|
Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces or Maritimes, Canada, term applied to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island , which before the formation of the Canadian confederation (1867) were politically distinct from Canada proper.
...
Read more
|
|
United Empire Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists in Canadian history, name applied to those settlers who, loyal to the British cause in the American Revolution, migrated from the Thirteen Colonies to Canada. Some emigrated during the Revolution, but the greatest number left the colonies in 1783-84, after the Treaty of Pari...
Read more
|
|
|
New Brunswick
New Brunswick province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada.
Geography
One of the Maritime Provinces, New Brunswick is bounded on the N by Chaleur Bay and Quebec prov.; on the E by the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Northumb...
Read more
|
|
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island island (1991 pop. 161,686), 3,970 sq mi (10,282 sq km), forming the northeastern part of N.S., Canada, and separated from the mainland by the narrow Gut, or Strait, of Canso. The easternmost point is called Cape Breton. The center of the island is occupied by the Bras d'Or salt l...
Read more
|
|
|
Freetown
Freetown city (1995 est. pop. 519,500), capital of Sierra Leone, W Sierra Leone, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located on the Sierra Leone peninsula, Freetown is the nation's administrative, communications, and economic center, as well as its main port. The city's economy revolves largely around it...
Read more
|
|
|
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper 1821-1915, Canadian statesman, b. Nova Scotia. A doctor, he sat (1855-67) in the provincial legislature, became (1864) premier of Nova Scotia, and was a leader in the movement for Canadian confederation. Despite the opposition of Joseph Howe, Tupper eventually brought Nova Scotia...
Read more
|
|
|
Sir George Prevost
Sir George Prevost , 1767-1816, British soldier and governor in chief of Canada (1811-15). He held several administrative posts in the West Indies before becoming (1808) lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. In 1811 he became governor in Canada and was conspicuous for his conciliation of the French Ca...
Read more
|
|
socialized medicine
socialized medicine publicly administered system of national health care. The term is used to describe programs that range from government operation of medical facilities to national health-insurance plans. In 1948, Great Britain passed the National Health Service Act that provided free physician a...
Read more
|
|
|
Atlantic Provinces
Atlantic Provinces term used since 1949 to designate the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island .
...
Read more
|
|
|
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada.
Geography
One of the Maritime Provinces , Nova Scotia comprises a mainland peninsula and, across the Canso Strait, the adjacent Cape Breton Island . It is bounded on the N by the Gulf ...
Read more
|
