The typical 7-day Eastern Canada / New England cruise stops at two Canadian ports (usually, Halifax, NS and Saint John, NB) and any two of the following United States Ports (Newport, RI, Boston, MA, Portland, ME, and Bar Harbor, ME) before returning to the ship's home port. Although these 4 US ports are the most common ports to visit, new ports in Maine (such as Rockland) are being added to relieve overcrowding in Bar Harbor when large ships are in port.
In addition to the seven-day cruises, longer one-way cruises are often offered, traveling from/to ports on the East Coast of the United States to/from Canadian ports in Quebec. These cruises will port at two United States ports and at four Canadian ports. Although much less common than these cruises, I've seen ten-day cruises doing round trips from New York, making port at the usual ports made on a seven day run, and include extra ports in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. (I was on one of these cruises between two hurricanes, and the ports of Sydney, NS and Charlottetown, PE were skipped dur to weather, making us port in Corner Brook, NL to solely to ensure compliance with the US Passenger Vessel Services Act.)
This cruise is best done in in Late Summer / Early Autumn, as most of the stores, restaurants, tourist sites, etc. will be open for business. Doing this cruise after the USA's Columbus Day holiday will still be nice, but I have found that many stores and restaurants will be closed for the season shortly after the holiday.
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