Corporate
We build places for people, and how we do it builds community.
We use places as tools to attract people to Nova Scotia and bring people together in pursuit of common goals. Everything we do is grounded in the focus areas of Thriving Communities, Authentic Destinations, and Working Waterfronts—and our sweet spot is stewarding projects that enhance quality of life and community well-being, build local pride and momentum, and grow our economy.
Mandate
Lead the sustainable development of economic and social infrastructure to advance inclusive economic growth in Nova Scotia.
Mission
Working together we can build on our natural assets to make Nova Scotia an authentic, sustainable place that attracts people.
Vision
Nova Scotia is irresistible to people and investment.
Purpose
Nova Scotia is a place where everyone can belong.
Thriving Communities
Great places are accessible and connected.
A connected Nova Scotia is a thriving Nova Scotia. We are collaborating with communities across Nova Scotia to support rural growth through connectivity, capacity building, and projects that enhance pride of place. We’re hustling to deliver access to high-speed internet to every household, to enable more businesses to start and scale up, to attract more people to live in Nova Scotia, and to take care of those who are already here.
The remarkable intricacy and liveliness of downtown can never be created by the abstract logic of a few men. Downtown has had the capability of providing something for everybody only because it has been created by everybody.
Jane Jacobs
Authentic Destinations
Great places are built for community first.
We develop and steward sustainable, year-round destinations for people, with
people. When we invest in building places for people (especially locals), the outcomes are magnetic and sustainable places that create the conditions for community and commerce to thrive and investment to flow. And—perhaps most importantly—these places contribute to enhanced quality of life for everyone.
These intensely local partnerships with community create new avenues for growth, while leveraging our strength of place and community to attract people to Nova Scotia—to visit, to live, to work, to invest, and to participate.
$317.3
MILLION
in direct and spinoff
Gross Domestic Product
5,094
PERSON-YEARS
in direct and spinoff
employment
$238
MILLION
in direct and spinoff
household income
$25.8
MILLION
in direct and spinoff provincial
government tax revenue
Source: Group ATN Consulting (2018). Economic Impact of Develop Nova Scotia’s Approach to Waterfront Development.
Working Waterfronts
Great places build on our collective strengths and natural assets.
Working waterfronts work hard for Nova Scotia. They are critical pieces of economic infrastructure—and it’s no secret that a rising tide lifts all boats! Creating the conditions for innovation is key to Nova Scotia’s economic growth and prosperity. We do our part to foster this growth through strategic partnerships, physical infrastructure, and platforms for business—but it takes a village.
We partner with industry, community, and all levels of government to steward spaces and develop sustainable infrastructure that support the growth of multiple businesses across high-potential ocean sectors. And, along the way, our collective efforts position Nova Scotia as a world leader in both ocean technology and sustainable development.
No place in Nova Scotia
is more than
67km
from the ocean
Ocean industries
employ over
35,000
Nova Scotian
workers
Over
300
oceansector
businesses
$4.5
BILLION
annual revenue for
ocean-related industries
(including spin-off)
Source: Group ATN Consulting (2018). Economic Impact of Develop Nova Scotia’s Approach to Waterfront Development.
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