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):

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

## Notes