Atlantic Canada
Provinces de l'Atlantique (French) | |
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![]() Atlantic Canada (red) within the rest of Canada | |
Country | Canada |
Composition | |
Most populous municipality | Halifax |
Area | |
• Total | 488,000 km2 (188,000 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,409,874 |
• Density | 4/km2 (10/sq mi) |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.