Colony of Nova Scotia

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British colony former colony province of British North America

The Colony of Nova Scotia was a British North American province on the Atlantic coast that became one of the founding regions of modern Canada.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Colony of Nova Scotia canonical 5
British colonial government of Nova Scotia 2
British Nova Scotia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
province of British North America ⓘ
capital Halifax ⓘ
colonialPower Great Britain ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: pound sterling
economy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
establishedBy Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
ethnicGroups Acadians ⓘ
Black Loyalists ⓘ
British settlers ⓘ
Mi’kmaq ⓘ
surface form: Mi'kmaq
flagUsedBy Colony of Nova Scotia self-link ⓘ
foundingEntityOf Canada ⓘ
governmentType British colonial government ⓘ
hasBorderWith Colony of Canada ⓘ
Colony of New Brunswick ⓘ
historicalEra Colonial era ⓘ
importantPort Halifax Harbour ⓘ
includesTerritory Cape Breton Island ⓘ
mainland Nova Scotia ⓘ
various Atlantic coastal islands ⓘ
joinedConfederationAs founding province of Canada ⓘ
joinedConfederationOn 1867-07-01 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
legislature House of Assembly of Nova Scotia ⓘ
surface form: Nova Scotia House of Assembly
locatedIn British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America
locatedOn Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ
namedAfter Scotland ⓘ
nameMeaning Caledonia ⓘ
surface form: New Scotland
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America

Dominion of Canada ⓘ
precededBy French colony of Acadia ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereign Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
strategicRole Royal Navy base in North Atlantic ⓘ
successor Nova Scotia ⓘ
surface form: Province of Nova Scotia
usedFor military staging area in North America ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominion of Canada → predecessor → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Acadia → successorTerritory → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Nova Scotia
Province of Maine → borderedBy → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nova Scotia (historical region)
Colony of New Brunswick → borderedBy → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Colony of Nova Scotia → flagUsedBy → Colony of Nova Scotia self-link ⓘ
Sir Provo Wallis → placeOfBirth → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Expulsion of the Acadians → orderingAuthority → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial government of Nova Scotia
Grand Dérangement → perpetratedBy → Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial government of Nova Scotia