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This partial list of provincial and territorial nicknames in Canada compiles the nicknames, sobriquets, and slogans that the provinces and territories are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to provincial and territorial governments, local people, outsiders, tourism boards, or chambers of commerce.
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada. Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases , slogans , sobriquets , and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Nova Scotia [a] is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and most populous province in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2024; it is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and second-smallest province by area. [11]
Nova Scotia [9] Osprey: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Sable Island horse: Brook trout: Mayflower: Red spruce: Stilbite: Munit haec et altera vincit (one defends and the other conquers) Sailing ambassador: Bluenose II, Nova Scotia tartan; berry: wild blueberry; fossil: Hylonomus lyelli; gemstone: agate: Nunavut [10] Rock ptarmigan: Canadian ...
During the 1990s, the company's headquarters were relocated from Sackville, New Brunswick to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. New warehousing facilities for just in time logistics distribution were built, and a huge expansion campaign brought new large-format stores to many centres in the region within a period of only several years. In the early 2000s ...
Nova Scotia: blue on white "Canada's Ocean Playground" ABC 123 Nunavut: none: Ontario: 1973–78 Embossed blue serial with crown separator on white plate with border line; "ONTARIO" centred at top; "73" at bottom left and full sticker box at bottom right "KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL" ABC 123 1978-82
The first Nova Scotia licence plate that complied with these standards was issued fifteen years beforehand, in 1941. [ citation needed ] No slogans were used on passenger plates during the period covered by this subsection.
Nova Scotia Tartan was the first provincial tartan in Canada and was approved by the Lord Lyon King at Arms. The blue and white in the tartan stand for the sea, the greens represent the forests, red is for the royal lion on the Shield of Arms, and gold for the province's historic Royal Charter.