Nova Scotia statistics
| 940,397 (October-December 2009) |
| 452,000 (December 2009) |
| 9.6% (December 2009) |
| $31,937 (2008) |
| $34,188 (2008) |
| 2.6% (December 2009) |
Languages Spoken (2006 Census):
- English: 832,105
- French: 32,540
- Non-official languages: 36,345
- 45,195 (4.8% of total population)
- 15% fully refundable R&D Credit
- Small Business Tax Reduction
- No Payroll Tax
- New Business Tax Holiday
- 13% Harmonized Sales Tax
- Community, Business & Personal Services 29.6%
- Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Renting & Leasing 20.8%
- Trade 11.2%
- Public Administration 10.6%
- Manufacturing 10.1%
- Resource Industries 7.5%
- Construction 6.5%
- Transportation and warehousing 4.2%
- Retail: $10,667.6 (November 2007)
- Wholesale: $6,290.7 (November 2007)
- Construction (Building Permits): $1,286.5 (December 2007)
- Imports: $6,590 (December 2005)
- Exports (Domestic): $5,680 (December 2005)
- Re-Exports: $149.3 (December 2005)
- Information Technology (GDP 1997): $1,192.0 (December 2002)
- Culture (Total Employment): $21,765 (December 1996)
- Tourism (Tourism Receipts in Billions): $1.31 (October 2009)
- Health: 45 hospitals (2005)
- Education: 142,396 Elementary and Secondary School Enrollment (2005/06)
- Justice: 179 Police Officers per 100,000 population (2006)
*All statistics from the Nova Scotia Department of Finance – Economics & Statistics Division
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