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The Nova Scotia Tartan

• The Nova Scotia tartan was the first provincial tartan in Canada.
• Tartan reflects the important contribution of the Scots to the founding of Nova Scotia.
• The very name Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland.
• The tartan was originally designed in 1953 for the agricultural exhibition in Truro. It was officially adopted by the province in 1955.
• The blue and white in the tartan stand for the sea, the greens represent the forests, red is for the royal lion on the Shield of Arms, and gold for the province's historic Royal Charter.