Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's Atlantic Provinces. With around 950,000 inhabitants, it is one of the least populated. For visitors, Nova Scotia offers beaches, history, rugged wilderness parks, a mix of Celtic, Acadian French, and Indigenous cultures.| Tap on the map to travel |
Photo: Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Popular Destinations
Halifax
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Halifax is the capital city of Nova Scotia and the largest city in Atlantic Canada.
Sydney
Photo: Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Lunenburg
Photo: Taxiarchos228, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lunenburg is a small fishing town in Nova Scotia that was established in 1753.
Destinations
Cape Breton Island
Photo: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Breton Island is the northernmost island in Nova Scotia.
Halifax Region
The Halifax Region, focused on Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, is the economic hub of the province and often the first point of entry.
Nova Scotia
- Type: State with 922,000 residents
- Description: province of Canada
- Neighbors: New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
- Categories: province of Canada, administrative territorial entity of Canada and locality
- Location: Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
45.196° or 45° 11' 46" northLongitude of centre
-63.1654° or 63° 9' 55" westPopulation
922,000Elevation
117 metres (384 feet)Abbreviation
NSOpenStreetMap ID
node 305700704OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
6091530Wikidata ID
Q1952Nova Scotia Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Nieu-Skotland
- Afrikaans: Nova Scotia
- Albanian: Skocia e Re
- Amharic: ኖቫ ስኮሻ
- Arabic: Nova Scotia
- Arabic: إسكتلندا الجديدة
- Arabic: نوفا سكوتيا
- Arabic: نوفا سكوشا
- Armenian: Նոր Շոտլանդիա
- Asturian: Nueva Escocia
- Awadhi: नोवा स्कॉटिया
- Azerbaijani: Yeni Şotlandiya
- Balinese: Nova Scotia
- Basque: Eskozia Berria
- Belarusian: Новая Шатландыя
- Belarusian: Новая Шатляндыя
- Belarusian: Правінцыя Новая Шатландыя
- Bengali: নোভা স্কোশিয়া
- Bhojpuri: नोवा स्कोशिया
- Bhojpuri: नोवा स्कोश्या
- Bosnian: Nova Scotia
- Bosnian: Nova Škotska
- Breton: Skos Nevez
- Bulgarian: Нова Скотия
- Burmese: နိုဗာစကိုးရှားပြည်နယ်
- Catalan: Nova Escòcia
- Cebuano: Nova Scotia
- Central Kurdish: نۆڤا سکۆشیا
- Chinese: Nova Scotia
- Chinese: 新斯科舍
- Chinese: 新斯科舍省
- Chinese: 新苏格兰
- Chinese: 新蘇格蘭省
- Chinese: 諾華斯高沙
- Cornish: Alban Nowydh
- Corsican: Nova Scozia
- Croatian: Nova Škotska
- Czech: Nové Skotsko
- Dagbani: Nova Scotia
- Danish: Nova Scotia
- Dimli (individual language): İskoçyay Newe
- Dimli (individual language): İskoçyay Newey
- Dutch: Nova Scotia
- Egyptian Arabic: نوڤا سكوشا
- English: CA-NS
- English: Canada's Ocean Playground
- English: NS
- English: New Scotland
- English: Province of Nova Scotia
- Esperanto: NS
- Esperanto: Nov-Skotio
- Esperanto: Novaskotio
- Estonian: Nova Scotia
- Faroese: Nova Scotia
- Finnish: Nova Scotia
- French: NS
- French: Nouvelle-Écosse
- Galician: Nova Escocia
- Galician: Nova Scotia
- Georgian: ახალი შოტლანდია
- German: NS
- German: Neu-Schottland
- German: Neuschottland
- German: Nova Scotia
- Greek: Νέα Σκωτία
- Gujarati: નોવા સ્કોટીઆ
- Haitian: Nouvèl Ekòs
- Hebrew: נובה סקוטיה
- Hindi: नोवा स्कॉटिया
- Hungarian: Nova Scotia
- Hungarian: Új-Skócia
- Icelandic: Nýja-Skotland
- Ido: Nova Skotia
- Igbo: Nova Scotia
- Indonesian: Nova Scotia
- Interlingue: Nova Scotia
