The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nova Scotia:

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

– meaning ''New Scotland'' in Latin, is the second-smallest province in Canada.Nova Scotia, Canada Information
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Maritime provinces The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of Ca ...

, with its mainland territory consisting of the

Nova Scotia peninsula The Nova Scotia peninsula is a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of North America. Location The Nova Scotia peninsula is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada and is connected to the neighbouring province of New Brunswick through the Is ...

surrounded by the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, in addition to over 3,800 coastal islands, the largest one being Cape Breton Island.

General reference

* Pronunciation: ; french: Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Alba Nuadh * Common English name(s):

* Official English name:

* Common endonym(s): * Official endonym(s): Nova Scotia, french: Nouvelle-Écosse * Adjectival(s): Nova Scotian * Demonym(s): Nova Scotian,

Bluenose ''Bluenose'' was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, ''Bluenose'' under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and ...

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Bibliography of Nova Scotia This is a bibliography of major works on Nova Scotia. Bibliography Surveys * Beck, J. Murray. ''The Government of Nova Scotia'' University of Toronto Press, 1957, the standard history * Choyce, Lesley. ''Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea. A Living ...

Geography of Nova Scotia

Geography of Nova Scotia * Nova Scotia is: a

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Province of Canada The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Report on th ...

* Location: ** The regions that Nova Scotia is in are: *** Northern Hemisphere,

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Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

***** North America ******

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

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Eastern Canada Eastern Canada (also the Eastern provinces or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of the Hudson Bay/ Strait and east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces (from east to west): Newfoundland and Labrado ...

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The Maritimes The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of C ...

** Extreme points of Nova Scotia *** Highest point of Nova Scotia: White Hill * Population of Nova Scotia: 921,727 (2011 census) * Area of Nova Scotia: 55,283 km² * Atlas of Nova Scotia

Environment of Nova Scotia

Geology of Nova Scotia The Nova Scotia peninsula is a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of North America. Location The Nova Scotia peninsula is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada and is connected to the neighbouring province of New Brunswick through the I ...

Protected areas of Nova Scotia Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although t ...

World Heritage Sites A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...

of Nova Scotia: ***

Joggins Fossil Cliffs Joggins is a rural community located in western Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. On July 7, 2008 a 15-km length of the coast constituting the Joggins Fossil Cliffs was officially inscribed on the World Heritage List.p39 Other organisms f ...

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Grand-Pré National Historic Site Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755, and the British deportation of the Acadians that happened during the French and Indian Wa ...

*** Old Town Lunenburg ** Historic places in Nova Scotia *** National Historic Sites of Canada in Nova Scotia

Natural geographic features of Nova Scotia

* Bodies of water ** Adjacent bodies of water ***

**** Bay of Fundy ****

Northumberland Strait The Northumberland Strait (French: ''détroit de Northumberland'') is a strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern Canada. The strait is formed by Prince Edward Island and the gulf's eastern, southern, and western sh ...

**** Strait of Canso ** Interior bodies of water ***

Lakes of Nova Scotia This is a list of lakes in Nova Scotia. Cape Breton Island All Four Counties * Bras d'Or Lake Cape Breton Regional Municipality * Anse aux Cannes Pond * The Barachois * Bear Cove Pond * Bear Gulch Ponds * Beaverdam Pond * Belle Lake * ...

**** Lakes named Rocky Lake in Nova Scotia ***

Rivers of Nova Scotia A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wa ...

**** Waterfalls of Nova Scotia *

Islands of Nova Scotia An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

** Cape Breton Island **

Brier Island Brier Island is an island in the Bay of Fundy in Digby County, Nova Scotia. Geography The island is the westernmost part of Nova Scotia and the southern end of the North Mountain ridge with Long Island lying immediately northeast; both islands ...

Sable Island Sable Island (french: île de Sable, literally "island of sand") is a small Canadian island situated southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and about southeast of the closest point of mainland Nova Scotia in the North Atlantic Ocean. The island ...

