File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg

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Summary

Description

Brezhoneg: Banniel proviñs Skos-Nevez (Nova Scotia).

English: Flag of Nova Scotia.

Français : Drapeau de la Nouvelle-Écosse.

Date

26 November 2005 (original upload date)

Source

[1] (dead link)

Author

The original uploader was Kooma at Wikimedia Commons. Updated images provided by FJDEACKB, Zscout370, and Denelson83.

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Reason to use the other file: "Closer to the official depictions of the flag"

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:25, 1 December 2022	1,200 × 600 (7 KB)	MapGrid	Redid the outer border of the shield with one path instead of two. Removed a minor Bézier asymmetry from the border that was introduced on May 2,2021. Restored line feed and tab characters; please do not remove them again! Restored "title" tag.
	15:58, 30 November 2022	1,200 × 600 (7 KB)	John emil hernandez	reduce file size
	15:58, 30 November 2022	1,200 × 600 (10 KB)	John emil hernandez	Reverted to version as of 19:03, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
	15:56, 30 November 2022	1,200 × 600 (7 KB)	John emil hernandez	reduce file size
	19:03, 31 July 2022	1,200 × 600 (10 KB)	Zacwill	Reverted to version as of 16:49, 29 July 2022 (UTC) Feel free to upload your version separately instead of overwriting the existing file
	04:52, 30 July 2022	1,200 × 600 (25 KB)	Fenn-O-maniC	Reverted to version as of 18:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
	16:49, 29 July 2022	1,200 × 600 (10 KB)	Noham54000	Reverted to version as of 09:58, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
	18:20, 22 July 2022	1,200 × 600 (25 KB)	Fenn-O-maniC	This version is more accurate, see discussion page
	09:58, 22 July 2022	1,200 × 600 (10 KB)	Noham54000	Reverted to version as of 00:38, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
	07:30, 19 May 2022	1,200 × 600 (25 KB)	Fenn-O-maniC	Majority of photographs show the actual flags using this variant including those posted by the provincial government, see talk page for more.
	00:38, 17 May 2022	1,200 × 600 (10 KB)	MapGrid	There is no "official design" and the federal government is not an authority on provincial flags. The shape and positioning of the shield on the flag presented by "Canadian Heritage" does not match that of the flag usually seen on or in provincial government buildings.
	19:52, 15 May 2022	1,200 × 600 (25 KB)	Fenn-O-maniC	Replaced the generic coat of arms with one from File:Bratach Alba Nuaidh.svg to match the official design, see https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/provincial-territorial-symbols-canada/nova-scotia.html#a5
	05:40, 2 May 2021	1,200 × 600 (10 KB)	Great Brightstar	Reimplement the border of shield
	13:35, 3 August 2020	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Great Brightstar	Adjust the point of shield
	21:40, 19 July 2020	1,200 × 600 (7 KB)	Ebe123	Should be the status quo during the discussion about this change in Talk. While the coat of arms is often represented with the blue features, never saw the flag with
	23:17, 26 May 2020	1,200 × 600 (37 KB)	FJDEACKB	Reverted to version as of 20:15, 22 May 2020 UTC). The previous edit should have read vexillological designs and I apologise. MapGrid: In regards to your reverting to a lower quality shield, it is inconsistent with the the arms of Scotland as they are on commons, and therefore contrary to The Provincial Flag (Nova Scotia) Act 2013 which specifies the flag as ‘Argent, a Cross of St. Andrew Azure, charged with an escutcheon of the Royal Arms of Scotland.’ While I would understand your point wer...
