Which is the smallest province, known for its beaches, red soil and agriculture?
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
Answer: Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is the smallest province, famous for its beaches, red soil and potatoes. It is called the birthplace of Confederation and is joined to New Brunswick by the Confederation Bridge, one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world.
Learn more: The Atlantic Provinces
- Newfoundland and Labrador: most easterly point in North America, with its own time zone. Oldest colony of the British Empire; joined Canada in 1949. Known for fisheries and off-shore oil and gas; Labrador has huge hydro-electric resources.
- Prince Edward Island: the smallest province, known for beaches, red soil and farming, especially potatoes.
- P.E.I. is the birthplace of Confederation. The Confederation Bridge (almost 13 km) joins it to New Brunswick.
- Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is set in P.E.I. It is about a red-headed orphan girl.
- Nova Scotia: the most populous Atlantic province, with a history as the gateway to Canada.
- Nova Scotia has the world’s highest tides, in the Bay of Fundy. Its identity is tied to shipbuilding, fisheries and shipping.
- Halifax is Canada’s largest east coast port (deep-water and ice-free) and home to Canada’s largest naval base.
- Nova Scotia has Celtic and Gaelic traditions and over 700 festivals a year, including the military tattoo in Halifax.
- New Brunswick lies in the Appalachian Range and was founded by the United Empire Loyalists.
- New Brunswick has the St. John River system, the second largest river system on North America’s Atlantic coast.
- New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province; about one-third of its people live and work in French.
- In New Brunswick, Saint John is the largest port and manufacturing centre; Moncton is the main Francophone Acadian centre and, since 2021, the most populous city; Fredericton is the capital.