Can someone tell me about Canadian Appalachia?

Question

the people,the culture,other facts

Answer 1

The Appalachian Region extends from southern Quebec and Gaspésie to encompass New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland.

NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR

As a fish-exporting society, Newfoundland was in contact with many places around the Atlantic rim, but its geographic location and political distinctiveness also isolated it from its closest neighbors in Canada and the United States. Internally, most of its population was spread widely around a rugged coastline in small outport settlements, many of them a long distance from larger centers of population and isolated for long periods by winter ice or bad weather.  There are thriving cod, salmon and bluefin tuna industries.  Food processors prepare salted or frozen fish, and pack live lobsters for shipment to other countries.  There is also an extensive timber industry.  Iron ore ranks among the world's largest deposits.   Most Newfounlanders belong to families that originally came from the British Isles or France.  Less than 2% of the population was born outside of Canada.  The main churches are (in order) Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada.  Schools are organized on the basis of the province's religious denominations.  The province has one of the highest birth rates and lowest death rates among the provinces, which has created an employment problem.   It has the lowest per capita income in Canada and the highest taxes. The First World War had a powerful and lasting effect on the society and on the History of Newfoundland and Labrador. From a population of about a quarter of a million, 5,482 men went overseas. Nearly 1,500 were killed and 2,300 wounded. On July 1, 1916, at Beaumont-Hamel, France, 753 men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment went over the top of a trench. The casualties were staggering; the next morning, only 68 men answered the roll-call. Even now, when the rest of Canada celebrates the founding of the country on July 1, many Newfoundlanders take part in solemn ceremonies of remembrance.  Newfoundland and Labrador is the youngest province in Canada, enjoying the status of a country until 1949. That year, the population voted by a narrow margin to join Canada, whose history, economy, culture and political institutions were significantly different.

NEW BRUNSWICK

This area is also known for its timber industry, in addition to huge deposits of copper, lead, silver and zinc.  It has rich farmland in the St. John River Valley and other regions, producing potatoes and a thriving dairy farming.  The coasts are known for crabs, cod, herring, shrimp and lobster.   The rivers and woods of New Brunswick are among the best fishing and hunting grounds in North America.  First Nations in New Brunswick include the Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet). The first European settlers, the Acadians, are today survivors of the Great Expulsion (1755), which drove several thousand French residents into exile in North America, Britain, and France for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to King George III during the French and Indian War. American Acadians, who were deported to Louisiana, are referred to as Cajuns.  Much of the English-Canadian population of New Brunswick is descended from Loyalists who fled the American Revolution. This is commemorated in the province's motto, Spem reduxit ("hope was restored"). There is also a significant population with Irish ancestry, especially in Saint John and the Miramichi Valley. People of Scottish descent are scattered throughout the province, with higher concentrations in the Miramichi and in Campbellton.  In the 2001 Canadian census, the most commonly reported ethnicities were 193,470 French (26.9%); 165,235 English (23.0%); 135,835 Irish (18.9%); 127,635 Scottish (17.7%); 27,490 German (3.8%); 26,220 Acadians (3.6%); 23,815 "North American Indian" (First Nations) (3.3%); 13,355 Dutch (Netherlands) (1.9%); and 7,620 Welsh (1.1%). It should be noted that 242,220 people (33.7%) identified themselves as simply "Canadian" or "Canadien," while 173,585 (24.1%) also selected another ethnicity—for a total of 415,810 (57.8%) calling themselves Canadian. (Each person could choose more than one ethnicity.)  The  Native Americans live on reservations along the St. John River and its branches.  More than half of the population are Roman Catholic, with other largest groups being Baptist, United Church of Canada and Anglican.  

NOVA SCOTIA

No part of Nova Scotia is more than 35 miles from the sea.  It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada.  Nova Scotia is the second smallest province in Canada, with an area of 55,284 km². Its population of 935,962 makes it the fourth least populous province of the country, though second most densely populated.  It has many coastal resorts and beaches for tourists.  Again, the leading industry in this province is timber, seafood, dairy products.  Mining is also a significant sector, especially of gypsum, salt and barite. Since 1991, offshore oil and gas has become a more important part of the economy. Agriculture remains an important sector in the province. Around the central part of Nova Scotia, lumber and paper industries are responsible for much of the employment opportunities.  These industries have been joined by tourism, technology, film, music, and finance.  According to the 2001 Canadian census the largest ethnic group in Nova Scotia is Scottish (29.3%), followed by English (28.1%), Irish (19.9%), French (16.7%), German (10.0%), Dutch (3.9%), First Nations (3.2%), Welsh (1.4%), Italian (1.3%), and Acadian (1.2%). Almost half of all respondents (47.4%) identified their ethnicity as "Canadian." In addition, there were also 105 responses of both English and a 'non-official language'; 25 of both French and a 'non-official language'; 495 of both English and French; 10 of English, French, and a 'non-official language'; and about 10,300 people who either did not respond to the question, or reported multiple non-official languages, or else gave some other unenumerated response.  Modern Nova Scotia is a mix of many cultures. The government works to support Mi'kmaq, French, Gaelic and African-Nova Scotian culture through the establishment of government secretariats, as well as colleges, educational programs and cultural centres. The Province is also eager to attract new immigrants, but has had limited success. The major population centres at Halifax and Sydney are the most cosmopolitan, hosting large Arab populations (in the former) and Eastern European populations (in the latter). Halifax Regional Municipality hosts a yearly multicultural festival.  Nova Scotia is arguably best known for its music. While popular music from many genres has experienced almost two decades of explosive growth and success in Nova Scotia, the province remains best known for its folk and traditional based music. Nova Scotia's traditional (or folk) music is Scottish in character, and traditions from Scotland are kept true to form, in some cases more so than in Scotland. This is especially true of the island of Cape Breton, one of the major international centres for Celtic music.

During the American Revolution, many loyalists fled to Nova Scotia from the U.S.  They gave the Nova Scotians the nickname "Bluenoses," which may have come from the bluenose potato, which was grown and shipped to England.  Today, the people still refer to themselves as bluenoses.

GASPÉSIE

http://www.tourisme-gaspesie.com/en/hist...

Answer 2

Basically you are talking about Eastern Canada from and including Newfoundland  to southern Quebec. Most of this area is maritime and until the fishing industry did a nose dive a decade or so ago, it was pretty well centered around the sea and fishing. It still is in many ways though people have adapted and are succeeding at other types of enterprises.

It is less easy to talk about the languages of the region as a whole. In the west part of this area it is predominantly French. As you move east you get French, Acadian and English - most often a mixture that is a little different in every area. Different accents, different localisms. To me a Newfoundland accent is a Newfoundland accent but to those better acquainted with that Province, there are baymen and townies and each can be identified by their accent and their manner of speaking. Perhaps the attached URL will help or you could put "Canadian Appalachian" into a search engine.