Is it warm enough to swim in the Atlantic ocean in eastern Canada?

As I have mentioned earlier, sweltering in the U.S. Delta film that suffracates the flesh and soul I am considering eventually moving to eastern Canada in about two years. Probably Nova Scotia or Newfoundland.

Some of my fondest memories of my childhood and early teens have been family vacations in the Gulf of Mexico region of the Southern U.S. — with Spanish Moss, sea oats, white sands and water as blue as the Bahamas—well, prior to that 2010 oil spewing disaster which still taints the area at least,

I would never consider planning the rest of my life on the Gulf Coast now. I have lived long enough to know that nothing is permanent there.

I’m just wondering if there is enough of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic provinces of Canada—Newfoundland and the Maritime provinces— to spend time in the ocean.

Friends in England and Scandinavia have told me the sea is so cold that you don’t even want to kayak in these waters. Well, I do see a few images on the internet that some people DO venture in all of these northern waters.

But what about Eastern Canada? How cold is the Atlantic there?