About Us
We'kwistoqnik', where the fir trees are plentiful, so derived our communities name Eskasoni. One of 5 Mi'kmaq communities in Cape Breton, 13 in Nova Scotia, Eskasoni is the largest Mi'kmaq community in the world.
In the 1940's the federal government began a policy of centralization, which involved moving Mi'kmaq families from other reserves to Eskasoni. Prior to centralization Eskasoni's population was less than 200, now Eskasoni is the highest populated reserve in Nova Scotia, with a registered population of over 4000.
