Maritime Provinces

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Maritime Provinces

region, Canada

Also known as: Maritimes

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Last Updated: Feb 25, 2025 • Article History

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On Today's Date: An Atlantic Canada Blizzard Named 'White Juan' • Feb. 20, 2025, 9:12 PM ET (The Weather Channel)

Messy storm coming Sunday to Maritimes to last into Monday • Feb. 16, 2025, 7:57 AM ET (CBC)

Messy storm set for the Maritimes on Thursday • Feb. 12, 2025, 3:39 AM ET (CBC)

Maritime Provinces, the Canadian Atlantic Coast and Gulf of St. Lawrence provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. With Newfoundland and Labrador they form the Atlantic Provinces. During the French period much of the region was known as Acadie (Acadia), which was ceded to the British by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.