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Cape Breton Regional Municipality (often referred to as simply "CBRM") is the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's second largest municipality and the economic heart of Cape Breton Island. [5] As of 2021 the municipality has a population of 93,694. [ 6 ]
Location of Nova Scotia in Canada Distribution of Nova Scotia's 49 municipalities by municipal status type. Nova Scotia is the seventh-most populous province in Canada with 969,383 residents as of the 2021 Census of Population, and the second-smallest province in land area at 52,824.71 km 2 (20,395.73 sq mi). [1]
Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a major manufacturing and trade hub with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States. The economies of Alberta , Saskatchewan , Newfoundland and Labrador and the territories rely heavily on natural resources .
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]
The Maritimes is currently represented in the Canadian Parliament by 25 Members of the House of Commons (Nova Scotia – 11, New Brunswick – 10, Prince Edward Island – 4) and 24 Senators (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick – 10 each, Prince Edward Island – 4). This level of representation was established at the time of Confederation when the ...
Nova Scotia, as with all of Canada, does not have capital punishment. Canada eliminated the death penalty for murder on July 14, 1976. Constitution of Canada. Constitution Act, 1867 – sets the powers and structure of the provinces of Canada, including Nova Scotia; Criminal justice system of Nova Scotia Criminal Code of Canada; Human rights in ...
Map of the provinces and territories of Canada by HDI in 2021. This is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by their Human Development Index, which is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living and overall well-being of the citizens in each province and territory. All Canadian provinces and ...
1759: the Nova Scotia peninsula was divided into five counties: Annapolis, Cumberland, Halifax, Kings, and Lunenburg. 1765: the colonies of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia were merged, and Cape Breton County was added. 1762-1836: Queens, Shelburne, and Yarmouth separated from Lunenburg. 1781: Hants separated from Kings.