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British North America Nova Scotia

Scottish mail to and from British North America is largely connected to the migration of Scots moving from rural
Highlands of Scotland because of famine and forced evictions and those displaced by modern mechanized work of
industrialization. The Hudson Bay Company and other investors actively sought Scottish migrants to corne work in
Canada. The Scots made up the largest group of Canada's immigrant population in the 1800s.

This section is organized east to west by province.

An 1854 rate of 6d came accompanied expanded mail service: Cunard packet service from Liverpool brought mail three
times a month, while Collins and Allan Line sailings provided additional packet service.

6d paid

Paid letter to Cape Breton, per
Cunard steamer Canada..
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To Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 23 Juty, 1856-22 days

1/1 paid

Double rate letter:
1/- (6d rate x 2), and 1 d late
fee paid to Halifax. British
contract Cunard packet via
Liverpool per Canada,
10 April Liverpool, 23 April
Halifax recei ved.

To Halifax, 9 April, 1858-13 days

Sender: Neilson & Co. Engineers, Glasgow's famous locomotive manufacturer to Nova Scotia Railway.

Geographically, Nova Scotia was an entry point for many immigrants from Scotland. Canada's population by 1857 had reached
over 2,500,000. Those of Scottish descent being the largest immigrant group.