Wikipedia:WikiProject Nova Scotia

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Welcome to WikiProject Nova Scotia, part of WikiProject Canada. This project is a collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Nova Scotia and the organization of information and articles about the province. This page and its subpages contain a variety of suggestions and resources related to developing Nova Scotian articles.

To join WikiProject Nova Scotia (anyone may join), simply list your username on the members page. Note: Don't need an account or to be listed on the members page to participate in the project - as ALL are welcome!

Articles

Recognized content

Featured articles

Bobcat • Margaret Sibella Brown • Halifax Explosion • Benjamin Jackson (sailor) • Angus Lewis Macdonald • Melville Island (Nova Scotia)

Featured lists

List of premiers of Nova Scotia • List of municipalities in Nova Scotia

Good articles

Atlantic Insight • Morgan Barron • Battle of Bloody Creek (1711) • Battle of Fort Cumberland (1776) • Ellie Black • Sidney Crosby • Dalhousie University • East River Bridge (Sheet Harbour) • Colten Ellis • Freak Lunchbox • Halifax Central Library • Joy Laking • The Lighthouse (2019 film) • Mace of Nova Scotia • Al MacInnis • Made in Canada (TV series) • Brad Marchand • Francis Nicholson • No. 3 Squadron RCAF • Flag of Nova Scotia • Order of Nova Scotia • Siege of Port Royal (1707) • Siege of Port Royal (1710) • Raid on Grand Pré • The Republic of Nothing • Sable Island horse • Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia • Swissair Flight 111 • Kaleigh Trace • Portia White • Sebastian Zouberbuhler

Did you know? articles

Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin • Action of 21 July 1781 • Mather Byles Almon • Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine • Antoinette (barque) • Thomas Dickson Archibald • Thomas Dickson Archibald (judge) • Atlantic Marine Ecozone • Peter Aucoin • SS Avondale Park • Joseph Barss (ice hockey) • Bear River First Nation • Bear River (Nova Scotia) • John L. Beckwith • Nora Bernard • Frederick E. Betts • Hiram Blanchard • Margaret Sibella Brown • Cape Breton coal strike of 1981 • Lillian Chase • Chester Yacht Club • The Clarion (Canadian newspaper) • Peter Coade • Crissi Cochrane • Owen Crowe • Deadman's Island (Nova Scotia) • Thomas Dixson • Hanson Dowell • Sheree Fitch • Tom Forrestall • Fox Harb'r Golf Resort & Spa • Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait • Richard Gibbons (jurist) • Robert Grant Haliburton • Halifax Central Library • Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist) • Julia Archibald Holmes • Benjamin Jackson (sailor) • Don Johnson (sports executive) • Fabian Joseph • Helen Kendall • Joy Laking • William Dawson Lawrence • Clement Ligoure • List of universities in Nova Scotia • List of waterfalls in Canada • Literature of Nova Scotia • Noni MacDonald • Bruce MacKinnon • Charles Macdonald (professor) • Linden MacIntyre • Nathan MacKinnon • Made in Canada (TV series) • David Manners • Marc Guylaine • Melville Island (Nova Scotia) • Mi'kmaw hieroglyphs • Marijke Nel • Francis Nicholson • North Preston's Finest • Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever • Flag of Nova Scotia • Jean Pettrequin • Regional tartans of Canada • The Republic of Nothing • George W. Rice (photographer) • Gitz Rice • Evelyn M. Richardson • John Risley • Charles Budd Robinson • Perry F. Rockwood • Walter D'Arcy Ryan • Blaine Sexton • Max Weil • Portia White • Windsor Pumpkin Regatta • Sebastian Zouberbuhler

Article alerts

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 30 Dec 2025 – Amy Honey (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Darth Stabro (t · c) was closed as keep by EmilyR34 (t · c) on 13 Jan 2026; see discussion (11 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 15 Jan 2026 – Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Nova Scotia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion

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Open tasks

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Structure

Nova Scotia articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 2 1 3 6 FL 1 1 2 GA 1 3 6 21 31 B 3 21 34 77 135 C 5 32 111 409 557 Start 3 36 159 2,400 2,598 Stub 3 58 3,792 1 3,854 List 1 15 33 122 22 193 Category 1,686 1,686 Disambig 71 71 File 35 35 Portal 7 7 Project 16 16 Redirect 1 919 920 Template 246 246 Other 5 5 Assessed 13 113 403 6,825 3,007 1 10,362 Unassessed 2 2 Total 13 113 403 6,827 3,007 1 10,364 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 38,809 Ω = 5.40

