Nova Scotia Government's Open Data Portal
Making government data easier to access for individuals, businesses, and researchers
Perspectives Stories
The Nova Scotia Open Data Portal has a unique storytelling feature entitled Perspectives. These Stories provide an opportunity to add content such as videos, images, and narrative to provide additional context to the data. Stories are listed as a data type on the portal.
Featured Datasets: Legislative Library Catalogue
The Legislative Library catalogues records of Nova Scotia Government Documents. The catalogue listing is now available on the Open Data Portal and includes details on publications dating as far back as the 1700’s.
Featured Datasets: “How’s Work Going” Survey
The Public Service Commission conducts the bi-annual “How’s Work Going” employee survey to gather feedback on the employee work experience, measure employee engagement, and monitor changes over time and has released survey data on the portal.
Featured Datasets: Coastal Monitoring Data
The Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (NSDFA) has made available several coastal monitoring datasets that measure the long-term water quality, wave readings, and current speed and direction of Nova Scotia’s coastal waters on the portal