Eastern Ontario : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Eastern Ontario

Official name

Eastern Ontario

Settlement type

Subregion

Country

Canada Canada

Province

Ontario Ontario

Geography

Total Area

13628 sq mi (35296.5 km2)

Demography

Total Population

1603625 (2006)

Extended area

155970

Core area

1447655

Other information

Time zone

EST (UTC−5)

- Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC−4)

Postal code prefixes

Area code

613/343

Eastern Ontario (census population 1,603,625 in 2006) is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River. It shares water boundaries with Quebec to the north and New York State to the east and south, as well as a small land boundary with the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region of Quebec to the east.

It includes the census divisions of the following: the counties of Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Lanark, Renfrew, Leeds and Grenville, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington; and the single-tier municipality of Ottawa.

Some sources may also include Hastings, Prince Edward, and sometimes even Northumberland in the definition of Eastern Ontario, but others classify them as Central Ontario. Strictly speaking, Eastern Ontario refers to the part of the province that lies east of where Lake Ontario narrows into the St. Lawrence River.

The region may also be referred to as Southeastern Ontario to differentiate it from the Northern Ontario subregion of Northeastern Ontario.