About Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of 10 provinces and three territories of Canada, located on the East Coast and it is almost completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
Halifax, the Province’s capital city is a major international seaport and transportation centre as well as the economic and cultural hub of the region.
No point in Nova Scotia is more than 60 km from the sea.
The population is approximately 940,000 and English is the official language, although Nova Scotians of Acadian heritage speak French.
Nova Scotia was already home to the Mi’kmaq people when the first European colonists arrived.
French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in 1605 at Port Royal which became known as Acadia.
The British followed and obtained control of the region between 1710 and 1758, establishing Halifax as the new capital in 1749.
Nova Scotia was one of the founding four provinces to join Confederation with Canada in 1867.
The name Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland.
The province is located within the Atlantic Standard Time Zone (AST) four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The weather in Nova Scotia is moderate and has four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall.

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