Atlantic Provinces (Eastern Canada)

Some Natural resources are dense forests for lumber and paper products and the Gulf of St. Lawrence for fishing.

The land in the Atlantic Provinces are rocky hills and poor soil.

The Atlantic Province includes Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.

New Brunswick’s dense forests provide the province with its largest industry—logging which also produces lumber, wood pulp, and paper products. The Gulf of St. Lawrence and coastal waters supply stocks of seafood for export. Also, there is mining for zinc, copper, lead, and silver.

The culture in the Atlantic Province is 8 percent of Canada’s population. Of these people, most live in coastal cities, such as Halifax, Nova Scotia, and St. John, New Brunswick. The small population is due largely to the provinces’ rugged terrain and severe weather.