NOVA SCOTIA

Area: 55 490 sq. km

Population: 900 000

Distribution: 55 % urban, 45 % rural

Language spoken: 93.2 % English, 3.5 % French, 1.5 % Bilingual

Entered Dominion of Canada: 1 July 1867

Capital City: Halifax

Provincial motto: Munit haec et altera vincit (One defends and the other conquers)

Provincial flower: Trailing arbutus ("mayflower")

Principal products: Milk, hogs, lobsters, paper products, coal, gypsum

Employment: Services - 74 % Industry - 23 %       Agriculture - 3 %

Notes: Nova Scotia is divided into two parts, the end of a mainland peninsula and a nearby island. A province of many firsts, including: first airplane flight in Canada (1909).