The Maritimes were the second area in Canada to be settled by Europeans, after Newfoundland.

David Alexander argues that any earlier declines were simply part of the global Long Depression, and that the Maritimes first fell behind the rest of Canada when the great boom period of the early twentieth century had little effect on the region.

The Maritimes were connected to central Canada by the Intercolonial Railway in the 1870s, removing a longstanding barrier to trade.

Given the geographic diversity of the various sub-regions within the Maritimes, policies to centralize the population and economy were not initially successful, thus Maritime factories closed while those in Ontario and Quebec prospered.

The traditional staples thesis, advocated by scholars such as S. A. Saunders, looks at the resource endowments of the Maritimes and argues that it was the decline of the traditional industries of shipbuilding and fishing that led to Maritime poverty, since these processes were rooted in geography, and thus all but inevitable.

He repeats Acheson's argument that the region lacks major urban centres, but adds that the Maritimes were also lacking the great rivers that led to the cheap and abundant hydro-electric power, key to Quebec and Ontario's urban and manufacturing development, that the extraction costs of Maritime resources were higher ( particularly in the case of Cape Breton coal ), and that the soils of the region were poorer and thus the agricultural sector weaker.

In the Maritimes there was concern that the smooth Canadians with their sparkling champagne and charming speeches were outsmarting the delegates of the smaller provinces.

The Maritimes in eastern Canada were the primary areas of strategic importance for the plan

Most of the Maritimes were convinced that a wider union including the Province of Canada would also be beneficial to them ; Prince Edward Island was unsure, however, and very much against confederation.

general merchandise, were opened in Ontario and the Maritimes.

The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, the Baptist Union of Western Canada, and the United Baptist Convention of the Maritimes ( now Convention of the Atlantic Baptist Churches ) initiated the Federation and were joined by l ' Union d ' Églises Baptistes Françaises au Canada in 1970.

The largest proportion of French-Canadians outside of Quebec trace their ancestry to Quebec ( except in the Canadian Maritimes, which were settled by the Acadians ).

The Conservative majority election victories in 1984 and 1988 were based on a " Grand Coalition " between socially conservative populists from the West, Quebec nationalists, and fiscal conservatives from Ontario and the Maritimes, making it difficult for the Mulroney government to balance these diverse interests.

A railway connection from the Province of Canada to the British colonies on the coast would serve a vital military purpose during the winter months when the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence River were frozen and shipping was impossible, however it would similarly serve an economic purpose for the Maritimes by opening up year-round access to new markets.

Large amounts of rolling stock were lettered for the CGR, although in many regions, such as the Maritimes, the public continued to refer to its trains and facilities by their old name of the Intercolonial.

During the early 1930s, his services were broadcast over the radio every month, and they were heard throughout the Maritimes.

However, the CRTC was more lenient with private affiliates that were owned partially or fully by British interests, such as the CTV affiliates ( and partial stake in CTV itself, since CTV was a cooperative owned by its stations at the time ) in Montreal, Ottawa, and the Maritimes -- or had much lower shares of American ownership ( such as CKCO-TV in Kitchener, Ontario and CKMI-TV in Quebec City ) though those stations went to all-Canadian ownership.

The raids caused a marked anti-American feeling in Canada and the Maritimes due to the handling of the Fenians by the American government when the Fenians were in preparation for the raids.

However, in the Maritimes the film was rejected again as the policies followed in the 1970s were still enforced.

This allowed EPA to make Halifax a hub of operations and when schedules were coordinated with CP Air in 1983, Halifax became the main point of transit for passengers connecting from points further west to various places in the Maritimes and Newfoundland.

In the Maritimes ( now the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island ), the original Scots Presbyterians were from two branches of the Secessionist United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and prior to their union in 1817 which created the Synod of Nova Scotia, there was the Associate Presbytery of Truro, erected in 1786, and the Presbytery of Pictou, erected in 1795.

The cause of economic malaise in the Maritimes is an issue of great debate and controversy among historians, economists, and geographers.

The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

The Maritimes: New Brunswick ( green ), Nova Scotia ( blue ) and Prince Edward Island ( red )

The term " Maritimes " has historically been collectively applied to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

British settlement of the Maritimes, as the colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island came to be known, accelerated throughout the late 18th century and into the 19th century with significant immigration to the region as a result of Scottish migrants displaced by the Highland Clearances and Irish escaping the Great Irish Famine ( 1845-1849 ).

The Maritimes also have a black population who are mostly descendants of African American loyalists or refugees from the War of 1812, largely concentrated in Nova Scotia but also in various communities throughout southern New Brunswick, Cape Breton ( where the black population is largely of West Indian descent ), and Prince Edward Island.

The Maritimes is currently represented in the Canadian Parliament by 25 Members of the House of Commons ( Nova Scotia-11, New Brunswick-10, Prince Edward Island-4 ) and 24 Senators ( Nova Scotia and New Brunswick-10 each, Prince Edward Island-4 ).

It particularly refers to regions of The Maritimes with French roots, language, and culture, primarily in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Magdalen Islands and Prince Edward Island, as well as in Maine.

* Prince Edward Island, a Canadian province situated in the Maritimes

As white Loyalists fled the new American Republic, they took with them about 2000 black slaves: 1200 to the Maritimes ( Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island ), 300 to Lower Canada ( Quebec ), and 500 to Upper Canada ( Ontario ).

In Canada, the ARES is coordinated overall by the Radio Amateurs of Canada ( RAC ) Field Services Organization which has eight ( 8 ) Sections: Alberta, British Columbia / Yukon, Manitoba, Maritimes ( consisting of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ), Newfoundland / Labrador, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.

The 5: 30 p. m. portion was titled CBC News: Maritimes at 5: 30, and was also seen on Prince Edward Island on CBCT.

Ratings are " averaged " from those assigned by participating provincial film boards: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Maritimes ( New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island ), Ontario and Saskatchewan ( whose ratings are determined by British Columbia ) and applied by the distributor to home video packaging.

In addition, the station airs pan-regional Maritimes newscasts at 11pm on weeknights and Sundays and at 7pm on Saturdays, which also air in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

* Maritimes Region ( Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia )

After the departure of the Thirteen American Colonies from British North America, there was an increase in population within the Canadas, divided in 1791 into Upper Canada ( now called Ontario ) and Lower Canada ( now called Quebec ), including most of the previously populated areas of the New France colony, and within the Maritimes, including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

In the summers of 2002 and 2003, Cvjetkovich wrestled across the Maritimes ( Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island ) for All Canadian Wrestling run by Bobby Bass and Buddy Lane while competing with fellow wrestlers Peter Kingman, Kowboy Hughes, Jason Bates, Bobby Roode, and Jim Neidhart.

The ICR was a pervasive and ubiquitous presence in the Maritimes, with the company employing thousands of workers, purchasing millions of dollars in services, coal, and other local products annually, operating ferries to Cape Breton Island at the Strait of Canso, and carrying the Royal Mail.

Using the VAPO, most of Canada outside the Southern Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, the Prairies, the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, and most of the Maritimes exhibits some degree of nordicity.

In addition, a number of other areas of the world are known for the use of Celtic musical styles and techniques, including Newfoundland, and much of the folk music of Canada's Maritimes, especially on Cape Breton Island.