Welcome to our special corner of the world - where the smiles are as free as the breezes from the sea. The provinces of Atlantic Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - invite you into our world of adventure.
You’ll love Atlantic Canada and everything we have to offer, especially our one-of-a-kind coastline that wraps around cosy bays and inlets, past sand dunes and beaches and breathtaking mountain vistas. A ribbon of highway curls around our coast to get you up close to lighthouses, hideaway fishing villages, and harbors cloaked in velvety fog.
It’s our coast that pulls Atlantic Canada together in a common bond with the sea. And it also sets us apart - because every mile of coastline travelled gives you sights and adventures not found elsewhere.
Each province’s distinctive coastline will give you the feeling you’re at the edge of the world and the edge of discovery. And you are. It’s only in Atlantic Canada that you can experience the majesty of whales breaching in salty bays, hear a Gaelic sea shanty on an emerald isle, taste Atlantic salmon fresh from the river, and touch centuries of history in French fortresses and British bastions.
We invite you to explore our rugged coast and uncover the many world-famous treasures that make each Atlantic province unique.
Like the Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Newfoundland. Or Grand, Nova Scotia, where the tragic expulsion of the Acadians took place in 1755. In Nova Scotia you can see the fossil remains of the world’s smallest dinosaur. Prince Edward Island is home of a national treasure - Anne of Green Gables. And in New Brunswick you’ll find the monumental Flower Pot Rocks and Fundy National Park - where you can marvel at the world’s highest tides.
You’ll also find each province loves to celebrate with festivals. You can kick up your heels at a Highland ceilidh, or gathering, in Nova Scotia - or grab a partner and step in time to Irish fiddle music in Newfoundland and Labrador. Get a taste of Canada at the Bakeapple Festival in Forteau, Labrador - and the Fishermen’s Reunion in Nova Scotia.
New Brunswick gives you fabulous bird-watching that thrilled Audobon - on the Fundy islands, at Sackville, and Saint John. In Nova Scotia, picture-perfect fishing villages, at Peggys’ Cove and Lunenburg, lure you to explore their harbors. Prince Edward Island rolls out a carpet of rich, red earth to lead you through velvety green pastures. And Newfoundland and Labrador will dazzle your senses with mountain fjords at Gros Morne National Park and icebergs at Twillingate.
Atlantic Canada is a land of amazing contrasts and a vacation here is a voyage of discovery. For one thing, our history goes back to the days of the Vikings, who set foot in Newfoundland around 1000 A.D. The Venetian explorer, John Cabot, sailed to our shores in the fifteenth century, followed by the Basques, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and a host of other adventurers.
We welcome you to Acadian villages and Loyalist towns where costumed villagers re-enact the lives of early settlers. Our 18th century fortresses command your attention with soldiers, sentries, and the thunder of cannon fire. And our brightly colored lighthouses signal quiet moments in secluded coves.
The possibilities are endless - but whatever you decide to do in Atlantic Canada, you’ll find that the only thing we’ve changed throughout the centuries is our accessibility. We’ve made it easier to get here and more comfortable to stay.
