List of regions of Canada
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There are two kinds of regions in Canada: those formed at the national level and sometimes used for the Canadian Senate, and those used within the provinces and territories.
National regions change
Although these regions have no official status or defined boundaries the Provinces and territories are sometimes informally grouped into the following regions (generally from west to east):
All provinces and territories | Senate divisions | Seven-region model[1] | Six-region model | Five-region model | Four-region model | Three-region model |
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British Columbia | Western Canada (24 seats) | British Columbia | Pacific Canada | Western Canada | Western Canada | Western Canada |
Alberta | Alberta | Prairies | ||||
Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan and Manitoba | |||||
Manitoba | ||||||
Ontario | Ontario (24 seats) | Ontario | Ontario | Ontario | Central Canada | Eastern Canada |
Quebec | Quebec (24 seats) | Quebec | Quebec | Quebec | ||
New Brunswick | The Maritimes (24 seats) | Atlantic Canada | Atlantic Canada | Atlantic Canada | Atlantic Canada | |
Prince Edward Island | ||||||
Nova Scotia | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador (6 seats) | |||||
Yukon | The North (Territories) (3 seats) | Northern Canada | Northern Canada | Northern Canada | Northern Canada | Northern Canada |
Northwest Territories | ||||||
Nunavut |
Other regions are:
- French Canada
- English Canada
- Arctic Canada (mostly Inuit -neither English nor French)
- Quebec City–Windsor Corridor
Seats in the Senate are equally divided among four regions: Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, and the West, with special status for Newfoundland and Labrador, and Northern Canada ("the North").
Provincial regions change
The provinces and territories are all sub-divided into regions for a variety of official and unofficial purposes. In some provinces, the regions are used for political purposes. In others, they are just geographic areas.
Alberta changePrimary and secondary regions change
British Columbia changePrimary, secondary, and local regions change
Manitoba changePrimary and secondary regions change
New Brunswick changeLocal regions change
Newfoundland and Labrador changePrimary, secondary, and local regions change
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Northwest Territories changeAdministrative regions of the Government of the Northwest Territories[2] changeNova Scotia changePrimary and local regions change
changeAdministrative regions changeOntario changePrimary, secondary, and local regions changePrince Edward Island changeLocal regions change
Quebec changePrimary and secondary regions change
Local and administrative regions change
Saskatchewan changePrimary and local regions change
Yukon changeLocal regions change
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Notes change
- ↑ Used, for example, by EKOS Research polling, Harris-Decima polling Archived 2011-12-22 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Government of the Northwest Territories - Municipal and Community Affairs". Archived from the original on 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2014-07-06.