Settlement History

Shelburne

January 28, 2022
In 1783, United Empire Loyalists who fought during the American War of Independence settled in the town of Shelburne. The...

Annapolis Royal

January 28, 2022
The first large group of immigrants to Nova Scotia were the Black Loyalists who came as refugees after the American...

Birchtown

January 28, 2022
The first large group of immigrants in Canada were the Black Loyalists who came as refugees after the American Revolution...

Digby

January 28, 2022
The Digby area was known as Brindley Town in the 18th century, the second-largest Black community of Nova Scotia, located...

Preston

January 28, 2022
Some Black Loyalists settled in Preston between 1782 and 1785. In 1796, a group of 600 exiled Jamaican Maroons settled...

Guysborough and Tracadie

January 28, 2022
A large group of Black Loyalists settled in Guysborough at Chedabucto Bay in 1784 after a fire swept through and...

Melville Island

January 28, 2022
During the War of 1812, about 800 refugees out of 4000 passed through Melville Island. The island transformed into an...

Africville

January 28, 2022
This African Nova Scotian village was founded in the 18th century in the north end of Halifax. When slaves of...

Halifax

January 28, 2022
in another significant migration of Black refugees. About 2,000 refugees arrived in Halifax and Dartmouth, including two large groups in...