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1. Has a larger land area
2. Is connected by bridge to Prince Edward Island
The Confederation Bridge connects New Brunswick to Borden-Carleton, PEI.
3. Was home to the Bluenose and Bluenose II
Both sailboats were built and stationed in Lunenburg, NS.
4. Has a population > 1 million (as of 2025)
5. Has Canada's oldest incorporated city
Saint John, NB is Canada's oldest incorporated city.
6. Has a coast on the Bay of Fundy
7. Its capital is named Fredericton
8. Has a higher % of French-speakers
New Brunswick is the only bilingual province of Canada, with most French-speakers living in the northeast.
9. Is the setting of the sitcom Trailer Park Boys
10. Has the headquarters of Irving Oil
11. Has over 80% of its land area occupied by forest
Nova Scotia has around 75% forest cover. Both provinces have the highest forest cover percentages in Canada.
12. Is home to Peggy's Point Lighthouse
13. Is home to towns like St. Andrews, Shediac, and Quispamsis
14. Has an island with 0 permanent residents, but around 500 wild horses
Sable Island, owned by Nova Scotia, is an extremely narrow sandbar with only a few researchers year-round, but hundreds of wild horses.
15. Shares a land border with the United States
New Brunswick borders the U.S. state of Maine.
16. Was part of the region known as Acadia
17. Had the largest man-made explosion prior to the invention of nuclear weapons
The Halifax Explosion occurred after two ships collided in 1917, resulting in at least 1,782 deaths.
18. Is where Alexander Keith beer was established
Alexander Keith beer was first brewed in Halifax, NS.