The atlantic provinces (of canada)

NEW BRUNSWICK (NB)                              POP: 753,200 (Jan 2011)

NOVA SCOTIA (NS)                                    POP: 943,400 (Jan 2011)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PE)                    POP: 143,500 (Jan 2011)   

 

Statistics retrieved from Statistics Canada

 

New Brunswick (NB)

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  Postal short form is NB
  
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  Capital is Fredericton – university centre
  
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  Other major population centres:
  
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    Saint John – major sea port, Irving HQ
    
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    Moncton – (used to be rail centre), Acadian cultural HQ, air control centre for Maritime Canada
    

         From NS: - by Trans-Canada Hwy

- by ferry, Saint John

         From PEI: - by Confederation Bridge

         From Quebec: - by hwy, Edmundston and Campbellton

         From US: - by hwy, St. Stephen, Woodstock and

         By Ship:         - Saint John

         By Air            - Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton

(in-Canada flights only) 

Bodies of water off New Brunswick are:

        North – Gulf of St. Lawrence & Northumberland Strait

        East – Bay of Fundy

 Average temperatures:

        January   (-5 to -3 C) in the South*, (-15 to -10 C) in the North

          July        (11 – 19 C) in the South*, (20 – 25 C) in the North

*Note:  Temperatures are affected by proximity to water.

        Canada – 3 people per sq. km.

        NB – 10 people per sq. km

        Highest point is 820 metres. (Mount Carleton – Northern NB)

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  Postal short form is NS
  
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  Peninsula attached to NB (peninsula is land with water on 3 sides)
  
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  2 main land masses: mainland & Cape Breton Island
  
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  Capital – Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
  
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  Other main population areas: Dartmouth, Yarmouth & Sydney
  

        From NB - by hwy – Amherst

- by ferry – Digby

        From PEI - by ferry – Caribou

        From NL - by ferry – North Sydney

        By air - International Airport (Halifax Robert L.

        By ship - Halifax & Sydney

        North – Northumberland Strait & Cabot Strait (off Cape Breton Island)

        East & South – Atlantic Ocean

        West – Bay of Fundy

 

Average temperatures are:

        January   (-5 to -3 C)

        July        (11 to 19 C)

Note:  The ocean is the warmest in October!

        Canada – 3 people per sq. km.

        NS – 17 people per sq. km.

        Highest point is 532 metres. (CB Highland park).

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  Postal short form is PE
  
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  An island, the smallest province in Canada
  
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  Capital is Charlottetown
  

        From NB         - by Confederation Bridge (opened June 1997)

        From NS         - by ferry – Wood Islands

        By air             - Charlottetown (local flights only)

 

Bodies of water around PEI are:

        North & West – Gulf of St. Lawrence

        East & South – Northumberland Strait

 

Average temperatures are:

        January   (-3 to -11 C)

        July        (14 to 23 C)

Temperatures are very similar to NS in the summer and fall but much colder in the spring & winter due to prevailing winds blowing over water & ice.

 

Other Facts:

        Canada – 3 people per sq. km.

        PEI – 24 people per sq. km.

        Highest point is 142 metres.

Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)

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  Postal short form is NL
  
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  2 land masses – the island of Newfoundland & Labrador (LAB) on the mainland
  
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  Capital is St. John’s
  
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  Other major cities:
  
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    Mount Pearl – residential area for St. John’s
    
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    Corner Brook
    
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    Gander
    
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    Labrador City
    

         From NS         - by ferry - Port aux Basques (west) and Argentia (east)

         By Ship          - St. John’s (smaller ships go to smaller remote areas)

         By air            - Gander – International flights

- St. John’s (Canada flights only)

- Happy Valley – Goose Bay (LAB)

 

Bodies of water off the coast of Newfoundland & Labrador are:

        North, East, South – Atlantic Ocean (Labrador Sea)

        West – Gulf of St. Lawrence

 

Average temperatures of PEI are:

        Newfoundland

o       January   (-4 to -10 C)

o       July        (11 to 19 C)

        Labrador

o       July        (5 to 17 C)

 

Note:  The terrain (landforms) in Newfoundland and Labrador prevent settlement in most places.  The area is mountainous and wild.

 

Other Facts:

        Canada – 3 people per sq. km.

        NL – 1.3 people per sq. km.