Atlantic Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island
Cultural snapshot for newcomers Atlantic Canada
The Atlantic provinces share many similarities, with the first being that they comprise the home of the Indigenous Mi’kmaq people, who still live predominantly in the Atlantic region. As the initial landing point for Vikings and European explorers, the Atlantic provinces are culturally significant to North America as a land where settlers and First Nations came into contact for the first time.
