
71 69 49 22 2
Conservative Liberal Bloc Québécois NDP I
2006 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[10]
87 59 51 15 1
Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois NDP I
2004 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[11]
118 54 31 10
Liberal Bloc Québécois Conservative NDP
2000 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[12]
155 38 10 5 2
Liberal Bloc Québécois PC N C
1997 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[12]
138 44 19 8 1
Liberal Bloc Québécois PC ND I
1993 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13]
148 54 2 1 1
Liberal Bloc Québécois P R I
1988 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13]
121 75 10
Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP
1984 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13]
150 38 13 1
Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP I
1980 Federal Election Seat Results for Eastern Canada[13]
145 52 5
Liberal Progressive Conservative N

See also

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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. ^ a b "Official Voting Results".
  6. ^ "Official Voting Results".
  7. ^ "Official Voting Results".
  8. ^ "OVR / ROS".
  9. ^ "OVR / ROS".
  10. ^ "OVR / ROS".
  11. ^ "OVR / ROS".
  12. ^ a b "Past elections – Elections Canada".
  13. ^ a b c d Parliament, Library of. "History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867-2010 - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca.

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