Learn about Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is on the east coast of Canada. It’ is part of the Maritime (eastern Atlantic coast) regionone1 of Canada’s 4 Atlantic provinces.

The province offers a high quality of life where you can:

get a good education and explore career opportunities
use our technology and communication services
balance your work, family and other responsibilities

Nova Scotia welcomes you to a safe and secure environment with freedom and opportunities for a great future.

Services to help you settle in Nova Scotia

Contact Nova Scotia Start if you are getting ready to move to Nova Scotia, or have just arrived here. This should be the first place you go to get help with finding a good job and settling in the province. You can get services in English and French.

Immigrants to Nova Scotia can get many other free services to help them settle and feel at home, including:

Nova Scotia Immigration, which has information about:
- settling
- working
- living in Nova Scotia
Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programs, which helps immigrants
- settle into their new homes
- learn about their new
  - language
  - culture
  - climate
  - community
Halifax Public Libraries language learning programs
Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program
Valley Community Learning Association (English classes in the Annapolis Valley)
Nova Scotia Interpreting Services
- offers interpretation services to
  - hospitals
  - government departments
  - other organizations
- provides services
  - in person
  - over the phone
working in Nova Scotia, which has information about:
- foreign qualification recognition
- regulated occupations

If you’re coming to Nova Scotia and plan to work in a regulated occupation, contact the provincial regulatory body responsible for that job. Experts can help you throughout the process.

Resources for Francophone immigrants

Le Conseil de développement économique de la Nouvelle-Écosse (CDÉNÉ) (in French only) offers many services for French-speaking immigrants
L’Université Sainte-Anne offers programs in
- education
- humanities
- pure sciences
- business administration
- many other professional programs
The Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FANE) (in French only) provides French-speaking immigrants in Nova Scotia services for:
- settlement
- integration