Under the Municipal Government Act, the Minister has the authority to prescribe the type of information to be provided by a municipality to the Minister [s.451 (1(b)]. In Nova Scotia, the municipality is required to submit financial information to the Department of Municipal Affairs and Housing through the standard Financial Information Return (FIR). This dataset includes the Non-consolidated Operating Fund Revenues and Expenditures for all the 50 municipalities.

Non-consolidated statement of expenses of the General Operating Fund (by expense category) - Regionals, Rurals and Towns for the last 10 fiscal years.

Non-consolidated statement of revenue of the General Operating Fund (by revenue source) - Regionals, Rurals and Towns for the last 10 fiscal years.

This dataset provides information about the extent of municipal land use planning in Nova Scotia. Each municipality is listed along with the type of its land use planning described as either comprehensive for entire municipality, comprehensive for local areas only, comprehensive for towns, or single issue. It also lists the date of the municipal land use plans described.

A comprehensive strategy is one that address all major areas of concern, for example: residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, environmental, social and economic. A single-issue plan only deals with specific land-use issues such as wind turbines, drinking water protection, general development. Municipal planning strategies may be developed for an entire municipality and/or a local area within its jurisdiction.

This dataset delineates the municipal polling districts for towns and rural, district, county and regional municipalities.

This dataset delineates the municipal polling districts for towns and rural, district, county and regional municipalities.

The dataset is a list of property tax rates that are applicable in each municipality in the Province. These rates are applied to property assessment (based on market value) which can change from year to year. The convention is to express the tax rate as per $100 of assessment e.g., Amherst's residential rate is $1.63 per $100 of assessment.

The dataset is a list of property tax rates that are applicable in each municipality in the Province. These rates are applied to property assessment (based on market value) which can change from year to year. The convention is to express the tax rate as per $100 of assessment e.g., Amherst's residential rate is $1.63 per $100 of assessment.

The dataset is a list of property tax rates that are applicable in each municipality in the Province. These rates are applied to property assessment (based on market value) which can change from year to year. The convention is to express the tax rate as per $100 of assessment e.g., Amherst's residential rate is $1.63 per $100 of assessment.

This dataset delineates the municipal boundaries for towns and district, county and regional municipalities in Nova Scotia.