Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic Provinces, consists of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Halifax and St. John’s.
Halifax
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Halifax is the capital city of Nova Scotia and the largest city in Atlantic Canada. The city's origins and rich maritime history derive from a strategic location and one of the world's great natural harbours.
St. John’s
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St. John's is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the oldest city in North America and is on the Avalon Peninsula in the southeast corner of the island of Newfoundland.
Fredericton
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Fredericton is the capital of New Brunswick, Canada. It is located along the St. John River. Fredericton is the cultural, artistic and educational centre of the province.
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Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia, is one of Canada's Atlantic Provinces. With just under one million inhabitants, it is the largest of the four and generally considered to be the touristic hub of the Maritimes.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the largest of Atlantic Canada's four provinces. Newfoundland is an island; Labrador is an adjoining mainland coastal region which abuts Quebec.
New Brunswick
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New Brunswick is one of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, and the country's only bilingual province with both English and French as official languages.
Prince Edward Island
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Prince Edward Island draws visitors from around the world who come for its beaches, golf courses, pastoral beauty, relaxed pace, and, of course, to see the island that inspired Lucy Maud Montgomery to write the Anne of Green Gables books.
Atlantic Canada
- Type: Region
- Description: four provinces of Canada on the Atlantic Ocean
- Also known as: “Atlantic provinces” and “Atlantic region (Canada)”
- Location: Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Atlantic Canada” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحل كندا الأطلسي”
- Armenian: “Ատլանտիկական Կանադա”
- Asturian: “Provincies atlántiques de Canadá”
- Basque: “Atlantikoko probintziak”
- Belarusian: “Атлантычная Канада”
- Catalan: “Províncies Atlàntiques del Canadà”
- Central Kurdish: “کەنەدای ئەتڵەسی”
- Chinese: “加拿大大西洋省份”
- Chinese: “大西洋沿岸”
- Dutch: “Atlantic Canada”
- Dutch: “Atlantisch Canada”
- Esperanto: “Atlantika Kanado”
- Esperanto: “Atlantikaj provincoj”
- Estonian: “Atlandi-Kanada”
- Estonian: “Kanada atlandirannik”
- French: “provinces atlantiques”
- French: “Provinces atlantiques”
- French: “Provinces de l’Atlantique”
- Galician: “Provincias atlánticas do Canadá”
- German: “Atlantische Provinzen”
- Greek: “Ανατολικός Καναδάς”
- Hebrew: “הפרובינציות האטלנטיות”
- Indonesian: “Atlantic Canada”
- Indonesian: “Atlantic provinces”
- Indonesian: “Kanada Atlantik”
- Indonesian: “provinsi-provinsi Atlantik”
- Italian: “Canada atlantico”
- Italian: “Province atlantiche”
- Japanese: “カナダ大西洋州”
- Japanese: “大西洋カナダ”
- Korean: “애틀랜틱 캐나다”
- Latin: “Canada Atlantica”
- Malayalam: “അറ്റ്ലാന്റിക് പ്രാന്തം”
- Persian: “آتلانتیک کانادا”
- Persian: “کانادای آتلانتیک”
- Polish: “Kanada Atlantycka”
- Polish: “Prowincje Atlantyckie”
- Portuguese: “Canadá Atlântico”
- Portuguese: “Províncias atlânticas do Canadá”
- Portuguese: “Províncias Atlânticas”
- Russian: “Атлантическая Канада”
- Serbian: “Атлантска Канада”
- Slovenian: “Atlantska Kanada”
- Slovenian: “atlantska regija”
- Slovenian: “atlantske province”
- Spanish: “Provincias atlanticas de Canada”
- Spanish: “Provincias atlánticas de Canadá”
- Spanish: “Provincias Atlánticas”
- Swedish: “Atlantprovinserna”
- Turkish: “Atlantik eyaletleri”
- Ukrainian: “Атлантична Канада”
- Venetian: “Cànada atlantego”
- Welsh: “Canada’r Iwerydd”
- Western Frisian: “Atlantysk Kanada”
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