Welcome to Nova Scotia, Canada
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Nova Scotia summary
Nova Scotia is a Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in the Maritimes. Its capital,
Halifax, is a major economic centre of the region. Nova Scotia is the second smallest province in Canada, with an area of 55,284 kmē. Its population
of 934,782 makes it the fourth least populous province of the country, though second most densely populated.
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The province's mainland is the Nova Scotia peninsula surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, including numerous bays and estuaries. Nowhere in Nova Scotia
is more than 67 km (40 mi) from the ocean. Cape Breton Island, a large island to the northeast of the Nova Scotia mainland, is also part of the province,
as is Sable Island, a small island notorious for its shipwrecks, approximately 175 km (95 nm) from the province's southern coast. Nova Scotia is Canada's
second smallest province in area (after Prince Edward Island). Nova Scotia is also Canada's most southern province even though it does not have the most
southern location in Canada. That is held by Ontario. Northern Ontario keeps the central region of Ontario further north than Nova Scotia.
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Nova Scotia economy
Nova Scotia's economy has traditionally been largely resource-based, but has in recent decades become more diverse. The founding of Nova Scotia was
driven by the ready availability of natural resources, especially the fish stocks of the Scotian shelf. A pillar of the economy from its development by the
French in the 1600s, the collapse of the cod stocks in 1992, which also eliminated approximately 20,000 jobs, has been followed by a slow but steady decline
of the sector as a whole as most stocks are under stress.
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The per capita GDP in 2005 was $31,344, lower than the national GDP of $34,273 and less than half that of Canada's richest province, Alberta.
Mining is also a
significant sector, especially of gypsum, salt and barite. Since 1991, offshore oil and gas has become a more important part of the economy. Agriculture remains
an important sector in the province. Around the central part of Nova Scotia, lumber and paper industries are responsible for much of the employment opportunities.
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