Nova Scotia (also known as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) is a Canadian province located in Canada's Maritimes.

The region is initially occupied by Mi'kmaq.

During the first one hundred and fifty years of European settlement, the colony is primarily made up of Catholic Acadians and Mi'kmaq.

This time period involved six wars in which the Mi'kmaq along with the French and some Acadians resist the British settling the region.

During Father Le Loutre's War, the capital is moved from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia to the newly established Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1749.

The warfare ends with the Burying the Hatchet Ceremony in Nova Scotia in 1761.

After the colonial wars, New England planters and foreign Protestants settle Nova Scotia.

After the American Revolution, the colony is settled by Loyalists.

Nova Scotia becomes self-governing in 1848 and joins the Canadian Confederation in 1867.

The colonial history of Nova Scotia includes the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces and northern Maine (see Sunbury County, Nova Scotia), all of which were at one time part of Nova Scotia.

Cape Breton Island and St. John's Island (what is now Prince Edward Island) become part of Nova Scotia in 1763.

St. John's Island becomes a separate colony in 1769. Nova Scotia includes present-day New Brunswick until that province is established in 1784.