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| Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) | |||||
| Capital | Halifax | ||||
| Largest City | Halifax | ||||
| Area - Total - % fresh water | 12th largest (9th lgst prov.) 55 284 km˛ 3.5% | ||||
| Population
- Density | Ranked 7th
17.67/km˛ | ||||
| Admittance into Confederation
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N.S. colony 1 | ||||
| Time zone | UTC -4 | ||||
| Postal information
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| ISO 3166-2ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It is a geocode system created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries ( subnational entities) and dependent areas. The purpose of the standard is to establish a worldwide series of short a | CA-NS | ||||
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Parliamentary representationParliament Hill's Centre Block houses both the Commons and Senate. The Parliament of Canada (in French: le Parlement du Canada is Canada's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. According to Section 17 of the Constitution Act, 1 House seatsThe House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nation's capital of Ottawa, Ontario. Leadership Prime Minister and Cabinet Under the Westminster system, the prime m Senate seatsThe Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. The senate has 105 members who are appointed by the Governor General on advice from the Prime Minister and serve until the age of 75. 24 from Ontario; 24 from Quebec; 24 are from the Mar |
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| PremierRobert Stanfield, 21st Premier ( 1956- 1967) The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Nova Scotia is John Ham | John HammThe Honourable John Hamm MLA, MD, ( April 8, 1938 ) is the current premier of Nova Scotia, Canada. Hamm, a graduate of the University of King's College, was a family doctor in his hometown of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and the president of the Nova Scotia (PC) | ||||
| Lieutenant-Governor | Myra A. Freeman | ||||
| Government of Nova Scotia | |||||
Nova Scotia ( Latin for New Scotland; “Alba Nuadh” in Scottish Gaelic, French la Nouvelle-Écosse) is a Canadian province on the North Atlantic coast. Nova Scotia has an area of 55,500 km˛ and a population of about 940,000 (Nova Scotians). Its capital is Halifax.