This page gives background to our profiles and images for places-of-worship in Nova-Scotia. At this point we are showing a growing sample of images of places of worship in the province of Nova Scotia. Throughout the website we use the postal abbreviation NS
Nova Scotia (NS); French: Nouvelle-Ecosse) is one of the three Maritime Provinces of Canada. It is the second smallest province of Canada in both land area and population, but is the second most densely populated (17.45/km2 (45.2/sq mi)). Part of the traditional lands of the Mi’kmaq, it became a British colony in 1763 and was federated into Canada as a province in 1867. Its capital is Halifax. According to Statistics Canada, the province of PEI has an estimated 979,351 residents1 as of July 1, 2020. ‘Nova Scotia’ is Latin meaning New Scotland
1 Nova Scotia Department of Finance – Statistics pg.1
Nova Scotia was originally part of the French Colony of Acadie, which included Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island), all of current New Brunswick, the Gaspésie region of Quebec, and eastern Maine. The first permanent European settlement in North America was at Port Royale on St Mary’s Bay in western Nova Scotia.
Demographics
Historical Populations
| Year | Pop. | Year | Pop. |
| 1861 | 330867 | 1941 | 577962 |
| 1871 | 387800 | 1951 | 642584 |
| 1881 | 440572 | 1961 | 737007 |
| 1891 | 450396 | 1971 | 788965 |
| 1901 | 459574 | 1981 | 847442 |
| 1911 | 492338 | 1991 | 899942 |
| 1921 | 523837 | 2001 | 908007 |
| 1931 | 512846 | 2011 | 921727 |
Language
From the 2011 Census, 92.5% of the residents’ mother tongue was English. French makes up 3.4% while indigenous speakers made up 1%. All other languages reported were less than 1% of the population.
Religion
Traditionally the population has been evenly divided between Catholic and Protestant affiliations. The 2011 census indicated number of adherents for the Roman Catholic Church with 301,640 (33.3%) and Protestant churches with 388,825 (42.9%); which includes the United Church of Canada with 109,700 (12%), the Anglican Church of Canada with 100,120 (11%), the Baptist Church with 80,815 (8.9%). Those with No Religious Affiliation numbered 197,665 (21.8%)1.
Nova Scotia Church Photo Organization
Nova Scotia is divided into 18 counties. For organizational purposes we have grouped counties into regions (below) to allow grouping of photos and site data.`
Valley West: Annapolis (ANN), Digby (DIG), Kings (KIN) and Yarmouth (YAR) Counties
South Shore: Lunenburg (LUN), Queens (QUE) and Shelburne Counties
Central North: Hants (HAN), Colchester (COL) and Cumberland (CUM) Counties
Halifax Regional Municipality: Halifax County (HRM)
Eastern: Antigonish (ANT), Guysborough (GUY), and Pictou (PIC) Counties
Cape Breton: Inverness (INV), Richmond (RIC), Victoria (VIC) and Cape Breton (CB) Counties
1 National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011 (statcan.gc.ca)