List of regions of Canada

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

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
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

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 Primary and secondary regions Northern Alberta boreal forest Peace River Country Alberta's Rockies Palliser's Triangle (Alberta portion) Southern Alberta Cypress Hills Calgary Region Edmonton Capital Region Central Alberta Calgary–Edmonton Corridor British Columbia Primary, secondary, and local regions 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 Gray-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) Sunshine Coast Vancouver Island Greater Victoria Saanich Peninsula Western Communities South-central Island Cowichan Valley Chemainus Valley East-central Island Nanaimo-Parksville Comox Valley North Island Quatsino Sound Cape Scott Queen Charlotte Strait Johnstone Strait West Coast of Vancouver Island Kyuquot Sound Nootka Sound Clayoquot Sound Barkley Sound Alberni Valley Juan de Fuca region Gulf Islands Southern Gulf Islands Northern Gulf Islands Central Coast Queen Charlotte Strait Bella Coola Valley North Coast Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) Skeena Nass Stewart Country Manitoba Primary and secondary regions Northern Manitoba Central Manitoba Interlake Parkland Pallisers Triangle (Manitoba portion) Central Plains Eastman Westman Winnipeg Capital Region Pembina Valley New Brunswick Local regions Acadian Peninsula North Shore Gulf Shore Fundy Shore Fundy Isles Kennebecasis River Valley Republic of Madawaska Miramichi Valley St. John Valley Tantramar Greater Shediac Greater Moncton Greater Saint John Greater Fredericton Newfoundland and Labrador Primary, secondary, and local regions 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 Jack City Island

Northwest Territories Administrative regions of the Government of the Northwest Territories[2] Inuvik Region Sahtu Region Dehcho Region North Slave Region South Slave Region Nova Scotia Primary and local regions Cape Breton Island Industrial Cape Breton Cape Breton Highlands Nova Scotia Mainland Annapolis Valley Strait of Canso Area Central Nova Scotia Eastern Shore Greater Halifax Musquodoboit Valley North Shore South Shore Tantramar Nunavut Administrative regions Kitikmeot Region Kivalliq Region Qikiqtaaluk Region Ontario Primary, secondary, and local regions Northern Ontario Northwestern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Nickel Belt Southern Ontario Central Ontario Kawartha Lakes Muskoka Bay of Quinte Eastern Ontario National Capital Region Ottawa Valley Thousand Islands Southwestern Ontario Georgian Triangle Bruce Peninsula Thirty Thousand Islands Golden Horseshoe Greater Toronto Area Niagara Peninsula Prince Edward Island Local regions North Shore South Shore Summerside Area Charlottetown Area Quebec Primary and secondary regions Northern Quebec Arctic mountains (Quebec portion) Northern Arctic Shield (Quebec portion) Southern Arctic Shield (Quebec portion) Quebec Taiga Shield Hudson Bay Lowlands (Quebec portion) Quebec Boreal Shield Southeastern Boreal Shield (Quebec portion) Southern Quebec St. Lawrence Lowlands, North Shore (Quebec portion) St. Lawrence Lowlands, South Shore Hochelaga Islands Anticosti Island Appalachian Mountains (Quebec portion) Local and administrative regions Bas-Saint-Laurent Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Capitale-Nationale Mauricie Estrie Montreal Outaouais Abitibi-Témiscamingue Côte-Nord (North Shore) Nord-du-Québec (Northern Quebec) Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Chaudière-Appalaches Laval Lanaudière Laurentides Montérégie Centre-du-Québec Saskatchewan Primary and local regions Northern Saskatchewan Palliser's Triangle (Saskatchewan portion) Carlton Trail Region East Central Saskatchewan Regina area Saskatoon area Cypress Hills Yukon Local regions Klondike Southern Lakes

Notes

1. Used, for example, by EKOS Research polling, Harris-Decima polling Archived 2011-12-22 at the Wayback Machine.
2. "Government of the Northwest Territories - Municipal and Community Affairs". Archived from the original on 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2014-07-06.