Population
Combined, the two provinces have approximately 20 million inhabitants which represents 62% of Canada's population. They are represented in the Canadian House of Commons by 181 Members of Parliament (Ontario: 106, Quebec: 75) out of a total of 308. The southern portions of the two provinces — particularly the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor — are the most urbanized and industrialized areas of Canada, containing the country's two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal, and the national capital, Ottawa.
- Census Metropolitan Areas, 2007 population estimates
- Toronto, ON: 5,606,300
- Montréal, QC: 3,814,300
- Ottawa, ON–Gatineau, QC: 1,158,300
- Québec, QC: 723,300
- Hamilton, ON: 716,200
- London, ON: 465,700
- Kitchener, ON: 463,600
- St. Catharines–Niagara, ON: 396,800
- Oshawa, ON: 344,400
- Windsor, ON: 332,100
- Sherbrooke, QC: 218,700
- Sudbury, ON: 162,000
- Kingston, ON: 155,000
- Saguenay, QC: 152,100
- Trois-Rivières, QC: 142,600
- Thunder Bay, ON: 125,400
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