11 Beautiful and Amazing Facts about Nova Scotia Canada

Amazing Facts about Nova Scotia Canada make Nova Scotia a very famous tourist destination in Canada. Nova Scotia is one of the Canada’s 3 Maritime provinces, and is one of the 4 provinces that forms Atlantic Canada. Nova Scotia’s provincial capital is Halifax.

It is Canada’s 9th largest province, with area of 55,284 square km that includes Cape Breton and 3,800 coastal island.

As of year 2016, population was around 923,598. Nova Scotia is 2nd most densely populated province in Canada having 17.4 inhabitants per square km.

Nova Scotia is eastern Canada’s Maritime provinces on Atlantic. Nova Scotia consist of offshore and peninsula islands, it is home to seals and puffins, and is popular for watersports like kayaking.

Bay of Fundy, with heavy tides, it is whale watching destination. Halifax, is the capital, which is dominated by star shaped Citadel, and is known for lively Victorian-era Public Gardens.

Amazing Facts about Nova Scotia Canada

1. Nova Scotia is one of the 3 territories and 10 provinces of Canada, it is located on East Coast and is surrounded by Atlantic Ocean.

2. Halifax, is Province’s capital city and is major international transportation and seaport centre as well as cultural and economic hub of region.

3. Nova Scotia is more than 60 km from sea.

4. The population of Nova Scotia is around 940,000 and English is official language, as Nova Scotians heritage speak French.

5. Nova Scotia was home to Mi’kmaq people when first European colonists arrived. It is one of the Amazing Facts about Nova Scotia Canada.

6. French colonists established very first European settlement in year 1605 at Port Royal that became and is known as Acadia.

7. British obtained and followed control of region between year 1710 and year 1758, that establish Halifax as new capital in 1749.

8. Nova Scotia was a founding of 4 provinces to join Confederation with Canada in year 1867.

9. Name Nova Scotia is a Latin word for New Scotland.

10. This province is located in one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST), Atlantic Standard Time Zone (AST) which is behind four hours of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

11. Weather in Nova Scotia is moderate and having 4 distinct seasons: fall, summer, spring and winter.

You can visit www.novascotia.ca to know about Government Services in Nova Scotia.