Atlantic Canada 71095 219914615 2008-06-17T12:58:42Z Civil Engineer III 1001318 copyedit [[Image:Canada Atlantic provinces map.png|right|thumb|250px|The four Canadian Atlantic provinces.]] '''Atlantic Canada''', also known as the '''Atlantic provinces''', is the region of [[Canada]] comprising four [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provinces]] located on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic coast]]: the three [[Maritimes|Maritime provinces]] – [[New Brunswick]], [[Nova Scotia]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] – and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. The population of the Atlantic provinces was 2,332,535 in 2007[http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071219/d071219b.htm]. ==History== The first [[premier]] of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Joey Smallwood]], coined the term Atlantic Canada when Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949. He believed it would be presumptuous for Newfoundland and Labrador 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. The three maritime provinces joined Confederation in the nineteenth century: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1867 and Prince Edward Island in 1873. Occasionally, the Maritimes is used as a synonym for the ''Atlantic provinces'', but this usage is considered incorrect as the former generally excludes Newfoundland and Labrador. == Communities == [[Image:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg|right|150px]] [[Image:Flag of New Brunswick.svg|right|150px]] [[Image:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg|right|150px]] [[Image:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg|right|150px]] (List includes communities above 15,000, by population/metro area) [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=201&S=3&O=D&RPP=150] {| border=1 width=500px cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 ! style="background:#ccccff" |Community ! style="background:#ccccff" |Province ! style="background:#ccccff" |Population (2006) |- |[[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]] |[[Nova Scotia]] |372,858 |- |[[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] |[[Newfoundland and Labrador]] |181,113 |- |[[Moncton]] |[[New Brunswick]] |126,424 |- |[[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] |[[New Brunswick]] |122,389 |- |[[Cape Breton Regional Municipality]] (Sydney Metro Area) |[[Nova Scotia]] |105,928 |- |[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] |[[New Brunswick]] |85,688 |- |[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]] |[[Prince Edward Island]] |58,625 |- |[[Truro, Nova Scotia|Truro]] |[[Nova Scotia]] |45,077 |- |[[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia|New Glasgow]] |[[Nova Scotia]] |36,288 |- |[[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]] |[[New Brunswick]] |31,424 |- |[[Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador|Corner Brook]] |[[Newfoundland and Labrador]] |26,623 |- |[[Kentville, Nova Scotia|Kentville]] |[[Nova Scotia]] |25,969 |- |[[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]] |[[New Brunswick]] |24,737 |- |[[Edmundston, New Brunswick|Edmundston]] |[[New Brunswick]] |21,442 |- |[[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]] |[[Prince Edward Island]] |16,153 |} ==See also== *[[Aboriginal peoples in Atlantic Canada]] *[[List of regions of Canada]] ==References== *Margaret Conrad and James K. Hiller. ''Atlantic Canada: a concise history.'' Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, 2006. *Margaret Conrad and James K. Hiller. ''Atlantic Canada: a region in the making.'' Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001. ==External links== * [http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=atlantic&lang=En Atlas of Canada - Atlantic Region] * [http://www.ECanuck.com ECanuck Atlantic Canada] * [http://www.yourcity.ecanuck.com Atlantic Canadian cities and Surrounding areas] * [http://atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca/ Atlantic Canada Portal/Portail du Canada Atlantique] * [http://www2.acoa-apeca.gc.ca/investment/home.htm?lang=en Atlantic Canada - A Profitable Place to do Business] * [http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Canada_all1.html Historical Coins of Atlantic Canada] {{Canada topics}} [[Category:Regions of Canada]] [[de:Atlantische Provinzen]] [[es:Provincias atlánticas de Canadá]] [[fr:Provinces de l'Atlantique]] [[gl:Provincias atlánticas do Canadá]] [[it:Canada atlantico]] [[pl:Kanada Atlantycka]] [[pt:Províncias do Atlântico]] [[simple:Atlantic Canada]] [[sv:Atlantprovinserna]] [[zh:加拿大大西洋省份]]