Atlantic Insight

Atlantic Insight
Cover of Atlantic Insight (April 1979)
Editor
CategoriesGeneral interest
Founder
Founded1979
First issueApril 1979 (1979-04)
Final issue
Number
December 1989 (1989-12)
Vol. 11 No. 12
Company
  • Impact Publishing
    (1979–1982)
  • Northeast Publications
    (1982–1985)
  • Insight Publishing
    (1985–1990)
CountryCanada
Based inHalifax, Nova Scotia
LanguageEnglish

Atlantic Insight was a Canadian general interest magazine for the Atlantic provinces, founded in 1979 by Bill Belliveau and Harry Bruce. The magazine had a peak circulation of 68,000 issues, eventually declining to a low of 36,000 issues by 1989. Atlantic Insight and its articles received awards from organizations such as the National Media Awards Foundation and the Atlantic Journalism Awards.

The magazine was criticized by anti-smoking groups for including full-page tobacco advertisements which were also present in issues circulated in high schools. Atlantic Insight ceased publication in 1990, with the publisher citing the federal ban on tobacco advertising effective 1 January 1989 as primary reason for the magazine's decline. The magazine never generated a profit across its ten years of publication.