Atlantic (Eastern) Canada
Atlantic (Eastern) Canada: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
zone · population 2,400,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Atlantic Canada at a glance
Rolled up from the 83 regions inside Atlantic Canada on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population2,409,375
census, summed from provinces/states
Places inside78
26 with a full /local page
Businesses on file45,824
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered148
in the company directory
Who represents them26
places with a /politics page
Property & employers11 · 11
/property and /employers records
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Who leads the provinces and territories inside
From each one's researched profile.
- Nova Scotia — Tim Houston Premier of Nova Scotia, Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia ↗
- New Brunswick — Susan Holt Premier, Liberal ↗
- Newfoundland and Labrador — Tony Wakeham Premier, Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador ↗
- Prince Edward Island — Rob Lantz Premier, Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island ↗
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Census
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population — summed from the province/state summaries; income, rent and rates are population-weighted means of their medians, not national medians.
Median household income$72,902
Median rent$890/mo
Immigrants6%
Renters28.8%
Aged 65+22.6%
Unemployment12.6%
Low income14.7%
Speak a non-official language at home3%
Non-official languages spoken most often at home
- Mandarin9,535 · 0.4%
- Arabic8,535 · 0.4%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)4,980 · 0.2%
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)3,460 · 0.1%
- Korean2,330 · 0.1%
- Mi'kmaq2,315 · 0.1%
- Spanish2,005 · 0.1%
- Russian1,865 · 0.1%
- Malayalam1,410 · 0.1%
- Hindi1,310 · 0.1%
- Innu (Montagnais)1,300 · 0.1%
- Iranian Persian1,175 · 0%
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Provinces and territories
One row per census summary, largest first.
| Name | Population | Median household income | Median rent | Immigrants | Unemployment | Businesses on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Scotia | 969,220 | $72,197 | $972 | 7.5% | 12.9% | 21,473 |
| New Brunswick | 775,505 | $71,487 | $797 | 5.8% | 10.5% | 15,767 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 510,355 | $75,958 | $867 | 2.8% | 15.9% | 6,876 |
| Prince Edward Island | 154,295 | $74,342 | $911 | 7.8% | 10.4% | 3,512 |
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Largest employers headquartered in Atlantic Canada
Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.
- 1.J.D. Irving, Limited Saint John, NB · Conglomerate — forestry, shipbuilding, transportation, retail, food ↗20,000 worldwide
- 2.Cooke Inc. Saint John, NB · Seafood — aquaculture and wild fisheries ↗15,000 worldwide
- 3.Fortis Inc. St. John's, NL · Utilities — electric and gas utility holding company ↗9,926 worldwide, 2025
- 4.Emera Inc. Halifax, NS · Utilities — electric and natural gas holding company ↗6,800 worldwide
- 5.Major Drilling Group International Inc. Moncton, NB · Mining services — contract drilling ↗6,000 worldwide
- 6.Marine Atlantic Inc. St. John's, NL · Transportation — ferry service (Newfoundland–Nova Scotia) ↗1,420 worldwide, 2026
- 7.Assumption Life (Assomption Vie) Moncton, NB · Life insurance and financial services ↗323 at this site, 2025
- 8.Genoa Design International St. John's, NL · Engineering services — digital ship design ↗240 at this site, 2026
- 9.VidCruiter Moncton, NB · Software — video interviewing and recruiting SaaS ↗200 at this site, 2023
- 10.Introhive Fredericton, NB · Software — relationship-intelligence / CRM data SaaS ↗180 at this site, 2026
- 11.CoLab Software St. John's, NL · Software — AI design-review platform for engineering teams ↗165 at this site, 2025
- 12.Proposify Halifax, NS · Software — sales proposal SaaS ↗60 at this site, 2026
- 13.Lastwall Fredericton, NB · Software — identity and zero-trust cybersecurity ↗35 at this site, 2026
- 14.ReelData AI Halifax, NS · Software — AI for land-based aquaculture (feeding, biomass monitoring) ↗30 at this site, 2023
- 15.Discovery Garden Charlottetown, PE · Software — digital repository and collections platforms ↗25 at this site, 2025
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Largest places in Atlantic Canada
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Halifax, Nova Scotia full439,819
- 2.St. John's, Newfoundland full110,525
- 3.Moncton, New Brunswick full102,378
- 4.Fredericton, New Brunswick full79,000
- 5.Dartmouth, Nova Scotia full72,139
- 6.Saint John, New Brunswick full69,895
- 7.Charlottetown, PEI full38,810
- 8.Sydney, Nova Scotia full31,000
- 9.Dieppe, NB full28,110
- 10.Woodstock, NB full26,000
- 11.Riverview, NB full20,584
- 12.Corner Brook, NL full19,330
- 13.Miramichi, NB full17,690
- 14.Edmundston, NB full16,437
- 15.Summerside, PEI full16,005
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Inside Atlantic Canada
50 regions have Atlantic Canada as their parent.
- Aspy Bay, NS
- Baddeck, NS (Cape Breton)
- Campbellton, NB
- Cape Breton Island, NS region
- Capstick, NS
- Caraquet, NB
- Cheticamp, NS
- Corner Brook, NL
- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Deer Lake, NL, Canada town
- Dieppe, NB
- Digby, Nova Scotia
- Dingwall, NS
- Edmundston, NB
- Falmouth-Windsor, NS
- Fortune, Newfoundland town
- Fourchu, NS
- Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Gander, NL
- Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL town
- Ingonish, NS
- Inverness (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia
- Iona, Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
- Kentville, Nova Scotia
- Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
- Mabou, NS
- Moncton, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick, Canada province
- Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada province
- Nova Scotia, Canada province
- Pleasant Bay, NS
- Port Hawkesbury, NS
- Port Hood Island, NS
- Port Hood, Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada region
- Riverview, NB
- Sackville, NB
- Saint John, New Brunswick
- Saint-Pierre et Miquelon island
- Shediac, NB
- St Peter's, Nova Scotia
- St. John's, Newfoundland
- Stephenville, NL
- Sydney, Nova Scotia
- Truro, Nova Scotia
- Whycocomagh, NS
- Woodstock, NB
- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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Companies based in Atlantic Canada
148 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Atlantic Canada. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Atlantic (Eastern) Canada are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.