Nova Scotia Community Counts - Hundreds of communities.  Thousands of facts. One website.

Nova Scotia Community Counts provides a common platform for social, economic, environmental and cultural data from many sources that illustrate the unique nature of each community. It provides easily accessible and understandable information products at 16 levels of geography. The Map Centre offers over 40,000 maps that are dynamically generated based on user requirements. Community Counts also offers comparisons of community information at the local, regional, provincial, and national levels to present a more complete picture of Nova Scotia’s communities. To download our brochure, click here. For an overview of Community Counts, click here.

Recent Updates
  • A descriptive background resource relating to the Assets currently located within the Map Centre has been added to the website. Click here to view it.
  • Annual Demographic Estimates data is now available for 2007-2012.
  • Monthly Cost of a Nutritious Diet data for 2002 - 2010 (by DHA and Nova Scotia) has been added to the Health subject area.
  • The following assets have been updated in the Map Centre: Provincial Parks.
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Upcoming Training

Community Counts for Health Planning

  • June 21 - Halifax - 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Community Counts for Crime Prevention

  • June 13 - Yarmouth
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • June 25 - Truro
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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