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United States, Europe and Canada. Nova Scotia offers one of North America's most
cost-competitive business locations. It has the most university graduates per capita in Canada, strong infrastructure, resource-based industries and emerging IT and Life Science sectors.



Fast Facts

Nova Scotia-based companies take advantage of the province's time zone and key location halfway between the U.K. and California, conducting business with clients in London and San Francisco in the same workday.  And Nova Scotia is only a two-hour flight from Boston or New York.



Nova Scotia Business Inc.

The province's business development agency. NSBI is encouraging business growth throughout the province by helping existing businesses expand and by attracting new investment to Nova Scotia.
www.novascotiabusiness.com



Nova Scotia Office of Economic Development

The Office of Economic Development is the hub of Nova Scotia's economic development innovation and technology system.
www.gov.ns.ca/econ

Trade Team Nova Scotia

Trade Team Nova Scotia is a federal, provincial, and private-sector partnership dedicated to helping Nova Scotian companies export their goods and services globally.
ttns.gov.ns.ca

Target Nova Scotia

TargetNovaScotia.com answers key questions about Nova Scotia and is an excellent tool for site selectors thinking about locations for new business.
www.targetnovascotia.com

Strategis - Canada's Business and Consumer Site

Canada's business and consumer site offers access to trade guides, trade data and statistics, trade law, export logistics, export financing, newsletters and much more.
strategis.ic.gc.ca

Aerospace and Defence ^ top
Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Nova Scotia
www.adians.ca

Agriculture and Fisheries ^ top
Click here for listing...

Airports ^ top
Halifax International Airport
www.hiaa.ca

Banking ^ top
Business Development Bank of Canada
www.bdc.ca/en/home.htm cookie_test=1
Canadian Bankers Association
www.cba.ca
Credit Unions of Nova Scotia
www.nscreditunions.ca

Business Development ^ top
ACOA
www.acoa.ca 		Antigonish Area Partnership
www.antigonisharea.com
Antigonish Regional Development Authority
www.antigonishrda.ns.ca 		Black Business Initiative
www.bbi.ca
Cape Breton County Economic Development Authority
www.cbceda.org 		Cape Breton Partnership
www.capebretonpartnership.com
Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development
www.ceed.info 		Colchester Regional Development Agency
www.corda.ca
Community Business Development Corporation
www.cbdc.ca 		Cumberland Regional Economic Development Association
www.creda.net
Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
www.ecbc.ca 		Greater Halifax Partnership
www.greaterhalifax.com
Guysborough County Regional Development Authority
www.gcrda.ns.ca 		Halifax Regional Development Authority
www.halifaxrda.ca
Hants Regional Development Authority
www.hantscounty.com 		Kings CED Agency
www.kingsced.ns.ca
Lunenburg Queens Regional Development Agency
www.lqrda.ns.ca 		Nova Scotia Association of Regional Development Authorities
www.nsarda.ca
Pictou Regional Development Commission
www.wearepictoucounty.com/prdc/prdc.html 		South West Shore Development Authority
www.swsda.com
Strait-Highlands Regional Development Agency
www.strait-highlands.ns.ca/

Business Hospitality/Conventions ^ top
Atlantic Canada World Trade Centre
www.acwtc.com 		Centre 200, Cape Breton
www.centre200.ca/index.htm
Events Halifax
www.eventshalifax.com 		Exhibition Park
www.exhibitionpark.com
Membertou Trade and Convention Centre
membertoutcc.com 		Halifax Metro Centre
www.halifaxmetrocentre.com
World Trade and Convention Centre
www.wtcchalifax.com 		Trade Centre Limited
www.tradecentrelimited.com

Chambers of Commerce ^ top
Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce
www.apcc.ca 		Halifax Chamber of Commerce
www.halifaxchamber.com
Metro Cape Breton Junior Chamber
www.cbjuniorchamber.com 		Sydney and Area Chamber of Commerce
www.sydneyareachamber.ca
Truro and District Chamber of Commerce
www.trurochamber.com 		West Hants Chamber of Commerce
http://www.whcc.ca

Co-operatives ^ top
Nova Scotia Co-operative Council
www.nscouncil.ns.ca

Energy ^ top

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers CAPP
www.capp.ca

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
www.cnsopb.ns.ca

Nova Scotia Department of Energy
www.gov.ns.ca/energy

National Energy Board
www.neb.gc.ca

Offshore/Onshore Technologies Association of Nova Scotia
www.otans.com


Entrepreneurship/Starting a Business ^ top
Canada Business Service Centre
www.cbsc.org
Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development
www.ceed.info
Community Business Development Corporation
www.cbdc.ca
Entrepreneurs Forum
www.entrepreneursforum.com
Industry Canada
www.businessgateway.ca

