Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada Est du Canada (French)
Region
Eastern Canada (red) within the rest of Canada (tan)
Country	Canada
Composition	New Brunswick (NB) Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Nova Scotia (NS) Ontario (ON) Prince Edward Island (PE) Quebec (QC)
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	8.6/km2 (22/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.^[1]