<Tr> <Th> Density </Th> <Td> 14 / km (36 / sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Map of Maritime Provinces </Td> </Tr> <P> The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces (French: Provinces maritimes) or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (PEI). The Maritimes had a population of 1,813,606 in 2016 . The Maritimes, along with a fourth province--Canada's easternmost province, Newfoundland and Labrador--make up the region of Atlantic Canada . </P> <P> Located along the Atlantic coast, various aquatic sub-basins are located in the Maritimes, such as the Gulf of Maine and Gulf of St. Lawrence . The region is located northeast of New England, southeast of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, and southwest of the island of Newfoundland . The notion of a Maritime Union has been proposed at various times in Canada's history; the first discussions in 1864 at the Charlottetown Conference contributed to Canadian Confederation which instead formed the larger Dominion of Canada . The Mi'kmaq, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy people are indigenous to the Maritimes, while Acadian and British settlements date to the 17th century . </P>

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