Nova Scotia Community Counts - Hundreds of communities. Thousands of facts. One website.
A community embodies a wide range of characteristics. Nova Scotia Community Counts presents socio-economic and other data that illustrate the unique nature of each community. With easily accessible information, Community Counts also allows comparisons of community resources among regional, provincial, and national levels to present a more complete picture of Nova Scotian communities. To download our brochure, click here. For an overview of Community Counts, click here.

Recent Updates
  • Cultural Centres and Youth Health Centres have been updated in the Map Centre.
  • The 2011 County population information has been released by Statistics Canada.  Click here to view a map based on the percentage change between 2006 and 2011.
  • We have upgraded our charting software.  The profiles and charts found on our website are now Iphone/Ipad compatible!
  • Browse data by Socio-Economic Status

    A new tool has been added to Community Counts.  Data can now be displayed by Socio-Economic Status.  This SES tool lets users choose and combine key social and economic indicators to compare communities on a simple SES scale. The results are displayed in table and map formats.

    To learn more, click the Browse data by Socio-Economic Status on the sidebar.
  • New assets have been added to the Map Centre:  Nova Scotia Publishers, Food Banks and Conseil de d�veloppement �conomique de la Nouvelle-�cosse locations.
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  • 2011 Census Release Dates

    The following are Statistics Canada's 2011 Census release dates. For further information, visit statcan.gc.ca.

    • February 8, 2012
      • Population
      • Dwellings
    • May 29, 2012
      • Age
      • Sex
    • September 19, 2012
      • Families
      • Households
      • Marital Status
      • Structural type of dwelling
      • Collectives
    • October 24, 2012
      • Language