Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada (also the Eastern provinces 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
Est du Canada (French)
Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan)
Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan)
Composition
Principal cities
Area
  Total2,783,400 km2 (1,074,700 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total23,946,177
  Density8.6/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]


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