The Kiknu long-term care home in Eskasoni, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia is the first home in a Mi'kmaw community.
Kiknu, which means “our home” in Mi’kmaq, is Nova Scotia’s first long term care home on a First Nation community. It is home to 48 community elders who will continue to be surrounded by Mi’kmaq culture and traditions.
Mi’kmaw culture has been embedded into many aspects of the home, including the building’s turtle shape, which represents the Indigenous reference to Turtle Island, as North America is known.

Materials and products supplied by Engineered Assemblies: GENTAS 8mm G Ext-UV #3274 (red) #5630, # 5672 - wall and soffit plus all sub girts & SRP Air Out Shield.
Completed in early 2024.
Photo © Bob Flute @ Engineered Assemblies


See news release of the opening here:
https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2024/04/17/eskasoni-province-celebrate-opening-new-long-term-care-home