Mountains of Nova Scotia A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

** Mountain ranges of Nova Scotia ***

Cape Breton Highlands The Cape Breton Highlands (french: Plateau du Cap-Breton, gd, Àrd-thalamh Cheap Bhreatainn), commonly called the Highlands, refer to a highland or mountainous plateau across the northern part of Cape Breton Island in the Canadian province of N ...

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Cobequid Mountains The Cobequid Mountains, also sometimes referred to as the Cobequid Hills, is a Canadian mountain range located in Nova Scotia in the mainland portion of the province. Geologic history Geologically, the Cobequid Mountains are considered part of th ...

Annapolis Valley The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy. Stat ...

* Musquodoboit Valley *

Shubenacadie Valley The Shubenacadie Valley is a Canadian rural region in central Nova Scotia. The picturesque Shubenacadie River flows through the valley, which is framed by low hills from its source at Shubenacadie Grand Lake in north-central Halifax County, then ...

* Stewiacke Valley *

Wentworth Valley The Wentworth Valley is a valley in the Cobequid Mountains of northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It comprises the lowest elevation pass through the Cobequids. It was named after the colonial governor John Wentworth (1792-1808). Physical geograp ...

Regions of Nova Scotia

* Mainland Halifax **

Isthmus of Chignecto The Isthmus of Chignecto is an isthmus bordering the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia that connects the Nova Scotia peninsula with North America. The isthmus separates the waters of Chignecto Bay, a sub-basin of the Bay of ...

*** Tantramar **

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Central Nova Scotia Central Nova (french: Nova-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 until 1996. In 1996, Antigonish County and part of Guysborough County were placed with Pic ...

*** Eastern Shore ***

Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348 ...

*** Musquodoboit Valley *** North Shore (Nova Scotia) ***

Southern Nova Scotia Southern Nova Scotia or the South Shore is a region of Nova Scotia, Canada. The area has no formal identity and is variously defined by geographic, county and other political boundaries. Statistics Canada, defines Southern Nova Scotia as an economi ...

* Cape Breton Island **

Industrial Cape Breton Industrial Cape Breton is a geographic region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It refers to the eastern portion of Cape Breton County fronting the Atlantic Ocean on the southeastern part of Cape Breton Island. Geography The area comprisi ...

Cape Breton Regional Municipality Cape Breton Regional Municipality (often referred to as simply "CBRM") is the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's second largest municipality and the economic heart of Cape Breton Island. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 94,285. The ...

(CBRM) **

** Strait of Canso Area

Administrative divisions of Nova Scotia

* Capital of Nova Scotia:

* Population centres in Nova Scotia * Health regions of Nova Scotia *

Counties of Nova Scotia The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has a historical system of 18 counties that originally had appointed court systems to administer local governance prior to the establishment of elected local governments in 1879. The historical counties c ...

School districts in Nova Scotia A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compul ...

= Counties of Nova Scotia

= Nova Scotia has 18 counties, 3 of which are regional municipalities. * Annapolis *

Antigonish , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = File:St Ninian's Cathedral Antigonish Spring.jpg , image_caption = St. Ninian's Cathedral , image_flag = Flag of Antigonish.pn ...

Cape Breton Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18. ...

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colch ...

* Cumberland * Digby *

Guysborough Guysborough (population: 397) is an unincorporated Canadian community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Located on the western shore of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the Guysborough municip ...

* Halifax * Hants * Inverness * Kings * Lunenburg *

Pictou Pictou ( ; Canadian Gaelic: ''Baile Phiogto'') is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) north of the larger town of New Gla ...

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

* Richmond * Shelburne *

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

* Yarmouth

= Regional municipalities of Nova Scotia

= Nova Scotia has 3 regional municipalities.

Regional municipalities A regional municipality (or region) is a type of Canadian municipal government similar to and at the same municipal government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary from place to place. Reg ...

* Halifax – Capital of Nova Scotia *

Halifax Regional Municipality

– Capital of Nova Scotia * Geography of the Halifax Regional Municipality **

Halifax Harbour Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Halifax largely owes its existence to the harbour, being one of the largest and deepest ice-free natural harbo ...

