Why isn't Newfoundland a Maritime Province?

Question

PEI, NB and NS are...why not NFLD?

Answer 1

It is.

Answer 2

The basic answer is probably due to the fact that NFLD didn't join Canada until 1949.  The Maritime provinces had all been part of Canada since the 1800s.  Rather than add NFLD as a Maritime province the term applied to the Maritimes plus NFLD is the Atlantic provinces.

Answer 3

Says who?  NL is a maritime province.

Answer 4

I would call Newfoundland a maritime province-it qualifies in the maritime sense of the word. True enough it was late joining confederation but that should not exclude it being called maritime.

In the big scheme of things it does not matter to me either way as I am not from the Eastern seaboard.

Answer 5

Newfoundland and Labrador is considered part of Atlantic Canada.  There is a bit of a history to the reason why it isn't considered a "maritime province".  The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is part of Atlantic Canada (with the other three provinces) and, thus, referred to as an Atlantic province.  Although it is located on the coast, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence physically separates this province from the Maritimes.  It also has a uniquely different history, as the Dominion of Newfoundland joined Canada eight decades after the three Maritime provinces.  I hope this is of some help.