North Dakota (USA) is 3.2 times larger than Nova Scotia (Canada).
Area: 55,284 km2 StatCan
Population: 921,727 (May 2016) StatCan
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and constitutes one of the four Atlantic Canada provinces. Located almost exactly halfway between the Equator and the North Pole, its provincial capital is Halifax. Wikipedia
Area: 178,711 km2 US Census
Population: 723,393 (July 2013) US Census
North Dakota is the 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889. Wikipedia