Active, Healthy Living

Healthy Living Tax Incentive

The healthy living tax incentive provides an allowable tax credit of up to $500 per child to help with the cost of registering children and youth in sport or recreation activities that offer health benefits.
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Active Kids Healthy Kids

Active Kids Healthy Kids is a physical activity strategy for children, youth and families in Nova Scotia. It is a comprehensive strategy shared by government, non-government organizations, and residents of Nova Scotia. It was introduced in fall of 2002 and the renewed strategy was released in the fall of 2007.
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Active Kids Online Reference Resource

Activekidsns.ca is a free online reference resource that supports those who promote physical activity for children and youth. This user-friendly searchable database offers success stories and evidence-based interventions from Nova Scotia and elsewhere. Also featured is an inventory of programs, resources and tools. The resource is managed by Recreation Nova Scotia and funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection.
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Active Transportation

Walking & Wheeling Quarterly is an electronic newsletter of Pathways for People, a project of the Ecology Action Centre www.ecologyaction.ca in partnership with Nova Scotia Health Promotion and part of the Active Kids, Healthy Kids Physical Activity Strategy
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Outdoor Recreation

Nova Scotia Health Promotion fosters outdoor recreation opportunities with provincial recreation organizations (PRO's) through various initiatives.
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Trails

From the earliest days of the trail movement in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Health Promotion has been involved in developing trails, and supporting the hundreds of volunteer groups building trails in the province.
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Gender Equity

A commitment to gender equity works to increase the participation of girls and women in sport, recreation and active living.
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Abuse Prevention

A guide to preventing and responding to abuse and harassment in sport and recreation.
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Building Healthier Communities Together

The Sport Makes a Difference and Recreation Matters campaigns.
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