Maritimes

The Maritime Provinces, or simply the Maritimes, constitute a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes are located northeast of New England, southeast of Quebec's Gasp? peninsula, and southwest of Newfoundland.

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Newfoundland and Labrador is sometimes mistakenly identified as a Maritime Province, however it can only be properly called part of Atlantic Canada and thus an Atlantic Province. Although it is located on the Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence physically separates this province from the Maritimes. It also has a uniquely different history, as the colony joined Canada eight decades after the three Maritime provinces.

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There is occasional talk of a Maritime Union of the three provinces to have a greater say in national affairs, however, the first discussions on the subject in 1864 at the Charlottetown Conference led to the larger Canadian Confederation instead. So far this remains an idea and is not likely in the near future.

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Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia (Latin for New Scotland; Gaelic:Alba Nuadh; French: Nouvelle-?cosse; Mi'kmaq: Gespogwitg; German: Neu Schottland) is a Canadian province located on Canada's North Atlantic coast. It is the most populous province in Maritimes, and its capital, the Halifax Regional Muncipality, is the econ...

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