AtlanticCanada, also known as the Atlanticprovinces, is the name given to the four Canadian provinces located on Canada'sAtlantic coast.
The population of the Atlanticprovinces was 2.3 million in 2004.
He believed it would be presumptuous for Newfoundland to assume that it could include itself within the existing term "Maritimeprovinces", used to describe the cultural similarities between Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.
The number of census farms in AtlanticCanada declined sharply between 1996 and 2001, continuing a long-term trend.
The average farm in AtlanticCanada was 287 acres in 2001, up from 256 acres in 1996 and 233 acres in 1981.
In 2000 in AtlanticCanada, the ratio of operating expenses to gross farm receipts was 0.85:1; in other words, 85 cents of operating expenses were spent for every dollar received in gross farm receipts.