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The six geographical regions of Canada defined by Statistics Canada: Atlantic. Quebec. Ontario. Prairies. British Columbia. Territories. The provinces and territories are sometimes grouped into regions, listed here from west to east by province, followed by the three territories.
Canada covers 9,984,670 km 2 (3,855,100 sq mi) and a panoply of various geoclimatic regions, of which there are seven main regions. Canada also encompasses vast maritime terrain, with the world's longest coastline of 243,042 kilometres (151,019 mi). The physical geography of Canada is widely varied.
- Atlantic Ocean, Sea Level
- Ranked 2nd
- Northern America
- Mount Logan, 5,959 m (19,551 ft)
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- Canadian Shield. With an area close to 5 million km2, the Canadian Shield covers 48 per cent of Canada's land surface (including freshwater lakes and Arctic islands).
- Western Cordillera. The Western Cordillera is about 800 km wide and extends from southern British Columbia north to the Yukon and the Beaufort Sea. While most of the Western Cordillera lies within these regions it also extends into southwestern Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
- Canadian Arctic. Canada's Arctic is located north of the Arctic Circle and comprises 2.1 million km2 (21 per cent of the country’s land area). The Arctic is Canada’s most complex physiographic region, in part because it overlaps with other regions, namely the Canadian Shield, Western Cordillera and Interior Plains.
- Appalachian Region. The Appalachian Region is 360,000 km2 or about 3.6 per cent of Canada's land surface. It lies between the St. Lawrence Lowlands to the northwest and the Atlantic Continental Shelf to the east and southeast.
- Canada’s Capital. The capital of Canada is Ottawa, a city located on the Ottawa River in Central Canada, in the Province of Ontario. It is in Ottawa where you will find Canada’s Parliament, Supreme Court and the Prime Minister’s residence, among other government-related sites.
- Provinces And Territories. Like the U.S., Canada is a federal state. It is composed of ten provinces and three territories, each of which have their own capital city.
- Population. Although Canada is a very large, its population is relatively small compared to other large countries. Canada is home to about 34 million people, most of whom live in cities.
- Atlantic Provinces. There are four Atlantic Provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Newfoundland and Labrador.
Quick Facts. Canada is the world's second-largest country, yet most of the land is uninhabited. The main regions of Canada are the mountainous west coast, flat central prairies, eastern forested plains, and frozen north. Almost every region in Canada is home to an abundance of forests, rivers, and lakes.
Ottawa, located on the Ottawa River, was chosen as the capital in 1857 by Queen Victoria, the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Today it is Canada’s fourth largest metropolitan area. The National Capital Region, 4,700 square kilometres surrounding Ottawa, preserves and enhances the area’s built heritage and natural environment.
Abstract. Canada’s landscape is very diversified and comprises several distinctive areas, called physiographic regions, each of which has its own topography and geology. This map shows the location of these physiographic regions, including their subregions and divisions.
