Eastern Canada

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==

The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay, Ontario. 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, 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. 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|upright=1.3 ;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 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. } } } } } } } } } } } } } } ==See also==