- Inuktitut: ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ
- Irish: Alba Nuadh
- Irish: Albain Nua
- Italian: Nuova Scozia
- Japanese: CA-NS
- Japanese: NS
- Japanese: ニュー・スコットランド
- Japanese: ノバスコシア州
- Kalaallisut: Nova Scotia
- Kannada: ನೋವಾ ಸ್ಕಾಟಿಯಾ
- Kazakh: Жаңа Шотландия
- Korean: 노바스코샤 주
- Korean: 노바스코샤주
- Kurdish: Nova Scotia
- Ladino: Nova Scotia
- Latin: Nova Scotia
- Latvian: Jaunskotija
- Ligurian: Neuva Scossia
- Limburgan: Nova Scotia
- Literary Chinese: 新斯高沙
- Lithuanian: Naujoji Škotija
- Low German: Nova Scotia
- Luxembourgish: Nova Scotia
- Macedonian: Нова Шкотска
- Malay: Nova Scotia
- Malayalam: നോവ സ്കോട്ടിയ
- Manx: Albey Noa
- Manx: Albin Noa
- Manx: Nalbin Noa
- Manx: Nova Scotia
- Manx: ny h-Albey Noa
- Marathi: नोव्हा स्कॉशिया
- Mazanderani: نوا اسکوشیا
- Min Dong Chinese: Nova Scotia
- Min Nan Chinese: Nova Scotia
- Mingrelian: ახალი შოტლანდია
- Mongolian: Нова Скоша
- Northern Frisian: Nova Scotia
- Norwegian: Nova Scotia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nova Scotia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nova Scotia
- Occitan (post 1500): Nòva Escòcia
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܢܘܒܐ ܣܩܘܛܝܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Niwe Scotland
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Nīwe Scotland
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Nīƿe Scotland
- Ossetian: Ног Шотланди
- Pampanga: Nova Scotia
- Panjabi: ਨੋਵਾ ਸਕੋਸ਼ਾ
- Panjabi: ਨੋਵਾ ਸਕੋਸ਼ੀਆ
- Papiamento: Nova Scotia
- Pennsylvania German: Nei-Schottland
- Persian: نوا اسکوشیا
- Piemontese: Neuva Scòssia
- Polish: Nowa Szkocja
- Portuguese: NS
- Portuguese: Nova Escócia
- Portuguese: Nova Scotia
- Portuguese: Província da Nova Escócia
- Portuguese: Província de Nova Scotia
- Quechua: Nova Scotia pruwinsya
- Romanian: Noua Scoție
- Russia Buriat: Шэнэ Шотланд
- Russian: Новая Шотландия
- Rusyn: Нова Шкоция
- Samogitian: Naujuojė Škuotėjė
- Sardinian: Nova Scotia
- Scots: New Scotland
- Scots: Nova Scotia
- Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh
- Serbian: Нова Шкотска
- Serbo-Croatian: Nova Škotska
- Sinhala: නොවා ස්කොටියා
- Slovak: Nové Škótsko
- Slovenian: Nova Škotska
- South Azerbaijani: نوا اسکوشیا
- South Azerbaijani: نووا اسکوشیا
- Spanish: NS
- Spanish: Nueva Escocia
- Spanish: Nueva Escocia (Canadá)
- Spanish: Provincia de Nueva Escocia
- Swahili: Nova Scotia
- Swedish: Nova Scotia
- Tagalog: Nova Scotia
- Tajik: Шотландияи Нав
- Tamil: நோவா ஸ்காட்டியா
- Tamil: நோவா ஸ்கோசியா
- Tatar: Яңа Шотландия
- Telugu: నోవా స్కోటియా
- Thai: ซาตูปาอิเตอา
- Thai: รัฐโนวาสโกเชีย
- Turkish: Yeni İskoçya
- Uighur: Nowa Skotiye Ölkisi
- Ukrainian: Нова Шотландія
- Urdu: نووا سکوشیا
- Uzbek: Yangi Shotlandiya
- Vietnamese: NS
- Vietnamese: Nova Scotia
- Vietnamese: tỉnh Nova Scotia
- Volapük: Nova Scotia
- Volapük: Nula-Skotän
- Võro: Nova Scotia
- Waray (Philippines): Nova Scotia
- Welsh: Nova Scotia
- Western Armenian: Նոր Սկովտիա
- Western Frisian: Nij-Skotlân
- Western Frisian: Nij Skotlân
- Western Panjabi: نوا سکوٹیا
- Western Panjabi: نووا سکوشیا
- Wu Chinese: 新斯科舍省
- Yiddish: נאווע סקאשע
- Yue Chinese: 諾華斯高沙
- N.S.
- Yancuic Escocia
- Yancuīc Escocia
- İskoçya Newiye
Popular Destinations in Atlantic Canada
Discover St. John's, Fredericton, Charlottetown and Saint John.
Escape to a Random Place
Explore your world with these selected destinations of excellence.
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Nova Scotia. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.