Service Nova Scotia Tips on Starting a Business
www.businessroom.ca/starting.php

St. FX Enterprise Development Centre
www.xedc.ca


Environmental Industries ^ top

Eco-Efficiency Centre
www.dal.ca/eco-burnside

Nova Scotia Environmental Industry Association
www.nseia.ns.ca

RRFB Nova Scotia
www.rrfb.com



Export/Import ^ top
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
www.cme-mec.ca/ns/template_ns.asp p=1 		Canada Business Service Centre
bsa.cbsc.org/gol/bsa/site.nsf/en/su07079.html
Export Source
www.exportsource.ca/gol/exportsource/ site.nsf/en/es02188.html 		Importing Info Guide
www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer pagename=CBSC_NS/display&c;=GuideInfoGuide &cid;=1099919426048<=eng
Trade Team Nova Scotia
ttns.gov.ns.ca 		Trade Tool-kit
www.acoa.gc.ca/e/business/trade/toolkit/index.shtml

Film ^ top
Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
www.film.ns.ca

Food Industries ^ top
Click here for listing of food industry associations

Gaming ^ top
Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation
www.gamingcorp.ns.ca

Government ^ top
ACOA
www.acoa.ca 		Government of Canada
canada.gc.ca
Municipal Websites
gov.ns.ca/snsmr/muns/link 		Nova Scotia Government
www.gov.ns.ca
On-line Business Links - Government Permits, etc.
www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business 		Public Tender Opportunities
www.gov.ns.ca/tran/tour

Industrial Parks ^ top
Nova Scotia Industrial Parks
www.targetnovascotia.com/industrialparkpdfs.htm

Investing ^ top
Business Climate Index
www.gov.ns.ca/econ/businessclimate 		KPMG Cost Alternatives Study
www.competitivealternatives.com
Nova Scotia Business Inc.
www.novascotiabusiness.com/en/home/locate 		Nova Scotia Department of Finance
www.gov.ns.ca/finance
RBC Financial Group Provincial Trends
www.rbc.com/economics/market/hi_provincialeco.html 		Scotiabank Provincial Pulse
www.scotiabank.com/cda/content/ 0,1608,CID8343_LIDen,00.html

Labour Standards ^ top
Labour Standards Division
www.gov.ns.ca/enla/labstand

Manufacturing ^ top
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
www.cme-mec.ca/ns/template_ns.asp p=1 		Tax Credits
www.gov.ns.ca/finance/taxpolicy/taxcredits

Regional Development ^ top
Antigonish Regional Development Authority
www.antigonishrda.ns.ca 		Cape Breton County Economic Development Authority
www.cbceda.org
Colchester Regional Development Agency
www.corda.ca 		Cumberland Regional Economic Development Association
www.creda.net
Guysborough County Regional Development Authority
www.gcrda.ns.ca 		Halifax Regional Development Authority
www.hrda.ns.ca
Hants Regional Development Authority
www.hantscounty.com
www.liveinnovascotia.com 		Kings CED Agency
www.kingsced.ns.ca
Lunenburg Queens Regional Development Agency
www.lqrda.ns.ca

Pictou Regional Development Commission
www.prdc.com
www.wearepictoucounty.com

South West Shore Development Authority
www.swsda.com 		Strait-Highlands Regional Development Agency
www.strait-highlands.ns.ca
Western Valley Development Authority
www.wvda.com

Small Business ^ top
Community Business Development Corporation
www.cbdc.ca
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
www.cfib.ca/legis/novascot

Shipping ^ top
Port of Halifax
www.portofhalifax.ca

Taxes ^ top
Tax system in Nova Scotia
www.gov.ns.ca/finance/taxpolicy/taxsystem

Technology and Innovation ^ top

BioNova
www.bionova.ns.ca

Nova Scotia Business Inc.
http://www.novascotiabusiness.com/en/home/ locate/sectorinfo/technology.aspx
Information Economy Initiative
infoeconomy.gov.ns.ca 		Information Technology Human Resource Council
www.ithrsc.ns.ca
Information Technology Industry Alliance of Nova Scotia
www.itans.ns.ca 		Innovative Nova Scotia
www.gov.ns.ca/econ/innovativenovascotia
InNOVAcorp
www.innovacorp.ns.ca 		Premier’s Council on Innovation
www.gov.ns.ca/econ/whatsnew/ 20030626_innovation.asp

Other ^ top
Business Links in Nova Scotia
www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business 		Canada Business Service Centre
bsa.cbsc.org
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
www.thenslc.com 		Starting a Business in Nova Scotia
www.businessroom.ca
Free subscription to Open to the World
www.progresscorp.com/ subscribe_open_to_the_world.asp 		Waterfront Development Corporation
www.wdcl.ca
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