Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604

The Maritime Provinces, or simply the Maritimes, constitute a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes are located northeast of New England, southeast of Quebec's Gaspé peninsula, and southwest of Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador is sometimes mistakenly identified as a Maritime Province, however it can only be properly called part of Atlantic Canada and thus an Atlantic Province. Although it is located on the Atlantic coast, the Gulf ...

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• Maritimes - Major Population Centres
• Maritimes - Society and culture
• Maritimes - Economy
• Maritimes - Present status
• Maritimes - Growth
• Maritimes - Decline
• Maritimes - Politics
• Maritimes - History
• Maritimes - Pre-history
• Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604
• Maritimes - 1604 - 1713
• Maritimes - 1713 - 1745
• Maritimes - 1745 - 1763
• Maritimes - 1763 - 1784
• Maritimes - 1784 - 1814
• Maritimes - 1814 - 1865
• Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Maritimes - Present status. Unlike the rest of Canada, the Maritime region's population of 1.8 million is geographically distributed throughout the three provinces. Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, Sydney-Glace Bay, Fredericton, and Charlottetown are the largest population centres in the region, with the Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, and Sydney conurbations all having populations exceeding 100,000. Given the relatively small population of the region (compared with the Central Canadian provinces, or the New En ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major Population Centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Maritimes - Present status. Unlike the rest of Canada, the Maritime region's population of 1.8 million is geographically distributed throughout the three provinces. Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, Sydney-Glace Bay, Fredericton, and Charlottetown are the largest population centres in the region, with the Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, and Sydney conurbations all having populations exceeding 100,000. Given the relatively small population of the region (compared with the Central Canadian provinces, or the New En ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major population centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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All three provinces are currently governed by provincial Progressive Conservative parties. However, Maritime Conservatism since the Second World War has been very much part of the Red Tory tradition, key influences being former Nova Scotia Premier and federal PC leader Robert Stanfield and New Brunswick Tory strategist Dalton Camp. In recent years the social-democratic New Democratic Party has made significant inroads both federally and provincially in the region. The NDP has elected MPs from New Brunswick, but most of the focus of th ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major population centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Maritimes - Pre-history. Following the northerly retreat of glaciers at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation over ten thousand years ago, human settlement by Native Americans or First Nations began in the Maritimes with Paleo-Indians during the Early Period, ending around six thousand years ago. The Middle Period, starting six thousand years ago, and ending three thousand years ago, was dominated by rising sea levels from the melting glaciers in polar regions. This is also when what is called ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major population centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Maritime society is based upon a mixture of traditions and class backgrounds. Predominantly rural until recent decades, the region traces many of its cultural activities to those rural resource-based economies of fishing, farming, forestry, and coal mining. While Maritimers are predominantly of west European heritage (Scottish, Irish, English, French - also called Acadians), immigration to industrial Cape Breton during the hey-day of coal mining and steel manufacturing brought people from eastern Europe as well as Newfoundland. The Ma ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major population centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Maritime society is based upon a mixture of traditions and class backgrounds. Predominantly rural until recent decades, the region traces many of its cultural activities to those rural resource-based economies of fishing, farming, forestry, and coal mining. While Maritimers are predominantly of west European heritage (Scottish, Irish, English, French - also called Acadians), immigration to industrial Cape Breton during the hey-day of coal mining and steel manufacturing brought people from eastern Europe as well as Newfoundland. The Ma ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major Population Centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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All three provinces are currently governed by provincial Progressive Conservative parties. However, Maritime Conservatism since the Second World War has been very much part of the Red Tory tradition, key influences being former Nova Scotia Premier and federal PC leader Robert Stanfield and New Brunswick Tory strategist Dalton Camp. In recent years the social-democratic New Democratic Party has made significant inroads both federally and provincially in the region. The NDP has elected MPs from New Brunswick, but most of the focus of th ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major Population Centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Maritimes - Pre-history. Following the northerly retreat of glaciers at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation over ten thousand years ago, human settlement by Native Americans or First Nations began in the Maritimes with Paleo-Indians during the Early Period, ending around six thousand years ago. The Middle Period, starting six thousand years ago, and ending three thousand years ago, was dominated by rising sea levels from the melting glaciers in polar regions. This is also when what is called ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major Population Centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Populations are for census agglomerations or census divisions, whichever are larger, and may include smaller surrounding communities. Not all geographic areas listed below are urban areas, as much of the landmass for counties and regional municipalities is predominantly rural. Halifax Regional Municipality (Nova Scotia) – 359 183 Saint John (New Brunswick) – 122 678 Moncton (New Brunswick) – 117 727 Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Nova Scotia) – 109 300 Fredericton (New Brunswick) â ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major Population Centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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Populations are for census agglomerations or census divisions, whichever are larger, and may include smaller surrounding communities. Not all geographic areas listed below are urban areas, as much of the landmass for counties and regional municipalities is predominantly rural. Halifax Regional Municipality (Nova Scotia) – 359 183 Saint John (New Brunswick) – 122 678 Moncton (New Brunswick) – 117 727 Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Nova Scotia) – 109 300 Fredericton (New Brunswick) â ...

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Maritimes, Maritimes - Major population centres, Maritimes - Society and culture, Maritimes - Economy, Maritimes - Present status, Maritimes - Growth, Maritimes - Decline, Maritimes - Politics, Maritimes - History, Maritimes - Pre-history, Maritimes - Pre-history - 1604, Maritimes - 1604 - 1713, Maritimes - 1713 - 1745, Maritimes - 1745 - 1763, Maritimes - 1763 - 1784, Maritimes - 1784 - 1814, Maritimes - 1814 - 1865, Maritimes - 1865 - 1873

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