Nova Scotia Government's Open Data Portal
Making government data easier to access for individuals, businesses, and researchers
Message from the Premier
Nova Scotia is proud to be part of the open data movement by continuing to make data available to anyone. Together we can use data to help grow our economy, improve the lives of those around us, and create a better Nova Scotia.
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 Dataset: Ocean Current Data
The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture’s Aquaculture Division periodically collects ocean current speed and direction time series data. They have released their first series of this data on the Open Data Portal.
Nova Scotia Open Data Contest
The fourth annual Nova Scotia Open Data Contest was held March 7-8, 2020 in partnership with Dalhousie University’s School of management, coinciding with International Open Data day. Visit the Open Data Contest story to learn more.