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Nova Scotia has 49 municipalities under the Municipal Government Act: regional municipalities such as Halifax and Cape Breton, towns, and county and district municipalities that cover the rural areas. The links on this page go to the official website of each, where council agendas and minutes, bylaws, permits and planning records are published. Halifax runs an open data portal and a property information search by address.

Property assessment across Nova Scotia is done by the Property Valuation Services Corporation, whose free search shows the assessed value and the property details of any address, and the land registry with the owner's name is run by the province through Property Online.

Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.

Council meetings are open by law and municipalities post agendas, minutes and bylaws online, with Halifax and the larger towns posting video. Building permits and development applications are public once received. The Property Valuation Services Corporation search covers every municipality and shows values and property details without the owner's name. The Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities lists every municipality with its office and officials, and the Department of Municipal Affairs publishes the municipal directory and the financial condition indicators.

• Property Valuation Services CorporationFree assessed value and property detail search for every Nova Scotia address
• Department of Municipal AffairsProvincial department that publishes the municipal directory
• Halifax Regional MunicipalityCouncil records, permits, open data and property information
• Nova Scotia Records and CourtsProvincial courts, vital records, land and business records

A record not on the website is requested from the municipal clerk, and a formal request goes under the Municipal Government Act's freedom of information rules, with a 30 day response time and a review by the provincial Information and Privacy Commissioner. The land registry, which names the owner, is searched through Property Online, a subscription service, or at the Land Registration Office for a fee.

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Nova ScotiaReviews when a municipality refuses an access request
• Property OnlineThe provincial land registry search, by subscription
• Canadian Public Records DirectoryEvery province and territory and the national topic pages

Each link opens the municipality's own website, where agendas, minutes and bylaws are posted.

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