Eastern Canada facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Eastern Canada Est du Canada  (French)
Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan)
Country	Canada
Composition	New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec
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  (2016)
• Total	23,946,177
• Density	8.60321/km2 (22.2822/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.

Ontario and Quebec, Canada's two largest provinces, define Central Canada; while the other provinces constitute Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are also known as the Maritime provinces.

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:

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

Definitions

Historical map of Eastern Canada (1884)

The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Population

The total population of this region is about 23,946,177 in 2016, 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.

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

See also

In Spanish: Este de Canadá para niños