Beauty around every bend, every corner, every headland... there's a good chance you’ll let out a peaceful sigh at the vistas you’ll see when you visit Atlantic Canada. With dramatic seascapes, magnificent natural formations and skies full of seabirds, you simply have never seen what awaits you here at every turn.
The Eastern coast of Canada offers visitors everything from dramatic coastlines, to sandy beaches and peaceful lakes. From rolling hills and valleys to historic towns and cities, you’ll find a visit to this part of Eastern Canada a very rewarding experience, whatever your interests may be or wherever your heart may lead you. Now explore what each of the four provinces (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland/Labrador) has waiting for you in Atlantic Canada.
Each of the four provinces that make up Atlantic Canada meets the sea in its own way and provides a seacoast holiday of unexpected delights.
In New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy, you can hear your kayak paddle cutting the water more than 30 feet above the ocean floor as you pass by a tree-studded islet. In just hours, the kayakers will walk on that very floor and peer up at the trees' roots far above them.
Along Newfoundland and Labrador's 29,000 km coastline you will find the world's largest population of migrating humpback whales crossing paths with 10,000 year old icebergs on their annual parade southward. Whether seen from a sea kayak, one of many boat tours, or simply gazing from a cliff top meadow, the experience will change you forever.
With 7,600km of seacoast, Nova Scotia is a place that has been shaped by the sea. The ribbon of coastline is as diverse as the ways to explore it.
Along Prince Edward Island's endless sand beaches, the footprints of a walk well-taken disappear in the rolling surf and then re-appear meters later, and the pattern is repeated kilometer after kilometer.
Source: Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership