Editing Nova Scotia (section)

===Post-Confederation history===
[[File:Bluenose sailing 1921.jpg|thumb|right|The ''[[Bluenose]]'' in 1921. The racing ship became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia in the 1920s and 1930s.]]

Soon after the American Civil War, Pro-Canadian Confederation [[List of premiers of Nova Scotia|premier]] [[Charles Tupper]] led Nova Scotia into [[Canadian Confederation]] on 1 July 1867, along with New Brunswick and the [[Province of Canada]].<ref>{{cite DCB |first=Phillip |last=Buckner |title=TUPPER, Sir CHARLES |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/tupper_charles_14E.html |volume=14 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref> The [[Anti-Confederation Party]] was led by [[Joseph Howe]]. Almost three months later, in the election of 18 September 1867, the Anti-Confederation Party won 18 out of 19 federal seats, and 36 out of 38 seats in the provincial legislature.<ref>{{cite book|last=Beck|first=J. Murray|year=1983|title=Joseph Howe: The Briton Becomes Canadian 1848–1873|volume=2|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|isbn=0-7735-0388-9}}</ref>

Throughout the 19th century, numerous businesses developed in Nova Scotia became of pan-Canadian and international importance: the Starr Manufacturing Company (first ice skate manufacturer in Canada), the [[Scotiabank|Bank of Nova Scotia]], [[Cunard Line]], Alexander Keith's Brewery, Morse's Tea Company (first tea company in Canada), among others.

Nova Scotia became a world leader in both building and owning wooden sailing ships in the second half of the 19th century. Nova Scotia produced internationally recognized shipbuilders [[Donald McKay]] and [[William Dawson Lawrence]]. The fame Nova Scotia achieved from sailors was assured in 1895 when [[Joshua Slocum]] became the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. International attention continued into the following century with the many racing victories of the ''[[Bluenose]]'' schooner. Nova Scotia was also the birthplace and home of [[Samuel Cunard]], a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] shipping magnate (born at [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]], Nova Scotia) who founded the Cunard Line.

In December 1917, at least 1,782 people were killed in the [[Halifax Explosion]], which was the [[Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions#Largest accidental artificial non-nuclear explosions by magnitude|largest human-made explosion]] at the time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Knauer|first=Kelly|title= Time: Disasters that Shook the World |publisher= Time Home Entertainment |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-60320-247-3}}</ref>

In April 2004, the Nova Scotia legislature adopted a resolution explicitly inviting the government of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] to explore the possibility of joining [[Canada]] as part of that [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2004 |title=N.S. votes to invite Turks and Caicos to join it |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/n-s-votes-to-invite-turks-and-caicos-to-join-it-1.465836 |website=CBC News |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224003525/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/n-s-votes-to-invite-turks-and-caicos-to-join-it-1.465836 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2020, [[2020 Nova Scotia attacks|a killing spree]] occurred across the province and became the deadliest rampage in Canada's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/7c9a33ae52420e0ddbfb5275898a7e79 |title=Gunman kills 16 in rampage, deadliest in Canadian history |date=19 April 2020 |first=Rob |last=Gillies |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-date=19 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419202425/https://apnews.com/7c9a33ae52420e0ddbfb5275898a7e79 |url-status=live}}</ref>