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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia
NameNova Scotia|AlternateName=Nouvelle-Écosse (French)
Alba Nuadh (Gaelic)
FullnameProvince of Nova Scotia
EntityAdjectiveProvincial
FlagFlag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg
CoatOfArmsCoat of Arms of Nova Scotia.svg
Label Mapno
MottoMunit Haec et Altera Vincit
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OfficialLangEnglish
Regional LanguagesFrench, Canadian Gaelic, Gaelic
Flower Mayflower
Dog Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Tree Red spruce
Bird Osprey
CapitalHalifax
LargestCityHalifax
LargestMetroHalifax
DemonymNova Scotian
PremierDarrell Dexter
PremierPartyNDP
ViceroyMayann Francis
ViceroyTypeLieutenant-Governor
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
PostalAbbreviationNS
PostalCodePrefixB
AreaRank12th
PCI39,092
TotalArea Km255283
LandArea Km253338
WaterArea Km21946
PercentWater3.5
PopulationRank7th
Population946,397 (est.)
PopulationYear2011
DensityRank2nd
Density Km217.74
GDP Year2009
GDP TotalC$34.283 billion
GDP Rank7th
GDP Per CapitaC$34,210
GDP Per Capita Rank11th
AdmittanceOrder1st, with ON, QC, NB
AdmittanceDateJuly 1, 1867
TimeZoneUTC-4
HouseSeats11
SenateSeats10
ISOCodeCA-NS
Websitewww.gov.ns.ca

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Nova Scotia (pronounced c-enˌnoʊvə_ˈskoʊʃə; ; ) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada with an area of 55284 km2 (55284000000 m2). As of 2009, the population is 946,397, which makes Nova Scotia the second-most-densely populated province.

Nova Scotia was already home to the Mi'kmaq people when French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Canada and the first north of Florida in 1604. In 1867 Nova Scotia was one of the four founding provinces of the Canadian Confederation.

Tourist bureaus portray Nova Scotia as a province whose true essence is found in primitive, rustic, and unspoiled traditions outside the process of modernization, and highlight all things Scottish. People with Scottish ancestry are the largest self-identified ethnic group in the province after Canadian (that population is 29.3% as of 2011).


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