** Municipal Districts ** Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality ***

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...

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Chebucto Peninsula The Chebucto Peninsula is a peninsula located in central Nova Scotia, Canada, entirely within the Halifax Regional Municipality on the Atlantic coast. It is bordered by St. Margarets Bay in the west, the open Atlantic Ocean to the south, and ...

*** Cole Harbour & Westphal *** Cow Bay & Eastern Passage *** Dartmouth *** Eastern Shore East *** Eastern Shore West *** Hammonds Plains, Upper Sackville & Beaver Bank *** Lake Echo & Porters Lake *** Lawrencetown *** Musquodoboit Valley & Dutch Settlement *** Preston & Cherrybrook *** Prospect *** St. Margaret's Bay *** Timberlea, Lakeside, Beechville * Government and politics of Halifax ** Regional Council ** Community Councils ** Halifax elections *** 2004 election *** 2008 election ***

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** Law of Halifax *** Law enforcement in Halifax **** Halifax Regional Police * History of the Halifax Regional Municipality **

Halifax Explosion On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship collided with the Norwegian vessel in the waters of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The ''Mont-Blanc'', laden with high explosives, caught fire and exploded, devastating the Richmond ...

* Culture of the Halifax Regional Municipality ** Architecture of Halifax *** Buildings and infrastructure ** People from Halifax ** Sports in the Halifax Regional Municipality ** Economy and infrastructure of the Halifax Regional Municipality *** Communications in Halifax **** Media in the Halifax Regional Municipality **** Halifax Public Libraries *** Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency *** Transportation in the Halifax Regional Municipality **** Metro Transit ****

Halifax Port Authority The Port of Halifax comprises various port facilities in Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It covers of land, and looks after of water. Strategically located as North America's first inbound and last outbound gateway, the port o ...

***** Halifax Harbour Solutions **** Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron *** Water supply and sanitation in Halifax ****

Halifax Regional Water Commission The Halifax Regional Water Commission (HRWC), publicly known as Halifax Water, is the municipal water, wastewater and stormwater utility serving the residents of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), pursuant to the Public Utilities Act. An ...

** Education in the Halifax Regional Municipality *** Halifax Regional School Board

= Municipal districts of Nova Scotia

Municipal district A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Brazil In Brazil, municipal districts are, in genera ...

s * Argyle * Barrington * Chester * Clare * Digby * East Hants *

* Lunenburg * Shelburne * St. Mary's * West Hants * Yarmouth

= Towns of Nova Scotia

= * Amherst *

Annapolis Royal Annapolis Royal, formerly known as Port-Royal (Acadia), Port Royal, is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Today's Annapolis Royal is the second French settlement known by the same name and should not be ...

Antigonish , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = File:St Ninian's Cathedral Antigonish Spring.jpg , image_caption = St. Ninian's Cathedral , image_flag = Flag of Antigonish.pn ...

* Berwick *

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* Bridgewater *

Clark's Harbour Clark's Harbour is a town on Cape Sable Island in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Municipality of the District of Barrington in Shelburne County. The main industry is lobster fishing. Owing to this as well as the town's history ...

* Digby *

Hantsport Hantsport is an unincorporated area in the West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is at the western boundary between West Hants Regional Municipality and Kings County, along the west bank of the Avon River's tidal estuary. T ...

Kentville Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630. Its census agglomeration is 26,929. History Kentville owes its location to the Cornwallis River ...

* Lockeport * Lunenburg *

Mahone Bay Mahone Bay is a bay on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada along the eastern end of Lunenburg County. The bay has many islands, and is a popular sailing area. Since 2003 the Mahone Islands Conservation Association has been working to prot ...

* Middleton * Mulgrave *

New Glasgow New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait. The town's population was 9,075 ...

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

Parrsboro Parrsboro is a community located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A regional service centre for southern Cumberland County, the community is also known for its port on the Minas Basin, the Ship's Company Theatre productions, and t ...

