The database presented here brings together an assortment of early census, property assessment, and poll tax records, providing a total of 69,807 personal names. None of the census, assessment or poll tax records presented here is complete for the province - even if they claimed to be so at the time. None of the individual returns is complete internally either; people and households were overlooked, and sections of communities were undoubtedly missed.

Private Schools that have been approved by the Department to grant the Nova Scotia High School Leaving Certificate

Province wide dataset of the highway distance markers on 100 series highways.

File contains all issued marine aquaculture leases along the coast of Nova Scotia.
Fisheries and Aquaculture also provides a mapping tool for this data at: http://novascotia.ca/fish/aquaculture/site-mapping-tool/

[ARCHIVED] This dataset has been superseded by Access Centres Office Locations & Hours (https://data.novascotia.ca/Public-Service/Access-Centres-Office-Locations-Hours/f35v-t3mg)

Listing of provincial RMV office locations and hours of operations

The dataset provides information on industry specialization, industry structure and number of business locations for Nova Scotia’s Functional Economic Regions. The data fields include: Functional Economic Region Name, Month and Year; Category (e.g., Farming); Type (Traded or Local); North American Industry Classification (NAICS) - 6-digits; Location Quotient based on Business Locations; and Employment Size Categories for Business Locations. Fields may be added to or change over time.

*Please note that this data is now outdated, as climate modeling methods have improved since CMIP3. Users seeking updated sea level rise projections for Nova Scotia can find this data at: https://data.novascotia.ca/Nature-and-Environment/NS-Sea-Level-Rise-Projections-CMIP5-/t5sw-u3sr

Sea-level rise projections for regions of Nova Scotia. The data includes projections for the following time periods: 2025, 2055, 2085 and 2100.

The dataset includes incident-based crime statistics at the provincial and police service level. Statistics include the number of incidents of offences and rates per 100,000 population for the following offences: Homicide, Attempted murder , Sexual assault (Levels 1, 2 and 3), Total sexual violations against children, Assault (Levels 1, 2 and 3), Total robbery, Total breaking and entering, Total theft of motor vehicle, Total impaired driving, Total drug violations, Possession (cannabis), Possession, (cocaine), Possession (other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs), Cannabis (trafficking, production or distribution), Cocaine (trafficking, production or distribution), Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs (trafficking, production or distribution). Data source: Statistics Canada.

Number of non resident overnight visitors to Nova Scotia. The dataset is broken down by visitor origin and mode of entry to the province. Data is reported monthly.

List of permitted abattoirs, including type of meat and town in Nova Scotia.