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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is that peninsula which hangs off the edge of Eastern Canada. It is attached to New Brunswick by the Chignecto Isthmus and is very close to Prince Edward Island and Maine. The province actually consists of the peninsula just described and of Cape Breton Island which is to the north and attached via the Canso Causeway. The capital city of Nova Scotia is Halifax. Other big cities are Sydney and Yarmouth. Politically, Nova Scotia is divided into 18 Counties and 24 Rural Municipalities, plus incorporated towns, cities and Regional Municipalities. Municipalities are: Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Halifax Regional Municipality, Region of Queens Municipality Rural Municipalities Municipality of Annapolis, Municipality of Antigonish, Municipality of Argyle, Municipality of Barrington, Municipality of Chester, Municipality of Clare, Municipality of Colchester, Municipality of Cumberland, Municipality of Digby, Municipality of Guysborough, Municipality of Hants East, Municipality of Hants West, Municipality of Inverness, Municipality of Kings, Municipality of Lunenburg, Municipality of Pictou, Municipality of Richmond, Municipality of Shelburne, Municipality of St. Mary's, Municipality of Victoria, Municipality of Yarmouth

Most Nova Scotian sites submitted to this directory will fall into one of the sub-categories listed here. Please choose the one most appropriate for your site and submit it there.

Submitters of bilingual web sites are strongly encouraged to place of copy of their site in one of the sub-categories of Nouvelle-�cosse .

For help about submissions, you may click on Submission Help.

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Arts and Entertainment

Find links to sites for or about artistic, cultural, and entertainment activities, events, institutions, and organizations. Subjects may include theatre, fine and visual arts, music, literature, and architecture.

Thanks for submitting your site. To be listed in this category, your site must deal with architecture provincially or offer a provincial resource or organization.

Architects and their businesses are listed separately under Business and Economy in the locality. where their business office is physically located.

Business and Economy

Includes sites covering the business and economic activities of Nova Scotia, including listings of companies and industries.

Thank you for submitting your site.

This category accepts sites for province-wide businesses, or businesses with physical offices in more than one County. Most likely you should submit to the specific Locality where your business or organization is located.

Submission Tips:

When writing your site''s title please ensure it is the same as your organization.
When writing your site''s description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.

For help about submissions, please click on Submission Help.

Counties

The province of Nova Scotia is comprised of eighteen counties.

Sites submitted to this category must have relevance to not just everywhere in Nova Scotia, but the counties of Nova Scotia in particular. This is an extremely unlikely case, so please consider carefully whether your site truly belongs in this category or whether it should be somewhere else.

Education

Includes local educational institutions, programs and opportunities; as well as other location specific educational resources.

Please note, collegiate sites should be listed in Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities and @links to the local college''s Alumni subcategory.

Please submit only sites relating to the entire province of Nova Scotia. You can find a list of localities that comprise this region here. If the site relates to only one locality, then please submit to the appropriate category of that locality.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Government

Includes regional government, law and military information (e.g. Branches of Government, Law, Military, Taxes).

Thank you for submitting your site.

Sites listed here provide emergency service to the citizens of the province. They will be such things as fire, police, poison control and disaster preparedness.

For help about submissions, please click on Submission Help.

Guides and Directories

General interest online guides and directories specific to the province. Includes Dining, Event and Travel guides.

Guides and Directories that are specific to a particular topic should be placed within the appropriate topic subcategory.

Health

This category is for health care organizations, associations and medical information that applies to the province of Nova Scotia.

Please note that sites selling health products should be submitted to Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Health_Products.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Localities

This category contains sites related to Nova Scotia localities, from large municipalities and districts to villages and everything in between.

Please do not submit your site to this category. Please click the appropriate letter for your locality and, if your locality is already listed there, submit your site directly to the relevent locality category. If you locality isn''t listed, please submit your site to the main letter category where your locality should be -- your site will be placed appropriately.

Maps and Views

Links to maps, photograph sites, live web cams, satellite imagery or any visual representation of Nova Scotia.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Metro Areas

Nova Scotia has one Metropolitan Area and that is Halifax as defined by Statistics Canada The communities that comprise Halifax Metro Area are found at Regional/North_America/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Regions/Halifax_Regional_Municipality/ .

The placement of this category within Nova Scotia is in compliance with that used throughout the rest of Canada.

News and Media

Contains sites of magazines, newspapers, radio and television, with links to advertising, classifieds and video production.

Submission of newspaper sites should be to the specific locality of the paper and to News/Newspapers/Regional/Canada/Nova_Scotia/ . In all cases, submissions at the province level require that the site deals with the province as a whole.

Offshore Islands

As a coastal province almost completely surrounded by water, Nova Scotia is home to many islands, some small and some large. The coastline stretches for 7,400 kilometres and is indented by thousands of bays and inlets. The coast is dotted by more than 3,800 islands.

Recreation and Sports

Includes all hobbies, sports and participatory recreational activities specific to the province, including recreation organizations and facilities.

This category is for everything having to do with crafts, craft resources, craftspersons, events, news, meetings and sales. Professional craftspersons may list web sites here. They may also find a category in Shopping and list their products for sale in that venue.

This category is also linked to the Nova Scotia Shopping category, so that a listing here will also show in province level Shopping.

Regions

There are many regions in Nova Scotia. Some of these are officially recognized such as school or electoral districts. Others are unofficial but widely accepted by the general population -- because they are best known, these are the ones used here. Opinions differ in some cases as to what counties and/or localities belong in any given unofficial region so the broadest possible range is used here. Please refer to the description for each region to learn more about the boundaries used.

Please do not submit sites to this category.

If your site is provincial in nature or deals with more than one region, please submit it to the appropriate topical category under Nova Scotia. If your site deals with a particular region, submit it to the appropriate region. If your business is based in a particular city or town, please submit it to the appropriate locality category.

Science and Environment

This category is for sites dealing with science and the environment at the provincial level.

Please only submit sites dealing with the environment and/or science in Nova Scotia in general. Sites that simply mention Nova Scotia in passing should be submitted to a more appropriate category. Sites that are only of a passing scientific or environmental nature should be submitted to a more appropriate Nova Scotia sub category and sites that deal with a specific region or locality in Nova Scotia should be sent to the appropriate region, county, or locality.

Society and Culture

Social and cultural sites of a broad Nova Scotian nature or covering multiple regions within the province.

Please only submit sites dealing with society or culture on a provincial level. Where possible, submit to the most appropriate sub category of this one. If your site deals with the social issues or culture of a specific town or region, please submit your site to the appropriate locality, county, or region.

Transportation

This category includes all modes of organized transportation, including airlines, buses, transport trucking and moving and storage.

Please submit only sites relating to Nova Scotia. You can find a list of other localities in Nova Scotia here. If there are multiple locations for this site, consider Regional/North_America/Canada/Regions/Atlantic

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Travel and Tourism

Includes sites about attractions, resources, lodging and tourist guides that cover the entire province and/or multiple regions within the province.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Weather

Weather and emergency services web sites. Information on provincial forecast, current conditions, storm warnings, rainfall, snowfall or other meteorological data.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.