Government of Nova Scotia

Driver Training Schools licenced to provide theory and/or practical lessons.

This dataset delineates the village boundaries for Nova Scotia.

[ARCHIVED] The “Nova Scotia Counties with Senior Safety Programs” dataset is no longer being updated. Please refer to https://ns.211.ca/ to learn more about seniors’ safety programs. List of counties across Nova Scotia with Senior Safety Programs

A listing of all currently active daycares and the details of their licence.

A geographic shape file of Nova Scotia’s Functional Economic Regions based on the 2021 census data. The most widely accepted approach to identifying functional economic regions is based on self-contained labour areas (SLAs) - a group of two or more Census Subdivisions (CSDs) where at least 75% of...

[ARCHIVED] The “Nova Scotia Communities Engaged in Age-Friendly Community Planning” dataset is no longer being updated. This dataset has been superseded by Age-Friendly Communities Grant Funding Recipients. List of communities across Nova Scotia that are engaged in Age-Friendly Community planning.

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

A listing of SchoolsPlus sites, including Hub sites and schools by Hub.

The Public Works Road Weight Designations dataset provides information on allowable weights for all roads owned by the Nova Scotia Department of Public Works.

A listing of Provincial Day-use and Camping Park Entrances coordinates.

A geographic shape file of Nova Scotia’s Functional Economic Regions. The most widely accepted approach to identifying functional economic regions is based on self-contained labour areas (SLAs) - a group of two or more Census Subdivisions (CSDs) where at least 75% of the workers both live and...

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database, the delimiter lines are obtained from various sources which could include Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Property Records Database, or Parks Canada. These areas are generally administrative Boundaries. Delimiter Line feature codes and...

List of name of business, operating name, licensed as ferment on premises operators in NS pursuant to the Liquor Control Act

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), DTM is a vector data set of spot elevations collected from aerial photography. An elevation point is collected at ground level approximately every eighty meters in an irregular grid pattern. These spot elevations, or mass points, can be used...

The Nova Scotia Road Network (NSRN) is the authoritative source for road centerlines in the province. This 3D coverage contains addressed roads and non-addressed roads and has several descriptive attributes to define a roadway such as number of lanes, surface type, and road class. The NSRN is...

List of schools offering the Pre-primary Program

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the roads and railroads theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography and collected in the field with mobile GPS, Field inspections verify road way types such as surface and number of lanes. Road feature codes and their...

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the utilities theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography, and verified with field inspections. Pipelines, Tanks and electrical substations are collected among other types of features. Utility feature codes and their...

A spatial dataset of all Crown lands in Nova Scotia. Crown lands are all or any part of the land under the administration and control of the Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables as per the Crown Lands Act. The dataset includes land in which the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources...

A geographic boundary of Public Work's districts, which are used in allocating operational resources. Each district is managed by a District Director. Each district is divided into 3-4 management areas, and each management area is divided into 2-7 operational zones.