What makes “Atlantic” Canada different?

Fun Fact: The city of Boston, MA sent a lot of aid to Halifax after the explosion. So much so that Nova Scotia sent Boston a big ol’ Christmas Tree and now sends one every year to put up in the main park to say thanks! Though, they didn’t start sending it regularly until 1971, so it could be a result of all the sentimentalization

Barrett's Privateers is a cool song because it's a "mock" shanty. It's meant to sound like it's an old 18th century ballad that's been passed down for generations, but it was actually composed by Stan Rogers, a folk singer from the 70s and probably the most famous Atlantic Canadian musician of all time.

“These boat propellor things seem to be one popular motif in recognition of…boats.” Hard-hitting reporting as always JJ.

As someone from Nova Scotia, this was quite a nice video. A couple things that I'd want to point out is that the Maritimes and Atlantic Canada are not interchangeable, as Newfoundland and Labrador are not a part of the Maritimes. Also I find it kind of interesting how you called Lunenberg a city, and Truro a small town considering that Truro is far larger and has a larger population (although to be fair I wouldn't consider Truro a city either).  Also I'm surprised that garlic fingers aren't a thing outside of here as they're offered at pretty much every large pizza chain around here lol. Also lobster rolls are more of a tourist food than something that Atlantic Canadians eat. Like I've had my fair share of lobster sandwiches, and lobster in generial, but lobster rolls are typically offered at tourist trap restaurants.

Please do a video on idiomatic "Dutch" things and their origins -- The Flying Dutchman, Dutch Ovens, Double Dutch, and why there seem to be so many phrases and terms like this.

As a native maritimer, imagine my culture shock as an international student in Istanbul asking for donair. Expected what was shown here, got donair meat with yoghurt and tomatoes on a flatbread with cucumbers. Thanks for reviewing Atlantic Canada! We're so forgotten over here that I'm sure your award-winning video will be all over social media and the news (only half-joking).

I've also heard the story of kids getting bullied for bringing lobster to school - but only through a friend who heard it somewhere. Thanks for bringing some sort of credence to the anecdote. The second part of the story was that all the 'rich' kids brought peanut butter sandwiches.

I'm from New Brunswick and I can confirm that, decades ago (60's-70's) Lobster was viewed as poor peoples food & that some kids would bring Tomalley sandwich's (the edible green stuff in a Lobster) to school. Some sailors still called them the cockroaches of the sea due to the abundance of Lobsters here.

The most atlantic canada thing about this video is how JJ mostly only talked about nova scotia 😂 Great video! PLEASE show more about new brunswick, we are in dire need of even a little bit of recognition!!!!!

Maybe you could make a video specifically about how much the regional Canadian cultures share with their cross-border counterparts. You've alluded to that in many videos, but showing us how Atlantic Canadians probably have more in common with New Englanders than they do with BC-ers, and doing this for all the regional subcultures would be great for proving how America and Canada are part of one big civilization. I also just like your travel videos to random places in the world to see how a guy of your persuasions sees them (yes including the Ireland one). I love your approach to tell us about the important but unsaid/ubiquitous things in a place's folk and popular culture. And I love seeing your own drawings!

J.J. please make this a series, just going to different places in Canada and explaining them. Maybe even the Saskatchewanans can forgive you if you revisit there! Lol

10:23 The best thing about this video is that J.J is still a family man. Like seems genuinely kind and would be a great mate. I would definitely have a pint with him and talk about cultural, political history Canadian stuff but I don’t know why but the WhatsApp message between you and your mum really brightened up my day. Cheers J.J I also love these vlog styles J.J don’t change it. Maybe even add more historical/cultural details to them with tours or touring with a friend who’s a local or maybe even fans of yours that are local. It’s brilliant and really fun. Would love to visit Canada one day and Nova Scotia and Vancouver is on the list.

This video was pretty Nova Scotia specific, but I would argue the most widely known piece of popular Maritime Canadian culture is Anne of Green Gables.

You found yourself in our little Hermit Kingdom I see. I have some things to say :) The Donair was actually started in Halifax not by Turkish immigrants, but by one specific Greek immigrant in Halifax in the 70s. Not only have we shamlessly adopted and altered this Turkish dish, we attribute it to the Greeks which must perturb the Turks lol Also, be careful calling Dartmouth just another part of Halifax. Yes Dartmouth is in the HRM (So is Sackville and Bedford) but it was a city (in martime terms) of its own up until amalgamation in 1999. Dartmouth had its own mayor and everything. Darksiders don't like to be called Haligonians in the same way an Irish person would cringe at being called British. Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you Dear JJ, we Scotians are often so easily forgotten. Its nice to get a little recognition.

Hey! Nova Scotian J. J. viewer here! I was very excited when I saw the video pop up in my feed as our little corner of the country doesn't tend to get much coverage even by Canadian YouTubers. While I don't live in Halifax you definitely did a great job of picking out items to include on your page as I was instantly able to recognise them all. I also had no idea the garlic fingers were only an Atlantic Canada thing. Thought they were everywhere lol. Thanks for the great video as always J. J.! Also if anyone has any questions about Nova Scotia I can do my best to answer them in the replies :)

Generally, Atlantic Canada includes PEI, NB, NS, and NL, whereas the Maritimes excludes NL. Small difference but worth noting!

One secret piece of Halifax lore that JJ evidently was not exposed to is that we 'Halifaxers' actually call ourselves 'Haligonians'... why, you ask? I have no idea! Thanks for visiting us JJ, I hope you had a great time!

I'm from Argentina and in La Boca, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires known for it's harbour, houses are also painted in many different bright colours. The explanation is that when the houses were first built people there were very poor and used to paint their houses with whatever paint was left over from the ships in the harbour, so it was all different mismatched colours. Maybe that's an explanation for Halifax houses as well

My favorite explanation for the colorful houses I’ve heard when visiting a colorful maritime city is that it’s so the men at sea could see the bright colored dots, and know which one waswas their home/wife they were looking towards when returning