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 .
3-656: The Grenville Front Tectonic Zone is a geological feature in Eastern Canada that separates the Superior craton from rocks of the Grenville orogeny . It is a large tectonic zone of the Canadian Shield , extending from the northern shore of Lake Huron through Ontario and Quebec to Labrador , a distance of about 1,900 km (1,200 mi). This article about a specific Canadian geological feature
6-549: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eastern Canada 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 . Ottawa , Canada's capital, is located in Eastern Canada, within the province of Ontario. The capitals of
9-624: The provinces are in the list below: The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay , Ontario. 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. The population of each province in 2016, from greatest to least
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