Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (French: provinces de l'Atlantique), 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 (188,000 sq mi), and had a population of over 2.4 million people. The provinces combined had an approximate GDP of $121.888 billion in 2011. The term Atlantic Canada was popularized following the admission of Newfoundland as a Canadian province in 1949.

Atlantic Canada
Provinces de l'Atlantique (French)
Region
Atlantic Canada (red) within the rest of Canada
CountryCanada
Composition
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Nova Scotia
  • Prince Edward Island
Most populous municipalityHalifax
Area
  Total488,000 km2 (188,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total2,409,874
  Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
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