Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Eastern Canada comprising the provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec. The four provinces are New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. As of 2021, the landmass of the four Atlantic provinces was approximately 488,000 km2, and had a population of over 2.4 million people. The provinces combined had an approximate GDP of $121.888 billion[1] in 2011. The term Atlantic Canada was popularized following the admission of Newfoundland as a Canadian province in 1949.
Atlantic Canada
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Composition | |
Most populous municipality | Halifax |
Area | |
• Total | 487,924.76 km2 (188,388.80 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,409,874 |
• Density | 4/km2 (10/sq mi) |
History
The first premier of Newfoundland, Joey Smallwood, coined the term "Atlantic Canada" when Newfoundland joined 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).
Geography
Although Quebec has a physical Atlantic coast on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it is generally not considered an Atlantic Province, instead being classified as part of Central Canada along with Ontario. Atlantic and Central Canada together are also known as Eastern Canada. The following tables use Statistics Canada's 2021 Census Data.
Municipal Geography
Municipality | Province | Metropolitan (CMA/CA) land area (km2) | Municipal land area (km2) | Urban (population centre) land area (km2) | References |
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Halifax | Nova Scotia | 7,276.22 | 5,475.57 | 238.29 | [2] [3] [4] |
St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | 931.56 | 446.02 | 178 | [5] [6] [7] |
Moncton | New Brunswick | 2,562.47 | 140.67 | 110.73 | [8] [9] [10] |
Saint John | New Brunswick | 3,505.66 | 315.59 | 70.05 | [11] [12] [13] |
Fredericton | New Brunswick | 6,014.66 | 133.93 | 89.60 | [14] [15] [16] |
Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | 2,457.21 | 2,419.70 | 30.91 | [17] [18] [19] |
Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | 1,112.43 | 44.27 | 57.56 | [20] [21] [22] |
Truro | Nova Scotia | 2,732.53 | 37.52 | 31.52 | [23] [24] [25] |
New Glasgow | Nova Scotia | 2,066.47 | 9.96 | 29.82 | [26] [27] [28] |
Bathurst | New Brunswick | 2,100.05 | 91.62 | 27.92 | [29] [30] [31] |
Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,122.58 | 147.88 | 21.60 | [32] [33] [34] |
Miramichi | New Brunswick | 7,564.06 | 178.98 | 27.78 | [35] [36] [37] |
Kentville | Nova Scotia | 607.05 | 17.08 | 27.98 | [38] [39] [40] |
Edmundston | New Brunswick | 1,582.36 | 106.84 | 19.06 | [41] [42] [43] |
Summerside | Prince Edward Island | 125.12 | 28.21 | 16.97 | [44] [45] [46] |
Grand Falls-Windsor | Newfoundland and Labrador | 54.84 | 54.84 | 12.34 | [47] [48] [49] |
Provincial Geography
Province | Land area (km2) | References |
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New Brunswick | 71,248.50 | [50] |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 358,170.37 | [51] |
Nova Scotia | 52,824.71 | [52] |
Prince Edward Island | 5,681.18 | [53] |
Demographics
The following tables provide 2021 census figures for "Metropolitan Areas" (built from entire municipalities) and "Population Centres" (limited to actual continuously-built-up areas) in Atlantic Canada. The list includes communities above 15,000, by Metropolitan Area population, or 10,000 by Population Centre population.
Municipal populations
Municipality | Province | Type of Municipality | Population of Metropolitan Area (CA/CMA) | Population of Municipality | Population of Urban Area | References |
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Halifax | Nova Scotia | Municipality | 465,703 | 439,819 | 348,634 | [54] [55] [56] |
St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | City | 212,579 | 110,525 | 185,565 | [57] [58] [59] |
Moncton | New Brunswick | City | 157,717 | 79,470 | 119,785 | [60] [61] [62] |
Saint John | New Brunswick | City | 130,613 | 69,895 | 63,447 | [63] [64] [65] |
Fredericton | New Brunswick | City | 108,610 | 63,116 | 64,614 | [66] [67] [68] |
Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Municipality | 98,318 | 93,694 | 30,960 | [69] [70] [71] |
Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | City | 78,858 | 38,809 | 52,390 | [72] [73] [74] |
Truro | Nova Scotia | Town | 46,157 | 12,954 | 23,583 | [75] [76] [77] |
New Glasgow | Nova Scotia | Town | 34,397 | 9,471 | 19,316 | [78] [79] [80] |
Bathurst | New Brunswick | City | 31,387 | 12,157 | 15,985 | [81] [82] [83] |
Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | City | 29,762 | 19,333 | 19,129 | [84] [85] [86] |
Miramichi | New Brunswick | City | 27,593 | 17,692 | 11,594 | [87] [88] [89] |
Kentville | Nova Scotia | Town | 26,929 | 6,630 | 14,905 | [90] [91] [92] |
Edmundston | New Brunswick | City | 22,144 | 16,437 | 13,125 | [93] [94] [95] |
Summerside | Prince Edward Island | City | 18,157 | 16,001 | 14,952 | [96] [97] [98] |
Grand Falls-Windsor | Newfoundland and Labrador | Town | 13,853 | 13,853 | 11,986 | [99] [100] [101] |
Provincial populations
Province | Population | Population density (people per km2) | Reference |
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New Brunswick | 775,610 | 10 | [102] |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 510,550 | 1 | [103] |
Nova Scotia | 969,383 | 18 | [104] |
Prince Edward Island | 154,331 | 27 | [105] |
See also
- Acadiensis, scholarly history journal covering Atlantic Canada
- Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce
- List of regions of Canada
- Atlantic Northeast
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Further reading
- 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