diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f393dc7ab0..0768645f1c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Alex Dedul
     deric@monowerks.com
     Max Derkachev <mderk@yandex.ru>
+    Rajesh Dhawan <rajesh.dhawan@gmail.com>
     Sander Dijkhuis <sander.dijkhuis@gmail.com>
     Jordan Dimov <s3x3y1@gmail.com>
     dne@mayonnaise.net
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/ca_provinces.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/ca_provinces.py
index 072159ad57..746716fd21 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/ca_provinces.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/ca_provinces.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ PROVINCES_NORMALIZED = {
     'british columbia': 'BC',
     'mb': 'MB',
     'manitoba': 'MB',
+    'nb': 'NB',
+    'new brunswick': 'NB',
     'nf': 'NF',
     'newfoundland': 'NF',
     'newfoundland and labrador': 'NF',
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ca.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ca.py
index baeb2ad9a8..a13a6de65f 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ca.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ca.py
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ u'BC'
 u'NS'
 >>> f.clean('  manitoba ')
 u'MB'
+>>> f.clean(' new brunswick ')
+u'NB'
+>>> f.clean('NB')
+u'NB'
 >>> f.clean('T2S 2H7')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
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