Eastern Canada
Eastern Canada (also the Eastern provinces or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of the Hudson Bay/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
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 Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan) | |
| Composition | |
| Principal cities | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,783,400 km2 (1,074,700 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 23,946,177 |
| • Density | 8.6/km2 (22/sq mi) |
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.[1]