Nova Scotia
By Rhiannon Van Fleet and Emily Faltys
Nova Scotia
-includes over 3,800 coastal islands
-population is 940,592 people
2nd Smallest Province
Nova Scotia Flag
Located on the East Coast of Canada
People
-18% have backgrounds from French ancestry
-the rest of the percentage includes German, Dutch, Poles, Ukrainian, Chinese, Scandinavian, and native people
Climate and Weather
-the areas along the coast are milder and wetter than the areas inland
-the Atlantic coast is foggy, especially in the spring
-there are heavy rains and stormy weather in the fall
-the province has experienced hurricanes in the late summer
Motto
Provincial Symbols
tree-red spruce
bird-osprey
animal-Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever dog
gemstone-Agate
mineral-Stillbite
flower-Mayflower
Industries and Jobs
- fishing is popular to people who live by the lakes and the ocean
- drilling is popular to people who live by the shore because of shore-line drilling
- people in Nova Scotia are the world's largest exporters in Christmas trees, lobsters, gypsum, and wild berries
- manufacturing is very big around Sydney and Halifax, Nova Scotia