* Port Hawkesbury * Shelburne * Springhill * Stellarton *

Stewiacke Stewiacke () is a town located in southern Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town was incorporated on August 30, 1906. Geography The town is located in the Stewiacke Valley, at the confluence of the Stewiacke and Shubenacadie Rive ...

* Trenton *

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* Westville *

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Wolfville Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax. The town is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School. The tow ...

* Yarmouth

= Incorporated villages

= * Aylesford * Baddeck * Bible Hill * Canning * Chester * Cornwallis Square * Dover * Freeport * Greenwood *

Havre Boucher Havre Boucher is a community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Description The village takes its name from "Havre Boucher", a natural harbour that opens onto St. George's Bay to the north. The community has expanded from its original ...

* Hebbville * Kingston * Lawrencetown * New Minas * Port Williams * Pugwash *

River Hebert The River Hebert is a small tidal river that empties into the Cumberland Basin, and is contained completely within Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. According to estimates by the Province of Nova Scotia, there were 9,092 people resident within th ...

* St. Peter's *

Tatamagouche Tatamagouche (Mi'kmaq: ''Taqamiju’jk'') is a village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tatamagouche is situated on the Northumberland Strait 50 kilometres north of Truro and 50 kilometres west of Pictou. The village is located along ...

* Tiverton * Westport * Weymouth

= Communities of Nova Scotia, by county

List of towns in Nova Scotia A town is a type of municipality in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. Towns are incorporated by order by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board pursuant to sections 383 through 388 of Nova Scotia's ''Municipal Government Act''. Nova Scotia ...

List of villages in Nova Scotia A village is a type of community in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia that has a commission established under the ''Municipal Government Act'' for the purpose of providing municipal services to a defined area within a larger county or dist ...

** Old Acadian Villages of Nova Scotia * Indian reserves in Nova Scotia

Demographics of Nova Scotia

Demographics of Nova Scotia * Population centres in Nova Scotia

Government and politics of Nova Scotia

* Form of government:

Constitutional monarchy A constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in decision making. Constitutional monarchies dif ...

* Capital of Nova Scotia:

Elections in Nova Scotia An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...

** Canadian federal election results in Nova Scotia * Political issues in Nova Scotia ** NIMBY in Nova Scotia * Political parties in Nova Scotia ** The three main political parties are: ***

Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia (formerly Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia), is a moderate political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been historically as ...

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Nova Scotia Liberal Party The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Z ...

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Nova Scotia New Democratic Party The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social-democratic, progressive provincial party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the provincial entity of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). It was founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C ...

* Political scandals of Nova Scotia *

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Federal representation

* Senators

Provincial government of Nova Scotia

Executive branch

* Head of state: King in Right of Nova Scotia,

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King Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...

** Head of state's representative (

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): Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia ***

List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Nova Scotia came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1867, the po ...

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

: Premier of Nova Scotia ** List of premiers of Nova Scotia ** Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia ** Cabinet:

Executive Council of Nova Scotia The Executive Council of Nova Scotia (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Nova Scotia) is the cabinet of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Almost always made up of members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, the Cabinet is sim ...

*** Head of council: Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, as representative of the King in Right of Nova Scotia ** Nova Scotia Government Agencies and Crown Corporations

Legislative branch

* Parliament of Nova Scotia (

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

, which nonetheless has 2 components): ** King-in-Parliament (

), represented in his absence by the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia **

Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...

*** List of Nova Scotia General Assemblies ***

Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia The Speaker for the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia is the presiding Officer of the House of Assembly. Keith Bain is the current Speaker of the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. The Speaker presides over the proceedings of the Assembly, maint ...

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List of Nova Scotia opposition leaders This is a list of leaders of the opposition party in the Nova Scotia Legislature, both as a colony and a Province of Canada. Since 1928, when its upper house An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber ...

Judicial branch

Court system of Nova Scotia *

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal for Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Court of Appeal or NSCA) is the highest appeal court in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. There are currently 8 judicial seats including one assigned to the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. At any g ...

