Welcome to Nova Scotia


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Coordinates: 45°13′N 62°42′W﻿ / ﻿45.217°N 62.7°W﻿ / 45.217; -62.7﻿ (Nova Scotia)

Nova Scotia (pronounced /ˌnvə ˈskʃə/; French: Nouvelle-Écosse)[3] is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada with an area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,300 sq mi). As of 2009, the population is 940,397,[4] which makes Nova Scotia the second-most-densely populated province.

The province includes regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of Mi'kma'ki(mi'gama'gi).[5] Nova Scotia was already home to the Mi'kmaq people when the first European colonists arrived. In 1604, French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Canada and the first north of Florida at Port Royal, founding what would become known as Acadia.



In 1867 Nova Scotia was one of the four founding provinces of the Canadian Confederation.[7] Along with a large population who descended from Scotland, there are also Mi'kmaq, English, Irish, Acadian, African-Nova Scotians, German, Italian and many other peoples in Nova Scotia.