Cape Breton Island

island in Nova Scotia, Canada
Landform island Q188489
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Summary

Cape Breton Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,726 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nova Scotia[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Flag: flag of Cape Breton Island[7]
  • Location: Gulf of Saint Lawrence[8]
  • Commons category: Cape Breton Island[9]
  • Highest point: White Hill[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cape Breton Island[11]
  • Commons gallery: Cape Breton[12]
  • Population: 132,010[13]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Cape Breton Island[14]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17]
  • Category for people who died here: Q130601889[18]
  • Native label: Unama'ki[19]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cape Breton Island[20]
  • Different from: Capbreton[21]
  • Length: 180 km[22]
  • Elevation above sea level: 532 m[23]
  • Area: 10,311 km²[24]
  • Width: 114 km[25]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Cape Breton Island[26]
  • P14541: x0T5r[27]

Why It Matters

Cape Breton Island has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23h ago · KnittingNerd · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Capital: Sydney"
  2. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'atj', 'az', 'azb', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'br', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → cape-breton-island
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: cape-breton-island, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922299|cape breton island (#289922299)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → x0T5r
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of northernmost point → {'lat': 47.04194444444445, 'lon': -60.598333333333336}
    Category for people who died here → Q130601889
    Capital → —
    Instance of → —
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "CapeBretonIsland"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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