Navigation structure

Top-level Nova Scotia navigation pages include:

• Nova Scotia (includes infobox and navigation boxes)
• Outline of Nova Scotia

Categories

Templates

Main page: Category:Nova Scotia templates

Infoboxes

• All settlements in Nova Scotia should use {{Infobox Settlement}}. This infobox provides a consistent look between the various types of settlements in Nova Scotia like Halifax and Enfield and to settlements in the other parts of Canada like Saskatoon, Montreal, St. John's, and Edmonton. The default "settlement_type" is city, but it can be changed to reflect any type of settlement, like counties, towns, villages, etc. {{Infobox Settlement}} also has a super imposable dot map feature that allows a map to be used with any settlement in Nova Scotia.

Navigation boxes

Main page: Category:Nova Scotia navigational boxes

Template code	Result
{{Nova_Scotia}}
{{Nova_Scotia_politics}}
{{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia}}

Stubs

Main page: Category:Nova Scotia stub templates

Template code	Result
{{NovaScotia-stub}}
{{NovaScotia-geo-stub}}
{{HalifaxNS-geo-stub}}

Adjacent communities

The template {{Geographic Location (8-way)}} should be added to each community for easier navigation.

Template code	Result
{{Geographic Location (8-way)}}

Resources

Books

• Bibliography of Nova Scotia – On-wiki list of works about Nova Scotia
• Documents of Nova Scotia on Wikimedia Commons, includes old books and more
• Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia (1922) – Wikisource transcription

Archives

See also: List of archives in Canada

• Nova Scotia Archives
  • NS Historical Newspapers
• Halifax Municipal Archives
• Beaton Institute Digital Archives
• Colchester Historeum Museum & Archives in Truro
• Dalhousie University Archives
• MemoryNS – Catalogue of archival records in Nova Scotia
• NovaStory – Collection of documents, photos, maps, and other resources

Geography

• NS Interactive Maps & Apps
  • NS GeoNAMES
• Mi'kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas
• Protected areas map
• 2016 census search
• 2021 census search

Other

• NS Open Data Portal
• Tools for Archivists – via Council of Nova Scotia Archives
• Members of the NS Legislative Assembly Biographies

Preformatted references

 Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia (1967)

<ref name="names">{{cite book|last1=Fergusson|first1=C. Bruce|author-link1=Charles Bruce Fergusson|title=Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia|date=1967|publisher=[[Public Archives of Nova Scotia]]|location=Halifax, N.S.|page=♦♦♦|url=https://archives.novascotia.ca/places/page/?ID=♦♦♦|accessdate=17 January 2026}}</ref>

 Canadian Geographical Names Data Base

<ref name=cnbg>{{cite cgndb|id=*****|name=???????|accessdate=17 January 2026}}</ref>

 Canadian Register of Historic Places

<ref name=chrp>{{CRHP|ID|name|17 January 2026}}</ref>

See also Wikipedia:Canadian Register of Historic Places

Barnstar

Awards can be given by any user to any other user who you think is worthy. See also: Wikipedia:Awards

Template code	Result
{{subst:Nova Scotia barnstar}}	The Nova Scotia Barnstar {{{1}}}

Meetups

None pending.

Past meetups

• NSCAD (March 7, 2015)
• Keshen Goodman editathon (March 19, 2016)
• Pier21 (April 2, 2016)

Related WikiProjects

The following is a list of other Wikiprojects which focus on a specific topic within the scope of Canada.

Provinces/territories

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan
• Canadian Territories

Communities

• Montreal
• Ottawa
• Prescott-Russel
• Saskatchewan Communities
• Toronto
• Vancouver

Canadian Topics

• Education in Canada
• Canada Roads
• Canadian sport
  • Canadian football
• Canadian geography
• History of Canada

Politics

• • Government
  • Electoral districts
  • Political parties and politicians
• Canadian Law

Entertainment

• Canadian music
• Canadian TV shows
  • Degrassi

Canada-related tasks in other projects

• Canadian cinema
• Military history task force
• Volcanism of Canada task force