(NSCA) **

Nova Scotia Supreme Court The Nova Scotia Supreme Court is a superior court in the province of Nova Scotia. The Supreme Court consists of 25 judicial seats including the position of Chief Justice and Associate Chief Justice. At any given time there may be one or more addit ...

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Provincial Court of Nova Scotia The Provincial Court of Nova Scotia is the court of criminal jurisdiction for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. There are twenty-three Justices and one Chief Justice on the bench, who sit in one of 33 locations over the province. The Justices ...

Law and order in Nova Scotia

* Capital punishment in Nova Scotia: none. ** Nova Scotia, as with all of Canada, does not have capital punishment. ** Canada eliminated the death penalty for murder on July 14, 1976. *

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Constitution Act, 1867 The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (french: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867),''The Constitution Act, 1867'', 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on 2019-03-14. originally enacted as the ''British North America Act, 186 ...

– sets the powers and structure of the provinces of Canada, including Nova Scotia * Criminal justice system of Nova Scotia **

Criminal Code of Canada The ''Criminal Code'' (french: Code criminel)The citation of this Act by these short titles is authorised by thEnglishantexts of section 1. is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada. Its official long title is ''A ...

* Human rights in Nova Scotia **

Domestic partnership in Nova Scotia Since June 4, 2001, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has offered Domestic partnership registration to unmarried couples, both same-sex and different-sex, thereby entitling them to some, but not all, of the rights and benefits of marriage. Leg ...

Same-sex marriage in Nova Scotia Same-sex marriage in Nova Scotia has been legal since September 24, 2004 when the province began issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples immediately following a court ruling from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Nova Scotia became the sixth ju ...

Law enforcement in Nova Scotia

* Halifax Regional Police

Military in Nova Scotia

CFB Halifax Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax is Canada's east coast naval base and home port to the Royal Canadian Navy Atlantic fleet, known as Canadian Fleet Atlantic (CANFLTLANT), that forms part of the formation Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT). I ...

CFB Greenwood Canadian Forces Base Greenwood , or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located east of Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the ...

History of Nova Scotia

History of Nova Scotia, by period

* Part of

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semi-nomadic tribal lands (Mi'kmaq'ki) (centuries prior-1604) * Part of

Acadia Acadia (french: link=no, Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the The Maritimes, Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. During much of the 17t ...

(1604-1710) – still considered "Mi'kmaq'ki" by the Mi'kmaq, who allowed French settlement in their midst **

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(1605-1613) * Scottish Colony "Nova Scotia" 1629-1632 * Part of Acadia again (1632-1710) **

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(relocated) (1632-1710) **

Acadian Civil War The Acadian Civil War (1635–1654) was fought between competing governors of the French province of Acadia. Governor Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour (a Protestant) had been granted one area of territory by King Louis XIV, and Charles de Me ...

(1640-1644) **

Wabanaki Confederacy The Wabanaki Confederacy (''Wabenaki, Wobanaki'', translated to "People of the Dawn" or "Easterner") is a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of four principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet ( ...

(1675–present) ** Siege of Port Royal (Conquest of Acadia, 1710) **

Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vacant throne ...

(1713) – France ceded Nova Scotia to Great Britain * **

Father Rale's War Dummer's War (1722–1725) is also known as Father Rale's War, Lovewell's War, Greylock's War, the Three Years War, the Wabanaki-New England War, or the Fourth Anglo-Abenaki War. It was a series of battles between the New England Colonies and the ...

(1722–1725) ** Acadian Exodus (1749) **

Father Le Loutre's War Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. On one side of the conflict, the Briti ...

(1749–1755) **

Expulsion of the Acadians The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation, and the Deportation of the Acadians (french: Le Grand Dérangement or ), was the forced removal, by the British, of the Acadian peo ...

