After class discussions on the articles Scottishness and Britishness in Canada by J. M. Bumstead and Tartanism Triumphant by Ian Mckay, it was clear that Nova Scotia used Scottish symbols and culture as their own. This became even more evident in viewing the symbols of Nova Scotia.
It becomes clear that the flag of Nova Scotia is strongly influenced by Scotland, when comparing the flag of Nova Scotia to the official and unofficial flags of Scotland.
Although her flag is dominated by Scottish symbols, the official symbols and emblems of Nova Scotia are mainly unique to Nova Scotia. Of the symbols and emblems, 9 are unique to Nova Scotia, 5 relate to Scotland and 1 one relates to England. This relates to ethnicity because Canadians dominate the population of Nova Scotia but the number of Scottish and English people are almost the same.
It was interesting also, to note that the tourism websites are not at all dominated by Scotishness.
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