Atlantic Canada
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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.
History of the term
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.
Communities
(by population/metro area) [link]
| Community | Province | 2001 |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 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 |
See also
- Aboriginal peoples in Atlantic Canada
- Maritimes
- Eastern Canada
- Central Canada
- Canadian Arctic
- List of regions of Canada
External links
- [Atlas of Canada - Atlantic Region]
- [Atlantic Canadian Portal]
- [Atlantic Canadian cities and Surrounding area's]
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