	14:42, 25 May 2020	1,200 × 600 (7 KB)	MapGrid	Reverted to version as of 20:43, 22 May 2020 (UTC). Sorry FJDEACKB. Ecological what? Heraldic drawings may use many fancy colours and designs, but this is a flag. No flag of Nova Scotia has ever had multiple shades of red and pink; you cannot suddenly change that.
	00:04, 25 May 2020	1,200 × 600 (37 KB)	FJDEACKB	Reverted to version as of 20:15, 22 May 2020 (UTC) : unless stated in regulations the below reasons are not reason to overwrite an image much more consistent with other high quality heraldic and ecological
	20:43, 22 May 2020	1,200 × 600 (7 KB)	MapGrid	Admittedly, the government does not do a good job of telling what the flag should look like. However, the flag in the NS press room has a pointy bottom and it does not use a tongued lion. [https://i.cbc.ca/1.5562085.1588967071!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/mcneil.jpg]
	20:15, 22 May 2020	1,200 × 600 (37 KB)	FJDEACKB	Updated shield
	15:32, 9 January 2020	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Great Brightstar	Adjust the shield
	00:20, 8 August 2019	1,200 × 600 (7 KB)	MapGrid	Reduced file size. Fulfilled request from the talk page for a bigger shield. Symmetry Improvements. Applied consistent spacing between the double tressure lines. Set thickness of St. Andrew's cross to exactly 1/5 of flag width.
	22:04, 17 November 2009	1,200 × 600 (37 KB)	Zscout370	Reverted to version as of 23:23, 18 October 2009 (NS Gov emailed me back and told me they were wrong, 1x2 ratio is official)
	18:14, 20 October 2009	800 × 600 (37 KB)	Zscout370	I got a letter back from the NS Government; ratio is 3x4.
	23:23, 18 October 2009	1,200 × 600 (37 KB)	Zscout370	Decrease code a bit, fixed the crosses
	23:16, 18 October 2009	1,000 × 500 (36 KB)	Zscout370	Reverted to version as of 02:54, 22 September 2007 http://www.gov.ns.ca/cmns/flagspublic.asp says current law states ratio of 1x2, 3x4 is historic
	21:37, 18 October 2009	744 × 496 (38 KB)	Bugoslav	Reverted to version as of 07:14, 17 August 2007 See talk.
	02:54, 22 September 2007	1,000 × 500 (36 KB)	Zscout370	Making some of the lion one path, as demonstrated in the official images
	07:24, 14 September 2007	1,000 × 500 (38 KB)	Zscout370	Fixed shield
	02:08, 12 September 2007	1,000 × 500 (39 KB)	Zscout370	Fixing pantone hues of the flag
	03:33, 11 September 2007	1,000 × 500 (39 KB)	Zscout370	Reverted to version as of 13:21, 19 October 2006
	19:24, 9 September 2007	1,000 × 495 (32 KB)	Zscout370	Uploading from en.wp
	07:14, 17 August 2007	744 × 496 (38 KB)	Denelson83	{{Information \|Description=Flag of w:Nova Scotia \|Source=ftp://ftp.ac-grenoble.fr/ge/geosciences/xrmap/data/ \|Date=August 17, 2007 \|Author=Jean-Pierre DeMailly \|Permission={{PD-because\|Jean-Pierre Demailly has dedicated all flag images in the xrmap c
	13:21, 19 October 2006	1,000 × 500 (39 KB)	Zscout370	Fixing shield a bit
	05:45, 17 October 2006	1,000 × 500 (38 KB)	Zscout370	According to http://www.gov.ns.ca/cmns/flagspublic.asp, the flag is 1:2 ratio. Will make other changes later
	19:36, 4 May 2006	750 × 500 (41 KB)	Episteme	DOCTYPE added
	04:04, 5 March 2006	750 × 500 (41 KB)	Denelson83	Dimensions rounded off
	09:45, 8 February 2006	744 × 496 (41 KB)	Denelson83	Improved arms
	20:57, 26 November 2005	744 × 496 (35 KB)	Kooma	{{Information\| \|Description = Flag of Nova Scotia \|Source = [http://www.sodipodi.com/index.php3?section=clipart/flags&area=flags&n=49 Sodipodi's Clipart Gallery] \|Date = \|Author = Caleb Moore \|Permission = Public domain \|other_v