Central Canada

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Central Canada (sometimes the Central provinces) is a region comprised of Canada's two largest and most populous provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Central Canada, with the four Atlantic provinces, form Eastern Canada. The term "Central Canada" is less often used than the names of the individual provinces.

Despite its name, Central Canada is located entirely in the eastern half of the country, with Quebec extending further east than every province, except for Newfoundland and Labrador.

Historically, southern Ontario was once called Upper Canada and later Canada West, and southern Quebec Lower Canada and later Canada East. Both were made part of the United Province of Canada in 1841.^[1]

Longitudinally, the middle of Canada is a meridian passing just east of Winnipeg, Manitoba; the geographic centre of Canada is located near Arviat, Nunavut.

Combined, the two provinces have approximately 20 million inhabitants which represents 62% of Canada's population. They are represented in the Canadian House of Commons by 181 MPs (Ontario: 106, Quebec: 75) out of a total of 308. The southern portions of the two provinces — particularly the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor — are the most urbanized and industrialized areas of Canada, containing the country's two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal, and the national capital, Ottawa.

Major population centres in Central Canada

Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 population estimates^[2]

1. Toronto: 5,406,300
2. Montreal: 3,666,300
3. Ottawa-Gatineau: 1,158,300
4. Quebec City: 723,300
5. Hamilton: 716,200
6. London: 465,700
7. Kitchener: 463,600
8. St. Catharines–Niagara: 396,800
9. Windsor: 332,100
10. Oshawa: 344,400
11. Sherbrooke: 164,700
12. Sudbury: 162,000
13. Kingston: 155,000
14. Saguenay: 152,100
15. Trois-Rivières: 142,600
16. Thunder Bay: 125,400

References

1. ^ Constitutional Act of 1791, Act of Union 1840, British North America Acts (1867)
2. ^ Statistics Canada - Population of census metropolitan areas (2001 Census boundaries)

See also

• Eastern Canada
• Atlantic Canada
• Northern Canada
• Western Canada
• List of regions of Canada

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