Nova Scotia peninsulaThe mainland of the province, joined to New Brunswick.
Cape Breton IslandThe large island at the northeast end of the province.
HalifaxThe capital, on the Atlantic coast of the peninsula.
New BrunswickThe province to the northwest, joined to the peninsula by land.
Prince Edward IslandThe island province to the north.
Atlantic OceanThe open sea along the south and east coast.
Bay of FundyThe bay between the peninsula and New Brunswick.
Gulf of St. LawrenceThe sea to the north, around Prince Edward Island.
SydneyThe dot on the east side of Cape Breton Island.
Bras d'Or LakeThe water in the middle of Cape Breton Island.
YarmouthThe dot at the southwest end of the peninsula.
AmherstThe dot nearest New Brunswick.
AntigonishThe dot on the north shore nearest Cape Breton Island.
How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01. Nova Scotia has no first-level units below it in the map source, so the sheet numbers its two parts, the two neighboring provinces, four waters and five places. Every name was read on 2026-10-01 in the Canadian Geographical Names Database of Natural Resources Canada (https://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/geonames: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island as official names of a province; Cape Breton Island as an island; Halifax and Sydney as unincorporated places; Yarmouth, Amherst and Antigonish as towns; Bras d'Or Lake as a lake; Bay of Fundy, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Atlantic Ocean and Northumberland Strait) and in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia (the province is the Nova Scotia peninsula plus Cape Breton Island and is joined to New Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto; Halifax as capital and largest city; Sydney, Yarmouth, Amherst, Antigonish), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia_peninsula (the name of the mainland), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Nova_Scotia (Bras d'Or Lake in the middle of Cape Breton Island, Bay of Fundy, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Northumberland Strait). The two-part description is also in The Canadian Encyclopedia, read the same day (https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nova-scotia: the province is primarily a peninsula, with Cape Breton Island at its northeastern end; Halifax as the capital and the largest urban center); the name Nova Scotia peninsula for the mainland is not an entry of the names database. Two typed answers the points file lists are not accepted: Acadia for New Brunswick (it was the French colony, not a name of the province) and South Atlantic Ocean for the Atlantic (the map source merges two features; only the North Atlantic is in this frame). The map source draws the province as one unit; the spec cuts it into the peninsula and Cape Breton Island along the water between them and no line is drawn by hand. The Gulf of Maine is drawn as part of the Atlantic Ocean. The source has no shape for the Northumberland Strait, which is drawn as part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Sable Island is not drawn. New Glasgow is in the source and is left off: its name and Antigonish's would run together on the Named sheet. The point of Cape Breton Island is set in the north of the island, clear of Bras d'Or Lake. Prince Edward Island is written P.E.I. on the map; the key has the full name. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 45.2°N 63.1°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This blank map of Nova Scotia shows the province as two shapes, the peninsula and Cape Breton Island, with dots for Halifax and four more places. New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the seas around them are drawn too.
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Blank, numbered or named
The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on the two parts of the province, its two neighbors, four waters and the five dots, or Named for their names, then press Print this map. Print the answer key gives the names on a sheet of their own.
What the map draws
New Brunswick is to the northwest and Prince Edward Island to the north. The waters are the Atlantic Ocean, the Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Bras d'Or Lake. The dots are Halifax, Sydney, Yarmouth, Amherst and Antigonish. The Northumberland Strait has no shape in the map source, so it is not numbered.
On the Named sheet the mainland carries the name Nova Scotia peninsula; the province is both shapes together.
Questions and answers
What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
Halifax, which is also the largest city. On this map it is the dot about halfway along the Atlantic coast of the peninsula.
What borders Nova Scotia?
New Brunswick is the only province joined to it by land, at the northwest end of the peninsula. Prince Edward Island lies to the north across the water. The Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean are around the rest.
Is Cape Breton Island part of Nova Scotia?
Yes. The province is made of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island. On this map the island is the shape at the northeast end, with Sydney on its east side and Bras d'Or Lake in its middle.
Which towns are on the blank map of Nova Scotia?
Five places have a dot: Halifax, Sydney, Yarmouth, Amherst and Antigonish. Sydney is on Cape Breton Island and the other four are on the peninsula.