It's not Nova Scotia, Ron. More likely it's a variant of the old Canadian Red Ensign. Besides, Nova Scotia never used fleur-de-lis as a symbol; you're thinking of Quebec.

As new provinces entered Confederation, or when they received some mark of identification (sometimes taken from their seal), that mark was incorporated into the shield on the Canadian Red Ensign. By the turn of the century, the shield was made up of the coats of arms of the seven provinces then in Confederation.

-- http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/pr...c-cs/df5_e.cfm
In addition, there are some interesting comments here:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca-reden.html

For mor information about Nova Scotia's flag, read this article:

http://www.fraser.cc/FlagsCan/Provinces/NS.html

Regards,

Todd