The flag of Nova Scotia, created in 1858, is a banner of the coat of arms of Nova Scotia, which were granted to the Scottish colony by Charles I, in 1625. The flag of the modern Canadian province, a blue saltire on a white field, is a simple figure-ground reversal of the flag of Scotland, a white saltire, Saint Andrew's cross, on a blue field, charged with the arms of Scotland, a gold shield with a red lion rampant surrounded by a double border decorated with fleurs de lis). The arms do not appear on Scotland's flag - they were added to Nova Scotia's to distinguish the flag from the Naval Ensign of Russia which is also a blue saltire on a white field.
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