Government of Nova Scotia

This web layer was developed to show areas of Nova Scotia where there is a relative high-, medium- or low-risk of uranium in bedrock water wells. The high-risk zone is defined as bedrock units where more than 15% of well water samples exceed the uranium drinking water guideline of 20 μg/L. In the...

Provides assessment results for Mathematics (scaled score and performance level) for each year assessment has been administered. Consult plans.ednet.ns.ca for more information on the assessments.

Utilization and payments to the Nova Scotia Dental Surgical Program. The Nova Scotia Dental Surgical Program provides eligible residents of Nova Scotia coverage for medically necessary oral and maxillofacial surgery when hospital admission is required. Includes the following data fields: Fiscal...

[ARCHIVED] Community Counts data is retained for archival purposes only, such as research, reference and record-keeping. This data has not been maintained or updated. Users looking for the latest information should refer to Statistics Canada’s Census Program...

[ARCHIVED] Community Counts data is retained for archival purposes only, such as research, reference and record-keeping. This data has not been maintained or updated. Users looking for the latest information should refer to Statistics Canada’s Census Program...

[ARCHIVED] Community Counts data is retained for archival purposes only, such as research, reference and record-keeping. This data has not been maintained or updated. Users looking for the latest information should refer to Statistics Canada’s Census Program...

This dataset provides the average number of days to first appearance by court for serious and pending cases.

[ARCHIVED] Community Counts data is retained for archival purposes only, such as research, reference and record-keeping. This data has not been maintained or updated. Users looking for the latest information should refer to Statistics Canada’s Census Program...

The number of applications received by each department under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP Act) for the fiscal year.

*Please note that this data is now outdated, as climate modeling methods have improved since CMIP3.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...

This calendar shows the provincially designated statutory holidays. It is requested by employers and employees as a reference.

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...

New arrivals in adult and youth facilities are counted as intakes only (e.g. from non‐custody status to custody, transfer from another jurisdiction, or conditional sentence to custody). An individual could have more than one new arrival at a correctional facility during a fiscal year. New...

Monthly counts of items checked out and renewed at Nova Scotia Public Libraries.

Shubenacadie Wildlife Park's Wetland Centre Education Programs displaying the total number of attendees and variety of programs offered and delivered each year.

[ARCHIVED] The Province of Nova Scotia recognizes the importance of foreign engagement and regularly engages in government to government and government to business relations globally. In order to ensure that effective and positive international government relations are developed and maintained,...

Hourly ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) data in micrograms per cubic metre from provincial ambient air quality monitoring stations across Nova Scotia up to the end of 2009.

Polygons for all lands in the province as described in the Photo Interpretation Specifications. Includes water, forested and non-forested areas with additional identification of fresh water wetlands and coastal habitat area classifications. Forested stands include attributes for tree species,...

Information pertaining to the long-term environmental monitoring of the former Sydney Tar Ponds site.

The number of applications completed by departments and other public bodies under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP Act) according to decision type for the fiscal year.