The 1,150-kilometre (710 mi) Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is the most densely-populated and heavily-industrialized region of Canada Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area and its common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the world's longest. With over 17 million people (2001 Census The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In contrast, the official Statistics Canada population), it contained 56.8% of the Canadian population and three of the six largest metropolitan areas The table below lists the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2001 Census and the Canada 2006 Census. Each metropolitan area is identified by its Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada. Any other municipality that comprises at least 10 per cent of the CMA in the country. In its relative importance to the country's economic and political infrastructure, it has many similarities to the Northeast megalopolis The Northeast megalopolis or Boston–Washington megalopolis is the heavily urbanized area of the United States stretching from the southern suburbs of Washington, D.C. to the northern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. As of 2000, the region supported over 17% of the U.S. population on less than 2% of the nation’s land area, with a population in the United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the.
The name is derived from the names of the cities at each end and was first popularized by Via Rail VIA Rail Canada is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada, which runs frequent passenger rail service on what it simply calls "The Corridor". Much like "Northeast Corridor The Northeast Corridor is the busiest passenger rail line in the United States by ridership and service frequency. The route is fully electrified and serves a densely urbanized string of cities from Washington, D.C., in the south through Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton, Newark, New York, New Haven, and Providence to Boston. It also" in the United States, the Quebec City Quebec , French: Québec ([keˈbɛk] ( listen)), also Quebec City or Québec City (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about 233 kilometres (145 mi) to the southwest. As of the 2006–Windsor Windsor is the southernmost major city in Canada and lies in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, although administratively separated from the county government. Windsor is located south of Detroit, is separated from that city by the Detroit River, and has views Corridor name has been expanded to refer to the geography and demography of the region the corridor traverses.
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