Infrastructure

Halifax, Nova Scotia ranks number six out of 405 cities, on fDi Magazine's Top Large Cities Infrastructure, in its American Cities of the Future 2011/12 rankings. Learn what makes Nova Scotia's infrastructure world-class.

CommunicationsNova Scotia offers instant communication to the world.

• Nova Scotia's Hibernia Atlantic is a key interconnecting hub for Canadian telecommunication service providers. In fact, its diverse trans-Atlantic cable route is the only fast, direct connection for the US and Canada to Ireland and the UK.
• It’s world-class connectivity means companies can efficiently and confidently share and distribute information across the Atlantic or from major cities across North America.
• Nova Scotia has a fully digital telecommunications system and a robust province-wide broadband network.
• Nova Scotia's offers multiple providers of telecom services.

Air Transportation

Nova Scotia's airports will get you where you need to go, quickly and easily.

• Halifax Stanfield International Airport (HSIA) ranked #1 in overall passenger satisfaction for seven consecutive years. (The global Airport Service Quality survey for airports worldwide with under five million passengers)
• HSIA is Atlantic Canada's principal full-service airport offering direct flights to Boston, New York, London, U.K. and many other cities in the US and Europe.
• Welcoming more than three million passengers each year, HSIA is Canada's seventh busiest airport and is the only airport in Atlantic Canada to offer US customs pre-clearance.
• You can do work in Nova Scotia in the morning, and make it to meetings in New York that afternoon -  fly direct to New York in 2 hours.

Nova Scotia is the eastern-most province on Canada's mainland, surrounded by water on three sides.

• The Port of Halifax is known for its deep, wide, ice-free harbour and is one of the few eastern seaboard ports able to accommodate post-Panamax ships.
• Nova Scotia is an entire day's sail closer to major markets in northern Europe than any other North American port.
• Nova Scotia is the first inbound port for ships coming from Asia or India via the suez canal.