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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

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

see also: List of regions of the Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

see also: List of regions of Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

See also

References