Atlantic Canada
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The four Canadian Atlantic provinces. |
Atlantic Canada, also known as the
Atlantic provinces, is the name given to the four
Canadian provinces located on
Canada's
Atlantic coast. The provinces consist of the three
Maritimes;
New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island, with the addition of
Newfoundland and Labrador. The population of the Atlantic provinces was 2.3 million in 2004.
The first
premier of
Newfoundland and
Labrador,
Joey Smallwood, coined the term
Atlantic Canada when
Newfoundland joined
Canada in
1949. He believed it would be presumptuous for Newfoundland to assume that it could include itself within the existing term "Maritime Provinces", used to describe the cultural similarities between
Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward Island, and
New Brunswick.
Occasionally the Maritimes is used as a synonym for the
Atlantic provinces, but this usage is considered incorrect.
(by population/metro area) [
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| Community | Province | 2001 | | Halifax R.M. | Nova Scotia | 359,183 |
| St. John's | Newfoundland & Labrador | 172,918 |
| Saint John | New Brunswick | 122,678 |
| Moncton | New Brunswick | 117,727 |
| Cape Breton RM (Sydney) | Nova Scotia | 109 330 |
| Fredericton | New Brunswick | 81,346 |
| Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | 58,358 |
| Truro | Nova Scotia | 44,276 |
| Corner Brook | Newfoundland & Labrador | 25,747 |
| New Glasgow | Nova Scotia | 25,570 |
| Kentville | Nova Scotia | 25,172 |
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Aboriginal peoples in Atlantic Canada*
Maritimes*
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Central Canada*
Canadian Arctic*
List of regions of Canada*
Atlas of Canada - Atlantic Region*
Atlantic Canadian Portal*
Atlantic Canadian cities and Surrounding area's
