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
changeAlthough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
changeThe 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.
AlbertachangePrimary and secondary regionschange
British ColumbiachangePrimary, secondary, and local regionschange
ManitobachangePrimary and secondary regionschange
New BrunswickchangeLocal regionschange
Newfoundland and LabradorchangePrimary, secondary, and local regionschange
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Northwest TerritorieschangeNova ScotiachangePrimary and local regionschange
NunavutchangeAdministrative regionschangeOntariochangePrimary, secondary, and local regionschangePrince Edward IslandchangeLocal regionschange
QuebecchangePrimary and secondary regionschange
Local and administrative regionschange
SaskatchewanchangePrimary and local regionschange
YukonchangeLocal regionschange
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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.