Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia (/ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə/ NOH-vuh SKOH-shuh); French pronunciation: [nuvɛl‿ikos]) is a small province found on the east coast of Canada. The name "Nova Scotia" is Latin for "New Scotland". The capital and largest city is Halifax.
People who live in Nova Scotia are called Nova Scotians. There are over 1 million of them; over 500,000 of whom live in Halifax.
What is now Nova Scotia used to be controlled by the Mik'maq. The French settled among them at Port Royal after 1600, and called the land part of Acadia, with Port Royal as its capital. In 1710, after a war, the British captured Port Royal and went on to capture the rest of the peninsula. It was the first time that the British had captured and held a French colony.
On 6 December 1917, about 2,000 people were killed in the Halifax Explosion.
Nova Scotia's government is a democracy. Tim Houston is the premier and Mike Savage is the lieutenant governor.
Nova Scotia Media
Mi'kmaq family in Tuft's Cove, 1871. The Mi'kmaq inhabited Nova Scotia when the first Europeans arrived.
French forces withdrawing from Port-Royal after being defeated by the British in 1710
Expulsion of the Acadians in Grand-Pré. More than 80 per cent of the Acadian population was expelled from the region between 1755 and 1764.
HMS Shannon leading the captured USS Chesapeake into Halifax during the War of 1812
The inauguration of the Sebastopol Monument in 1860. The monument was built to honour Nova Scotians who fought in the Crimean War.
The Bluenose in 1921. The racing ship became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia in the 1920s and 1930s.
A topographic map of Nova Scotia
A Köppen climate map of Nova Scotia
A 2016 population density map of Nova Scotia, with county and regional municipality borders shown.
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References
- ↑ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. Place names – Nouvelle-Écosse / Nova Scotia. www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ Province of Nova Scotia, Gaelic Affairs. Nova Scotia/Alba Nuadh. gaelic.novascotia.ca. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ Template:Cite cgndb
- ↑ Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories (9 February 2022)Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ Population estimates, quarterly (December 17, 2025)Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ↑ The Legal Context of Canada's Official LanguagesUniversity of Ottawa. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ Legislation Enshrines Mi'kmaw as Nova Scotia's First Language (in en, mic). Province of Nova Scotia (7 April 2022)L'nu Affairs. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ Template:Cite canlaw
- ↑ Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual (x 1,000,000) (9 November 2021)Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ↑ Sub-national HDI – Global Data Lab. globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
