Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada
Provinces de l'Atlantique (French)
Atlantic Canada (red) within the rest of Canada
Atlantic Canada (red) within the rest of Canada
CountryCanada
Composition
Most populous municipalityHalifax
Area
 • Total488,000 km2 (188,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total2,409,874
 • Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zones
The Maritimes and LabradorUTC-4:00 (AST)
NewfoundlandUTC-3:30 (NST)

Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (French: provinces de l'Atlantique), is the region of Eastern Canada comprising four provinces: 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 (188,000 sq mi), and had a population of over 2.4 million people. The term Atlantic Canada was popularized following the admission of Newfoundland as a Canadian province in 1949. The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is not included in the Maritimes, another significant regional term, but is included in Atlantic Canada.


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