Canning, Nova Scotia

Canning, Nova Scotia
Location of Canning, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°11′16″N 64°25′15″W / 45.18778, -64.42083
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Kings
Population (2006)
- Total	859
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
- Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Postal code	B0P 1H0
Area code(s)	902
Telephone Exchange	582
NTS Map	021H01
GNBC Code	CAGBD
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia
Website: http://www.kingstonnovascotia.ca

Canning, Nova Scotia (population 859 in 2006) is a village in northeastern Kings County located at the crossroads of Route 221 and Route 358. Though much diminished in importance in recent years, Canning was once a major shipbuilding centre and shipping and rail hub for farmers in Kings County. Originally the area was settled by Acadians who were expelled in 1755 during the Acadian Expulsion. After the Acadians, Canning--first called Apple Tree Landing and then Habitant Corner--was settled by New England Planters in 1760 and by the Dutch following World War II. Canning has a prominent statue of Harold Lothrop Borden, a relative of Sir Robert Borden, former Prime Minister of Canada. Harold Borden was killed in the Boer War in South Africa on July 16,1900 and is buried in South Africa.

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External links

• Harold Borden monument
• Fieldwood Heritage Society, Canning

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