Title: List of regions of Canada Content: 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):  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==== *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