Provinces and Capitals
This Atlantic province is Canada's only officially bilingual province.
What is New Brunswick?
This food industry helped shape many coastal communities throughout Atlantic Canada.
What is the fishing industry?
This cultural group greatly influenced Cape Breton's musical traditions.
Who are the Scottish settlers?
This body of water is responsible for the world's highest tides.
What is the Bay of Fundy?
This group was deported from Nova Scotia beginning in 1755.
Who were the Acadians?
This Indigenous nation has lived in Atlantic Canada for thousands of years.
Who are the Mi'kmaq?
This song, released in 1991 by a band from Newfoundland and Labrador, became one of the most recognizable East Coast folk songs in Canada. The chorus begins with the words, "I'se the b'y that builds the boat..."
What is: I'se the B'y?
This capital city sits on one of the world's largest natural harbours.
What is Halifax?
This Nova Scotia food combines influences from Mediterranean immigrants and local culture
What is a donair?
Fiddle music remains important in Atlantic Canada because it helps preserve this.
What is cultural heritage?
Atlantic Canada's rugged coastline helped create opportunities for this major industry.
What is fishing?
This event involved the forced removal of Acadians from Nova Scotia.
What is the Expulsion of the Acadians?
Acadian culture is most closely associated with this language.
What is French?
This province joined Canada later than the other Atlantic Provinces because of concerns about losing independence.
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
Salted cod became an important export because of this preservation method.
What is salting and drying fish?
Many East Coast songs focus on these themes.
What are community, the sea, hardship, family, and storytelling?
Why are many large cities in Atlantic Canada located near the coast?
Access to trade routes, fishing grounds, and transportation.
This province became Canada's 10th province in 1949.
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
Why is storytelling considered an important part of East Coast culture?
It preserves traditions, history, and community identity.
This province's economy is heavily influenced by agriculture, particularly potato farming.
What is Prince Edward Island?
Traditional East Coast foods often reflect what characteristic of life in coastal communities?
Using local resources and adapting to the environment.
Kitchen parties became popular because they encouraged this type of community interaction.
What is social gathering and sharing traditions?
The Confederation Bridge had a major impact on transportation to this province.
What is Prince Edward Island?
Why is the Expulsion of the Acadians considered a significant event in Canadian history?
It changed the population, culture, and settlement patterns of Atlantic Canada.
Atlantic Canadians are often known for this characteristic when interacting with visitors.
Hospitality.
Explain why Halifax became an important military and trade center in Atlantic Canada.
Because of its ice-free harbour, strategic location on the Atlantic Ocean, and role in shipping and defense.
Explain how geography influenced the traditional foods of Atlantic Canada.
Access to the ocean provided seafood, while farming areas supplied crops and livestock.
Explain how music helps preserve culture in Atlantic Canada.
It passes traditions, stories, language, and history from one generation to the next.
Explain how geography has both helped and challenged Atlantic Canada's economy.
It provides access to resources and trade but can create isolation, harsh weather, and transportation difficulties.
Explain one lasting impact that Indigenous peoples have had on Atlantic Canada.
Examples may include place names, knowledge of the land, cultural traditions, trade networks, or environmental stewardship.
Explain how immigration has shaped Atlantic Canadian culture.
Different groups brought traditions, foods, languages, music, and customs that blended together over time.