List of regions of Canada - Definition and Overview

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Regions Provinces and territories

This is a list of regions of Canada that are not provinces or counties.

From west to east, Canadian provinces are normally grouped into the following regions. (* flags regional rather than provincial names).

Western Canada*

British Columbia

Prairie Provinces*

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Central Canada*

Ontario

Quebec

Atlantic Canada*

Newfoundland and Labrador

Canadian Maritimes*

Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Canadian Arctic or Northern Canada are collective names for the three northern territories - Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

Other regions are:

• French Canada
• Pacific Canada
• Acadia
• Quebec-Windsor Corridor
• Four Corners

By province:

Alberta

• Alberta's Heartland
• Northern Alberta
• Alberta's Rockies
• Southern Alberta
• Greater Calgary Area
• Greater Edmonton Area
• Cypress Hills
• Central Alberta

British Columbia

• British Columbia Interior
• Lower Mainland
• Vancouver Island
• Northern British Columbia
• Kootenay
• British Columbian Rockies
• Central British Columbia
• Fraser Valley
• Greater Vancouver Area
• Gulf Islands
• Sunshine Coast
• Okanagan
• Thompson Nicola
• Whistler & Area
• Bowen Island
• Pender Island
• Queen Charlotte Islands
• Nechako
• North Coast
• Peace River
• Cariboo
• Greater Victoria

Manitoba

List of Manitoba regions

• Northern
• Interlake
• Central Plains
• Eastman
• Westman
• Winnipeg Capital Region
• Parkland
• Pembina Valley

New Brunswick

• Acadian Peninsula
• North shore
• Gulf shore
• Fundy shore
• Fundy Isles
• Republic of Madawaska
• Miramichi valley
• St. John valley
• Tantramar
• Greater Moncton
• Greater Saint John
• Greater Fredericton

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Labrador
  • Labrador West
  • Labrador Coast
• Avalon Peninsula
• Burin Peninsula
• Bonavista Peninsula
• Great Northern Peninsula
• South Coast
• West Coast
• Northeast Coast
• Port au Port Peninsula
• Fogo Island

Northwest Territories

• Mackenzie River Delta
• Mackenzie River Valley

Nova Scotia

• Cape Breton Island
• Industrial Cape Breton
• Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM)
• Sable Island
• South shore
• Eastern shore
• North shore
• Annapolis Valley
• Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)

Nunavut

• Official regions
  • Baffin
  • Keewatin
  • Kitikmeot

Ontario

• Bluewater
• Bruce Peninsula
• Central Ontario
• Eastern Ontario
• Georgian Triangle
• Golden Horseshoe
• Greater Toronto Area
• Kawartha Lakes
• Kitchener-Waterloo
• Muskoka
• National Capital Region
• Niagara Peninsula
• Nickel Belt
• Northern Ontario
  • Northeastern Ontario
  • Northwestern Ontario
• Ottawa Valley
• Pelee Island
• Thousand Islands
• Western Ontario

Prince Edward Island

• North shore
• South shore
• West Prince
• East Prince/Summerside area
• Queens
• Charlottetown area
• Kings

Quebec

see list of Quebec regions for an official list of Quebec's regions

• Eastern Townships
• Montérégie
• Laurentian Mountains
• Greater Montreal Area
• Northern Quebec
• Ouatouais
• Greater Quebec City Area
• Saguenay
• Sud-de-Saint-Laurent
• Eastern Quebec
• Gaspésie
• Côte-Nord
• Île Jésus
• Island of Montreal
• Île Perrot
• Île d'Orléans
• Île-Bizard, Quebec
• Anticosti Island
• Magdalen Islands

Saskatchewan

• East Central Saskatchewan
• Northern Saskatchewan
• Greater Regina Area
• Greater Saskatoon Area
• Southeastern Saskatchewan
• Southwestern Saskatchewan
• West Central Saskatchewan
• Cypress Hills

Yukon

• Klondike

See also: List of regions of the United States, Lists of unofficial regions by country