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Central Canada

<p><b>Central Canada</b> (<a href="/en/French_language" title="French language" class="wl">French</a><span>: </span><i lang="fr">Centre du Canada</i>, sometimes the <b>Central provinces</b>) is a region consisting of <a href="/en/Canada" title="Canada" class="wl">Canada</a>'s two largest and most populous <a href="/en/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada" class="wl">provinces</a>: <a href="/en/Ontario" title="Ontario" class="wl">Ontario</a> and <a href="/en/Quebec" title="Quebec" class="wl">Quebec</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> Geographically, they are not at the centre of Canada but instead overlap with <a href="/en/Eastern_Canada" title="Eastern Canada" class="wl">Eastern Canada</a> toward the east. Because of their large populations, Ontario and Quebec have traditionally held a significant amount of political power in Canada, leading to some amount of resentment from other regions of the country. Before <a href="/en/Canadian_Confederation" title="Canadian Confederation" class="wl">Confederation</a>, the term "Canada" specifically referred to Central Canada. Today, the term "Central Canada" is less often used than the names of the individual provinces.</p>

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Central Canada, Composition, Largest city, La...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Central Canada</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid white;width:268px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="notheme"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse" class="notheme"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span><a href="/en/File:Canada_ottawa_parliament_monument_landscape-1051590.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Canada_ottawa_parliament_monument_landscape-1051590.jpg"><img loading="lazy" 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href="/en/File:August_2012_Bay_and_King_Bank_Towers_Toronto_Looking_Up_(7695092848)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:August_2012_Bay_and_King_Bank_Towers_Toronto_Looking_Up_(7695092848)_(cropped).jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/August_2012_Bay_and_King_Bank_Towers_Toronto_Looking_Up_%287695092848%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/133px-August_2012_Bay_and_King_Bank_Towers_Toronto_Looking_Up_%287695092848%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" data-file-type="bitmap" height="133" width="133" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/August_2012_Bay_and_King_Bank_Towers_Toronto_Looking_Up_%287695092848%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-August_2012_Bay_and_King_Bank_Towers_Toronto_Looking_Up_%287695092848%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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<a href="/en/Parliament_Building_(Quebec)" title="Parliament Building (Quebec)" class="wl">Parliament Building</a>, <a href="/en/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City" class="wl">Quebec City</a>; <a href="/en/Montreal" title="Montreal" class="wl">Montreal</a>'s <a href="/en/Place_d'Armes" title="Place d'Armes" class="wl">Place d'Armes</a>; Corner of <a href="/en/Bay_Street" title="Bay Street" class="wl">Bay</a> &amp; <a href="/en/King_Street_(Toronto)" title="King Street (Toronto)" class="wl">King</a>, <a href="/en/Toronto" title="Toronto" class="wl">Toronto</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Central_provinces_in_Canada.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Map of Central Canada, defined politically" data-hash="File:Central_provinces_in_Canada.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Map of Central Canada, defined politically" 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li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="line-height: inherit;"><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_Ontario.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1200" data-file-type="drawing" height="12" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><a href="/en/Ontario" title="Ontario" class="wl">Ontario</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_Quebec.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/23px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" data-file-type="drawing" height="15" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/35px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/45px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><a href="/en/Quebec" title="Quebec" class="wl">Quebec</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Toronto" title="Toronto" class="wl">Toronto</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest metro</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Greater_Toronto_Area" title="Greater Toronto Area" class="wl">Greater Toronto Area</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">2,265,154<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup> (874,581<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"><span>&nbsp;</span></span>(2016)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">21,612,855</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Density</th><td class="infobox-data">9.5/km<sup>2</sup> (25/sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



Central Canada is a region consisting of Canada's two largest and most populous provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Geographically, they are not at the centre of Canada but instead overlap with Eastern Canada toward the east. Because of their large populations, Ontario and Quebec have traditionally held a significant amount of political power in Canada, leading to some amount of resentment from other regions of the country. Before Confederation, the term "Canada" specifically referred to Central Canada. Today, the term "Central Canada" is less often used than the names of the individual provinces. 