List of regions of Canada

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National regions

Provinces and territories are normally grouped into the following sociopolitical regions (generally from west to east):

Western Canada Pacific Coast British Columbia
Prairies Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Eastern Canada Central Canada Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic Canada Maritimes New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut

Other regions are:

Seats in the Senate are equally divided among four regions: Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, and the West, with special status for Newfoundland and the North.

Provincial regions

The provinces and territories are all sub-divided into regions for a variety of official and unofficial purposes. In some provinces, the regions have been officially defined by their respective governments. In others, the "regions" have no official status.

Alberta

  • Northern Alberta
    • Peace River Country
  • Alberta's Rockies
  • Southern Alberta
    • Cypress Hills
    • Palliser's Triangle
  • Calgary Region
  • Edmonton Capital Region
  • Central Alberta
    • Calgary–Edmonton Corridor

British Columbia

  • British Columbia Interior
    • Atlin District
    • Stikine Country
    • Peace River Country
    • Nechako
    • Bulkley
    • Cariboo
      • Interlakes
      • Fraser Canyon
    • Chilcotin
    • Omineca-Prince George
    • Robson Valley
    • Kootenays
      • West Kootenay
        • Slocan
        • Arrow Lakes
      • East Kootenay
        • Elk Valley
        • Columbia Valley
      • Columbia Country
        • Big Bend Country
        • Columbia Valley
    • Okanagan
    • Boundary
    • Similkameen
    • Thompson
      • Nicola
      • Bonaparte
      • Wells Grey-Clearwater
    • Shuswap
    • Lillooet-Fraser Canyon
      • Bridge River Country
  • South Coast
    • Lower Mainland
      • Greater Vancouver
      • Fraser Valley
    • Sea-to-Sky Corridor
      • Pemberton Valley (also part of Lillooet Country)
      • Gates Valley (also part of Lillooet Country)
  • South Coast
    • Gulf Islands
      • Southern Gulf Islands
      • Northern Gulf Islands
    • Sunshine Coast
    • Vancouver Island
      • Greater Victoria
        • Saanich Peninsula
      • Mid-Island
        • Cowichan Valley
        • Nanaimo-Parksville
        • Comox Valley
      • North Island
      • West Coast of Vancouver Island
      • Juan de Fuca region
  • Central Coast
    • Queen Charlotte Strait
    • Bella Coola Valley
  • North Coast

Manitoba

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

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Labrador
    • Labrador West
    • Labrador Coast
    • Nunatsiavut
  • Newfoundland
    • Avalon Peninsula
    • Burin Peninsula
    • Bonavista Peninsula
    • South Coast
    • West Coast
      • Bay of Islands
        • South Shore Bay of Islands
        • North Shore Bay of Islands
        • Corner Brook
      • Bay St. George
        • Bay St. George South
      • Bonne Bay
      • Gros Morne
      • Port au Port Peninsula
    • Great Northern Peninsula
      • White Bay
    • Northeast Coast
    • Fogo Island

Northwest Territories

see also: List of regions of the Northwest Territories

  • Census divisions[1]
    • Fort Smith Region
    • Inuvik Region
  • Administrative divisions of the Government of the Northwest Territories[2]
    • Inuvik Region
    • Sahtu Region
    • Dehcho Region
    • North Slave Region
    • South Slave Region

Nova Scotia

  • Annapolis Valley
  • Cape Breton Island
    • Industrial Cape Breton
    • Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM)
    • Cape Breton Highlands
    • Strait of Canso Area
  • Central Nova Scotia
  • Eastern Shore
  • Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
  • Musquodoboit Valley
  • North Shore
  • Northern Nova Scotia
  • South Shore
  • Southwestern Nova Scotia
  • Tantramar

Nunavut

see also: List of regions of Nunavut

  • Kitikmeot Region
  • Kivalliq Region
  • Qikiqtaaluk Region

Ontario

  • Northern Ontario
    • Northwestern Ontario
    • Northeastern Ontario
      • Nickel Belt
  • Southern Ontario
    • Southwestern Ontario
      • Georgian Triangle
        • Bruce Peninsula
    • Golden Horseshoe
    • Central Ontario
      • Kawartha Lakes
      • Muskoka
      • Haliburton
      • Bay of Quinte
    • Eastern Ontario
      • Ottawa Valley
      • National Capital Region
      • Thousand Islands
      • Upper Ottawa Valley

Prince Edward Island

  • North Shore
  • South Shore
  • West Prince
  • East Prince/Summerside Area
  • Queens
  • Charlottetown Area
  • Kings

Quebec

  • Eastern Townships
  • Montérégie
  • Laurentian Mountains
  • Greater Montreal
  • Northern Quebec
  • Outaouais
  • Greater Quebec City Area
  • Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
  • Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lower Saint-Lawrence)
  • Eastern Quebec
  • Gaspésie
  • Côte-Nord
  • Île Jésus
  • Island of Montreal
  • Île Perrot
  • Île d'Orléans
  • L'Île-Bizard, Quebec
  • Anticosti Island
  • Magdalen Islands

Saskatchewan

  • Carlton Trail Region
  • East Central Saskatchewan
  • Northern Saskatchewan
  • Greater Regina Area
  • Greater Saskatoon Area
  • Southeastern Saskatchewan
  • Southwestern Saskatchewan
    • Palliser's Triangle
    • Coteau Hills
    • Cypress Hills
  • West Central Saskatchewan
  • Lakeland Region

Yukon

  • Klondike

See also

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