(1755–1764) *** Old Acadian Villages of Nova Scotia ** Burying the Hatchet ceremony (1761) **

Treaty of Paris Treaty of Paris may refer to one of many treaties signed in Paris, France: Treaties 1200s and 1300s * Treaty of Paris (1229), which ended the Albigensian Crusade * Treaty of Paris (1259), between Henry III of England and Louis IX of France * Trea ...

(1763) – France ceded New France, including Nova Scotia/Acadia to Great Britain *

Canadian Confederation Canadian Confederation (french: Confédération canadienne, link=no) was the process by which three British North American provinces, the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, were united into one federation called the Dominion ...

(1867) – Dominion of Canada formed, establishing provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick

History of Nova Scotia, by region

* History of the Halifax Regional Municipality ** Amalgamation of the Halifax Regional Municipality **

Halifax (former city) Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348 ...

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History of Victoria This article describes the history of the Australian colony and state of Victoria. Before British colonisation of Australia, many Aboriginal peoples lived in the area now known as Victoria. A couple of years after the first Europeans settled t ...

History of Nova Scotia, by subject

* Historic places in Nova Scotia ** Ghost towns in Nova Scotia * Maritime history of Nova Scotia **

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Bluenose II ''Bluenose II'' is a replica of the fishing and racing schooner '' Bluenose'', commissioned by Sidney Culverwell Oland and built in 1963 as a promotional yacht for Oland Brewery. Sidney Oland donated the schooner to Nova Scotia in 1971 and it h ...

*** Bluenose IV ** Maritime Sign Language

Military history of Nova Scotia

Military history of Nova Scotia *

Battle of Port Royal The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Geo ...

(1690) * Conquest of Acadia (1710) * Battle of Jeddore Harbour (1722) * Northeast Coast Campaign (1745) * Battle of Grand Pré (1747) * Dartmouth Massacre (1751) * Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755) * Fall of Louisbourg (1758) * Headquarters established for Royal Navy's North American Station (1758) * Burying the Hatchet ceremony (1761) *

Battle of Fort Cumberland The Battle of Fort Cumberland (also known as the Eddy Rebellion) was an attempt by a small number of militia commanded by Jonathan Eddy to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia in late 1776. With minimal logistical support from ...

(1776) * Raid on Lunenburg (1782) * Halifax Impressment Riot (1805) * Establishment of New Ireland (1812) *

Capture of USS Chesapeake The capture of USS ''Chesapeake'', also known as the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between the Royal Navy frigate and the United States Navy frigate , as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Ki ...

(1813) * Battle at the Great Redan (1855) * Siege of Lucknow (1857) * CSS Tallahassee Escape (1861) * Departing Halifax for Northwest Rebellion (1885) * Departing Halifax for the Boer War (1899) * Imprisonment of Leon Trotsky (1917) * Jewish Legion formed (1917) *

Battle of the St. Lawrence The Battle of the St. Lawrence involved marine and anti-submarine actions throughout the lower St. Lawrence River and the entire Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Strait of Belle Isle, Anticosti Island and Cabot Strait from May–October 1942, September ...

( * Sinking of the SS Point Pleasant Park (1945) * Halifax VE-Day Riot (1945) * Walter Callow Wheelchair Bus established (1947)

Culture of Nova Scotia

* Architecture of Nova Scotia ** Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia ** Province House * Cuisine of Nova Scotia **

Nova Scotia wine Nova Scotia wine is Canadian wine produced in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia's wineries are primarily organized under the Wine Association of Nova Scotia, though not all wineries are members. The industry began in the late 197 ...

* Language in Nova Scotia ** Canadian English dialect **

Acadian French Acadian French (french: français acadien, acadjonne) is a variety of French spoken by Acadians, mostly in the region of Acadia, Canada. Acadian French has 7 regional accents, including chiac and brayon. Phonology Since there was relatively li ...

dialect ** Cape Breton accent ** Mi'kmaq language ** Language policies of Nova Scotia * Museums of Nova Scotia *

Order of Nova Scotia The Order of Nova Scotia (french: Ordre de la Nouvelle-Écosse) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Instituted on August 2, 2001, when Lieutenant Governor Myra Freeman granted Royal Assent to the Order of Nova ...

