Nova Scotia (/ˌnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə/ NOH-və SKOH-shə; French: Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh, lit. 'New Scotland') is a province of Canada, located...
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capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2023, it is...
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Scotians whose mother tongue is French is 2.9%, with a total of 27,340 people in Nova Scotia who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021. There are...
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Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert...
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District of Argyle, is a district municipality in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district...
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Scottish Gaelic (section Nova Scotia)
language speakers, of whom 300 claim to have Gaelic as their "mother tongue." The Nova Scotia government maintains the Office of Gaelic Affairs (Iomairtean na...
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Nova Scotia (Latin for New Scotland; French: Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is a Canadian province located on the country's southeastern...
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of Nova Scotia Iberians Paul Carmel Laporte List of francophone communities in Nova Scotia Louisiana Creoles Military history of Nova Scotia Occitania...
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Helminthotheca echioides (redirect from Bristly Ox-tongue)
has been introduced to North America, where it can now be found from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and California, and it is classified as an invasive...
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Languages of Canada (section Speakers by mother tongue)
Language of Nova Scotia 200,725 Canadians, or less than one per cent of the population, report an Aboriginal language as their mother tongue. Nearly 148,000...
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Pictou County (redirect from List of people from Pictou County, Nova Scotia)
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835...
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Cape Breton Island (redirect from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)
and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The 10,311 km2 (3,981 sq mi) island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia's total area. Although the island...
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Yarmouth is a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. A port town, its industries include fishing and tourism. It is the terminus of a ferry service...
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Regional Municipality, is a regional municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It occupies the western half of Hants County, running from the...
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Municipality of the District of Clare, is a district municipality in western Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal...
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Colchester County (redirect from Colchester District, Nova Scotia)
Nova Scotia. With a population of 51,476 the county is the fourth largest in Nova Scotia. Colchester County is located in north central Nova Scotia. The...
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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...
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District of Yarmouth, is a district municipality in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal...
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Canadian Gaelic (section Gaelic in Nova Scotia English)
reported that 240 residents of Nova Scotia and 15 on Prince Edward Island considered Scottish Gaelic to be their "mother tongue". The 2021 Canadian census reported...
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Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 62,914 in the 2021 Census,[citation needed] Kings County is the...
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Mi'kmaq (category History of Nova Scotia)
indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, and the Gaspé Peninsula...
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of Queens Municipality is a regional municipality in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the northern gateway of the UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere...
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Bridgewater is a town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the navigable limit of the LaHave River. With a 2021 population of 8,790, Bridgewater...
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Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of...
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Gabriel Sylliboy (category People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia)
February 2017 Archives, Nova Scotia (2020-04-20). "Nova Scotia Archives - Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide". Nova Scotia Archives. Retrieved 2024-06-20...
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(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...
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French is the mother tongue of approximately 7.2 million Canadians (22.8 percent of the Canadian population, second to English at 56 percent) according...
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Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (redirect from Lunenburg (municipal district), Nova Scotia)
District of Lunenburg, is a district municipality in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal...
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Antigonish County (redirect from Antigonish County, Nova Scotia)
Antigonish County is a historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the Municipality of the County of...
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Scotland (redirect from Scotia minor)
in Greek skotos (σκότος), meaning "darkness, gloom". The Late Latin word Scotia ("land of the Gaels") was initially used to refer to Ireland, and likewise...
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