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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.

Advertising and Marketing

This category is for sites about local businesses and organizations related to advertising and promotion. Includes sites for local businesses offering services that advertise, promote and encourage sales for other businesses.

Please only submit advertising and marketing sites for companies that have multiple offices in Nova Scotia to this category. If you have only one office, please submit your site to the appropriate locality category.

Agriculture

Agricultural businesses, potentially including vineyards, farm markets, "you pick" farms, livestock auctions, livestock breeders, seed farms, tree farms, commercial nurseries (i.e., producing nursery stock for sale to retailers), turf farms, agricultural equipment suppliers, and similar businesses.

Not to be confused with Science_and_Environment/Agriculture, which is for geographically focused information, such as "How to grow wine grapes in Elbonia."

Sites for Wineries, places that make wine from grapes, should be listed in Wineries.

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.

Animals

This category is for sites about local animal-related businesses, economic conditions, and organizations. This includes sites about breeders, kennels, livestock, pets, and veterinary services.

Sites about animal welfare issues and organizations should be submitted to Society_and_Culture/Animal_Welfare/

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

Automotive

This category deals with vehicles, equipment, dealers, repairs and parts. Specifically found here will be information on motorcycles, automobiles, trucks, buses, railway rolling stock, cranes, heavy construction equipment and logging equipment.

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

Beauty and Cosmetic Services

This category is for the listing of personal services such as salons, spas, tanning facilities, manicurists, and other body decoration services such as tattooing and piercing.

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.

By Locality

Links to localities containing Business and Economy sub categories.

Do not submit sites to this category. Please submit to the appropriate locality category instead.

Computers and Internet

This category is for those companies or individuals who have a provincewide or multiple region presence in Nova Scotia and that deal in an aspect of the computer industry.

Please only submit your site to this category if your company has multiple offices in multiple regions in Nova Scotia. If your company has a single location in Nova Scotia, please submit your site to the appropriate locality category. If you have multiple offices in a single county or region, please submit your site to the appropriate County or Regions category.

If you have offices in multiple provinces in the Atlantic Region, please submit to the Atlantic category and if you have offices across the country, please submit to the Canada/Computers category.

Construction and Maintenance

Find resources related to constructing, maintaining, and demolishing buildings and other structures, including heavy construction and civil engineering (e.g. roads, power plants, and pipelines). Architects, janitorial/housekeeping services, handyman services, and site preparation services are also included. This category does not include sites for home improvements such as window replacement or swimming pool installations. These are listed in Business and Economy/Home and Garden.

Thank you for submitting your site.

Types of sites accepted here include: Architects, Landscaping, Building Construction and trades.

Directories

Business directories list businesses in the area with contact details and sometimes rating capabilities.

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

Employment

Provides sites related to local employment conditions, including placement agencies, human resources, and sites offering help in finding jobs in the local economy.

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

Financial Services

This category is for the listing of banks, credit unions, lending institutions, insurance companies, accounting firms and providers of related financial services who have multiple offices across the province.

Please only submit your site to this category if your company has offices in multiple counties within Nova Scotia.

If your company has offices in only one locality, please submit your site to that locality. If you have offices within a single county or region, please submit your site to the appropriate county of region.

Home and Garden

This category is for regional businesses and economic activity related to products and services intended for the home and garden. Examples of products include sellers of plants, swimming pools, and windows. Examples of services include suppliers of water softeners, interior design, lawn maintenance, and house-sitting.

Note: This category does not include sites about home repairs or furniture sales.

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

Legal Services

Law firms with offices in multiple counties, bailiff services with multiple offices, and other general Nova Scotia legal resources.

Please only submit your site to this category if your company has offices in multiple counties within Nova Scotia.

Organizations

Sites for organizations related to local business and economics in general. Organizations focused on a single, specific business topic will be listed under the relevant sub-category.

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

Public Utilities

Sites related to businesses that are subject to governmental regulation, and provide an essential commodity or service to the public, such as water, transportation, electricity, or communication, etc.

Please only submit web sites related to businesses that are subject to governmental regulation, and provide an essential commodity or service to the public, such as water, transportation, electricity, or communication, etc.

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

Publishing

Publishing involves the preparation and issuing of printed or electronic materials for public distribution or sale. This category is for the sites of publishing businesses, and for sites related to, and focused on, the publishing process.

Sites about printing and print production should be submitted to Business and Economy/Printing Sites about magazines and newspapers should be submitted to News_and_Media/

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

Real Estate

This category deals with real estate on a provincial level. It includes organizations which are provincial in nature. These may include real estate directories and companies who have offices all over the province.

Please use the following formatting:

Title for agents: Agent Name - Company Name
Title for companies: Company Name

Description: Services offered, areas of service, and features on the site such as virtual tours and online forms.

Once the site is listed, please do not submit again unless your site changes substantially, such as virtual tours are added or the agency name or location changes. If this occurs, please use the Update URL option to notify us. Multiple submissions of the same or different sites is abuse and against real estate guidelines.

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

Restaurants and Bars

Lists local restaurants, bars, pubs, and dining establishments, as well as related guides. Sites for night clubs or bars with dance floors will be listed under Arts and Entertainment/Clubs and Venues.

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

Shipping, Storage, and Logistics

The focus of Shipping, Storage, and Logistics is the business of moving goods. This includes the storage, distribution and transportation of bulk commodities, other materials of commerce, packages, papers, and letters, via land, air and water for industrial, commercial and domestic purposes.

Some examples of websites that could be placed in this category are sites about the shipping industry in a place or region; railroad companies, barge operators, and other freight carriers; moving and warehousing companies, including residential moving and storage; trucking companies; companies offering loading and unloading or other specialized services for the transportation sector; companies providing freight forwarding, logistics, e-commerce and supply chain management services; commercial courier and messenger services; and companies offering rental of equipment such as forklifts or trucks.

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

Shopping

Retail shops selling goods to walk-in customers, and retailers who may take orders by phone or online but deliver goods only to the local area. This category can include malls, convenience stores, clothing, food, flowers and gifts, sporting goods, books and music.

Online shops, and shops where the focus is selling and delivering goods nationally and/or internationally will be listed at country level and may also be eligible for listing in the Shopping/ directory.

The following retailers should submit to the indicated categories for this location. If the categories do not exist, submit to the parent category. Artists and Galleries - Arts_and_Entertainment/Artists_and_Galleries/ Auto dealers - Business and Economy/Automotive. Garden centers and nurseries - Business_and_Economy/Home_and_Garden/Nurseries/ Drug stores, pharmacies, opticians, eye wear retailers, and equipment for assisted living are listed in the Health categories for this location.

Businesses that offer only online, phone, or mail order sales will not be listed in Regional Shopping categories, with three exceptions:
(1) The B&E/Shopping category at the national level may contain online shopping sites if the prices are quoted in Canadian dollars and the products are shipped from Canada.
(2) Businesses that offer sales online or by phone/mail only to customers in a limited geographic area (example: online grocery delivery services) may be listed in a category corresponding to their sales area.
(3) Online shopping companies that have a substantial local presence (for example, as an employer) in the city where they base their operations may be considered for listing in that city. Note that many online retailers also maintain a bricks-and-mortar retail outlet as part of their operations base.

Sites related to specialized items for sale, such as machinery, vehicles, and construction materials, should be listed under their specific industry category.

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