* People of Nova Scotia ** Nova Scotians ** Ethnic minorities in Nova Scotia ***

Acadians The Acadians (french: Acadiens , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Most Acadians live in the region of Acadia, as it is the region where the de ...

*** Indigenous peoples **** Mi'kmaq people ***

Black Nova Scotians Black Nova Scotians (also known as African Nova Scotians and Afro-Nova Scotians) are Black Canadians whose ancestors primarily date back to the Colonial United States as slaves or freemen, later arriving in Nova Scotia, Canada, during the 18th ...

** Nobility in Nova Scotia ***

Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14t ...

* Public holidays in Nova Scotia ** Treaty Day ** Nova Scotia Heritage Day *

Religion in Nova Scotia Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, t ...

** Christianity in Nova Scotia *** Anglicanism in Nova Scotia **** Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island *

Symbols of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the ...

Coat of arms of Nova Scotia A coat typically is an outer garment for the upper body as worn by either gender for warmth or fashion. Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a ...

Flag of Nova Scotia The flag of Nova Scotia consists of a blue saltire on a white field defaced with the royal arms of Scotland. Adopted in 1929 after a royal warrant was issued, it has been the flag of the province since January 19 of that year. It is a b ...

* Scouting and Guiding in Nova Scotia

Heritage sites in Nova Scotia

* Historic places in Nova Scotia *

World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...

s of Nova Scotia: **

** Old Town Lunenburg * National Historic Sites of Canada in Nova Scotia

The Arts in Nova Scotia

* Art Gallery of Nova Scotia * Literature of Nova Scotia ** ''

First Death in Nova Scotia "First Death in Nova Scotia" is a short poem by Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in ''Questions of Travel'' (1965). The poem tells of a child's first experience of death in the context of a relative's wake. Sum ...

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Music of Nova Scotia Music is a part of the warp and weft of the fabric of Nova Scotia's cultural life. This deep and lasting love of music is expressed through the performance and enjoyment of all types and genres of music. While popular music from many genres has ...

Sports in Nova Scotia

* List of ice hockey teams in Nova Scotia * Nova Scotia Rugby Union

Economy and infrastructure of Nova Scotia

* Economic rank (by nominal GDP): * Banking in Nova Scotia ** Banks and credit unions in Canada * Communications in Nova Scotia **

Radio stations in Nova Scotia Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...

Television stations in Nova Scotia Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

** Postage stamps and postal history of Nova Scotia *

Currency A currency, "in circulation", from la, currens, -entis, literally meaning "running" or "traversing" is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general ...

of Nova Scotia * Energy in Nova Scotia **

List of electrical generating stations in Nova Scotia This is a list of electrical generating stations in Nova Scotia, Canada. Nova Scotia has twenty-nine power stations, and is still largely dependent on coal-fired generation, with some natural gas and hydroelectric generating stations. Nova Scoti ...

** Petroleum pricing in Nova Scotia * Mines in Nova Scotia * Transportation in Nova Scotia ** Air transport in Nova Scotia *** Airlines in Nova Scotia *** Airports in Nova Scotia ** Roads in Nova Scotia *** Provincial highways of Nova Scotia **

Vehicle registration plates of Nova Scotia The Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1907. Registrants provided their own Vehicle registration plate, licence plates for display until 1918, when ...

Education in Nova Scotia

* Primary education in Nova Scotia **

List of school districts in Nova Scotia There are 8 school districts in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Current school districts Historical enrollment by district References External linksNova Scotia Department of Education - School Districts
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*** List of schools in Nova Scotia * Higher education in Nova Scotia **

Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations The Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations (ANSSA) was the largest post-secondary student advocacy group in Nova Scotia, Canada and the largest student organization in the Atlantic Provinces. In 2012 it was renamed Students Nova Scotia. The o ...

** Colleges in Nova Scotia ** Universities in Nova Scotia *** Technical University of Nova Scotia

References

External links

Nova Scotia Govt online map archive
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