Maritime Provinces

American  

plural noun

1. the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

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Maritime Provinces British  

plural noun

1. another name for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, but often excluding Newfoundland and Labrador

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Maritime Provinces Cultural  

1. The collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

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Other Word Forms

• Maritimer
  noun

Example Sentences

The storm should move through quickly and be off the coast of New England later in the day, perhaps making landfall in Canada's maritime provinces as a tropical storm, he said.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2014

Prohibition does not exist in Canada, outside of some of its maritime provinces and Ontario, which, however, does not lack 4% beer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The barge's 20-man drilling crew, which work twelve-hour shifts, are a rugged bunch, mostly from Canada's maritime provinces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Germany could easily march through flat Denmark, might with difficulty cross the Danish islands and make a landing near Malmo, would then have no trouble advancing through Sweden's flat maritime provinces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Histories of the maritime provinces have been written by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Beamish Murdoch and James Hannay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various