Nova Scotia Facts

• Capital City: Halifax (372,858 pop.) (2006 CMA)
  (CMA population includes city and metro suburb areas)
• Nova Scotia Population: 921,727 (2011 est.)
• Nova Scotia Population: (per square mile)
• Province Populations: (all provinces / territories)
  
• Currency: Canadian Dollar (conversion rates)
  
  
  Fifty Canadian Dollars
• Ethnicity: Scottish (19.5%), English, (18%), Irish (14%), French (12%), German (10%), others
• GDP total: $34.283 billion (Canadian dollars) (7th)
• GDP per capita: $34,210 (Canadian dollars) (11th)
• Land Sizes
• Language: English
• Largest Cities: (by population) Halifax, Cape Breton (Sydney), Truro, New Glasgow, Kentville
• Name: The province of Nova Scotia is named after Scotland (New Scotland), and people of Scottish descent are the largest ethnic group in the province.
• Province Date: July 1, 1867
• Dominion dates (all provinces and teritories)
  
  Note: The Canadian Confederation, or the birth of Canada as a recognized nation, took place on July 1, 1867, and originally included the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.
• Religion: Catholic (38%), United Church of Canada (16%), Anglican Church of Canada (13%), others
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