Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada Provinces de l'Atlantique (Fr) The Atlantic Provinces | |
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Region | |
 Atlantic Canada (green) within the rest of Canada | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Provinces | New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island |
| Area | |
| • Total | 500,531 km2 (193,256 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 2,333,322 |
| • Density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island – and the easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The population of the four Atlantic provinces in 2016 was about 2,300,000[1] on half a million km2. The provinces combined had an approximate GDP of $121.888 billion[2] in 2011.
Contents
1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 Further reading
5 External links
History
The first Premier of Newfoundland, Joey Smallwood, coined the term "Atlantic Canada" when Newfoundland joined the Dominion of Canada in 1949. He believed that it would have been presumptuous for Newfoundland to assume that it could include itself within the existing term "Maritime Provinces," used to describe the cultural similarities shared by New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. The three Maritime provinces entered Confederation during the 19th century (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were founding members of the Dominion of Canada in 1867, and Prince Edward Island joined in 1873). Today, Atlantic Canada is a culturally distinct region of the country, with the original founding cultures of Mi'kmaq, Celtic, English, and French remaining strong and vibrant to this day.
Although Quebec has physical Atlantic coasts on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Ungava Bay, and the Hudson Strait, it is generally not considered an Atlantic Province, instead being classified as part of Central Canada along with Ontario.
2016 census figures for "Metropolitan Areas" (broadest definition, includes entire municipalities and all commuter municipalities) and "Population Centres" (limited to actual continuously-built-up area) in Atlantic Canada. The list includes communities above 10,000, by Metropolitan Area population, or 5,000 by Population Centre population.
| Community | Province | Population (Metropolitan)[3] | Population (Pop. Centre)[4] |
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Halifax | Nova Scotia | 403,390 | 316,701 |
St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | 205,955 | 178,427 |
Moncton | New Brunswick | 144,810 | 108,620 |
Saint John | New Brunswick | 126,202 | 58,341 – Saint John |
| 24,445 – Quispamsis-Rothesay | |||
Fredericton | New Brunswick | 101,760 | 59,405 |
Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | 98,722 | 29,904 – Sydney |
| 17,556 – Glace Bay | |||
| 12,823 – Sydney Mines | |||
Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | 69,325 | 44,739 |
Truro | Nova Scotia | 45,753 | 22,954 |
New Glasgow | Nova Scotia | 34,487 | 18,665 |
Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | 31,917 | 19,547 |
Bathurst | New Brunswick | 31,110 | 15,557 |
Miramichi | New Brunswick | 27,523 | 11,329 – Chatham-Douglastown |
Kentville | Nova Scotia | 26,222 | 12,088 |
Edmundston | New Brunswick | 23,524 | 12,086 |
Summerside | Prince Edward Island | 16,587 | 13,814 |
Grand Falls-Windsor | Newfoundland and Labrador | 14,171 | 12,046 |
Gander | Newfoundland and Labrador | 13,234 | 10,220 |
Campbellton | New Brunswick | 10,411 | 6,883 |
See also
Acadiensis, scholarly history journal covering Atlantic Canada- Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce
- List of regions of Canada
References
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-02-08..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory". Stats Canada. Nov 9, 2016. Retrieved Feb 7, 2017.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ "Population counts, for census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, population centres and rural areas, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
Further reading
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Hamilton, William Baillie (1996), Place names of Atlantic Canada, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-0471-7
MacEachern, Alan Andrew (2001), Natural selections: national parks in Atlantic Canada, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0-7735-2157-7
Martinez, Andrew J; Martinez, Candace Storm (2003), Marine Life of the North Atlantic: Canada to New England, Aqua Quest Publications, ISBN 1-881652-32-7
Prieur, Benoit (2005), Atlantic Canada, Ulysse Travel Publ, ISBN 2894647239
External links
 | Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Atlantic Provinces. |
 | Look up Atlantic Canada in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Atlas of Canada – Atlantic Region
- Atlantic Canadian cities and Surrounding areas
- Atlantic Canada Portal/Portail du Canada Atlantique
- Atlantic Canada a Profitable Place to do Business
- Historical Coins of Atlantic Canada
- East Coast Proud
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