Nova Scotia is one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada and home to nearly 1 million people. Located on Canada's east coast Nova Scotia includes over 3,800 coastal islands in addition to the mainland territory. Novascotia.ca is the official website for the province of Nova Scotia. It is the one place to find all government services and information. Here are the top things to know before you visit Nova Scotia: from weather to getting around, to tipping, to what to do with that lobster bib. Nova Scotia [1] is one of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Nova Scotia consists of a very large peninsula (known as the "mainland"), connected to the province of New Brunswick by a narrow strip of land, and includes Cape Breton Island, which is now joined to the mainland by the Canso Causeway. Nova Scotia was one of the original four provinces that became part of Canada in 1867, and as of 2011 had a population of 922,000 people, of whom 44% live in the capital city, Halifax. "Nova Scotia ...
