By Air
You can get to Atlantic Canada via non-stop flights from Newark, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York; Washington, DC; Detroit, Michigan (summer service), as well as London, England, Paris, France and Reykavik, Iceland (seasonal service).
Major cities in Atlantic Canada (Fredericton, Halifax, Charlottetown, St. John’s, Moncton, Sydney, Corner Brook and Saint John) can also be reached by non-stop flights from large Canadian centres like Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, and seasonally from Calgary and Edmonton.
Atlantic Canada is served by several major airlines, including Air Canada, WestJet, Continental, American, Northwest, United and Delta. United flies into Halifax from Washington; Delta into Fredericton and Halifax from Boston; American into Halifax from New York; Continental into Halifax, Moncton and St. John’s from Newark; while Air Canada serves Boston and New York from Halifax. Northwest also has seasonal flights from Detroit to Halifax and Charlottetown.
Atlantic Canada boasts several international airports, including the Halifax International Airport, which is served by 16 regional, national and international carriers.
By Road
U.S. Highway I-95 connects to the Trans-Canada Highway at the Maine/New Brunswick border. The Trans-Canada Highway runs from coast-to-coast across Canada.
U.S. Route 9 runs from Bangor, Maine, to St. Stephen, a New Brunswick border town just a short drive from Saint John, one of New Brunswick’s major cities.
By Rail
Atlantic Canada is connected to other major cities in Canada by VIA Rail (passenger service) and CN Rail (cargo service). Both railways offer coast-to coast service from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia.