Nova Scotia, Canada

Ballantyne's Cove in Nova Scotia
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Cities and Sights in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (NS) is one of the three Maritime provinces of Canada (the other two being New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island). It is also the most populous of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada (the others being New Brunswick, Prince Edward island and Newfoundland and Labrador). Also known as Nouvelle-Écosse in French, it covers 55,283 sq km (21,345 sq mi) and has a population of 922,000 people (2012 estimate).

Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia was one of the four founding provinces of the Confederation of Canada on 1 July, 1867. Its capital and largest city is Halifax. It has eleven seats in the 308-seat Canadian House of Commons and ten seats in the 105-seat Senate of Canada.

Before the arrival of Europeans, the Nova Scotia area was inhabited by the Mi'kma'ki tribe of indigenous people. The French were the first to establish permanent settlement in Canada, in 1604, although the British took over the place in 1710. Following the French and Indian War of 1755, thousands of Acadians - the French-speaking Roman Catholic population of the area - were deported for refusing to take oaths to the British Crown, in what is called the Expulsion of the Acadians. This "Acadian diaspora" was dispersed all over, to France, French Guiana, the Falkland Islands, and to New Orleans, where the French word Acadien evolved into "Cadien" and then to Cajun.

Église Sainte-Anne du Ruisseau, Nova Scotia
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During the American Civil War, Nova Scotia was part of the British Empire. It declared itself neutral, and continued to trade with both the North and South. As a result Nova Scotia experienced an economic boom during the Civil War. The war was however influential in leading Nova Scotia and other colonies of British North America to form the Confederation of Canada in 1867.

The mainstay of Nova Scotia's economy is fishing. This industry however has suffered tremendous setback from overfishing and the collapse of the cod stocks, which caused a loss of over 20,000 jobs in 1992. Since then, Nova Scotia has diversified its economy to include mining, petroleum, agriculture, aerospace and tourism.

Peggys Cove Harbour, Nova Scotia
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Visiting Nova Scotia

The Halifax Airport (YHZ) gets flights from various cities in North America as well as from London-Heathrow and Amsterdam.

Towns in Nova Scotia

Attractions and Places of Interest in Nova Scotia

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