wider employment base than ever before. The Province is a patchwork of European ethnicities. The 2001 Canadian census reported a mix of English (23.0%) ; Irish (18.9%); Scottish (17.7%); German (3.8%); Acadians (3.6%); "North American Indian" (First Nations) (3.3%); Dutch (Netherlands) (1.9%); and Welsh (1.1%). Historically, local society was founded in