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A list of the 28 provincial museum sites with hours of operation for each site.

The Government of Nova Scotia helps identify, protect and preserve built heritage throughout the province. The Heritage Property Program was created to assist Nova Scotians to better understand the heritage values of our unique properties and to better preserve these heritage assets. It is an...

The "Book of Negroes" is the single most important document relating to the immigration of African Americans to Nova Scotia following the War of Independence. It provides the names of 3000 black refugees registered on board the vessels in which they sailed from New York to Nova Scotia between 23...

Appeal case books from the Supreme court as a court of appeal. Case files index from 1885-1900

A fully searchable database containing over 113 historical sketches of all Government departments, past and present, as well as all current agencies, boards, commissions, offices and crown corporations. Accurate and complete to 2011.

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...

Correspondence and other material from Nova Scotia House of Assembly and Documents selected by the Records Commissioner from Commissioner of Public Records Collection. Records from 1758-1850

Festival and Community Event Development Program Quantitative Research Study was conducted with the festival and events organizers and CCH in order to assess input on the new application process and recent changes to the program.

Briefing binder used by the Minister Qualtrough before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage December 12, 2023

Briefing binder used by Minister Petitpas Taylor before the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages (OLLO) on June 5, 2023