How the numbers are made

Where each record comes from, and how current ours is

We read only official publishers — the assessment authority, the land registry, the Province, the municipality, the federal agencies, and the licensed MLS® feed — and we map their records as they publish them. Accuracy is the publisher’s; keeping our copy current is ours. This is the list.

• NSAR MLS® feed (VOW) — Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS® — VOW data licence (Bridge Interactive feed). Published continuously; we refresh every 10 minutes (bridge-sync). Licence: NSAR VOW / MLS® data licence agreement. MLS® data © Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS®.
• PVSC assessed & taxable value history — Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). Published once a year; we refresh nightly staleness check against the publisher's timestamp (the roll lands each January) — our copy last refreshed June 3, 2026. Licence: Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities. Property, assessment, and sales records contain information licensed from Property Valuation Services Corporation and the Province of Nova Scotia.
• PVSC residential dwelling characteristics — Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). Published once a year; we refresh nightly staleness check (January roll) — our copy last refreshed June 3, 2026. Licence: Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities. Property, assessment, and sales records contain information licensed from Property Valuation Services Corporation and the Province of Nova Scotia.
• PVSC parcel sales history — Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). Published monthly; we refresh nightly staleness check (the publisher posts the prior month in the first week) — our copy last refreshed November 4, 2026. Licence: Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities. Property, assessment, and sales records contain information licensed from Property Valuation Services Corporation and the Province of Nova Scotia.
• PVSC commercial building characteristics — Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). Published once a year; we refresh nightly staleness check (January roll) — our copy last refreshed August 30, 2026. Licence: Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities. Property, assessment, and sales records contain information licensed from Property Valuation Services Corporation and the Province of Nova Scotia.
• PVSC parcel land sizes — Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). Published once a year; we refresh nightly staleness check (January roll) — our copy last refreshed August 30, 2026. Licence: Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities. Property, assessment, and sales records contain information licensed from Property Valuation Services Corporation and the Province of Nova Scotia.
• Active condominium corporations (the strata registry) — Service Nova Scotia — Land Programs. Published twice a year; we refresh nightly staleness check (the publisher posts in May and November) — our copy last refreshed November 6, 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Property Records Database — parcel boundaries — Province of Nova Scotia — GeoNOVA / Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre. Published continuously; we refresh weekly incremental by the registry's own UPDAT_DATE, plus a rolling full reconcile — our copy last refreshed November 2, 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Topographic Database — water features — Province of Nova Scotia — GeoNOVA / Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre. Published once a year; we refresh annual backfill (last 2026-08-30) — our copy last refreshed August 29, 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Hydrographic Network (NSHN v2) — lakes, rivers, coastline — Province of Nova Scotia — GeoNOVA / Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre. Published once a year; we refresh fetched by the weekly engine rescore against a pinned checksum; re-pinned when GeoNOVA re-issues it. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Civic Address File — roads and communities — Province of Nova Scotia — GeoNOVA / Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre. Published monthly; we refresh compiled into the streetline and community layers. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Road Network (NSRN) — road centrelines and route numbers — Province of Nova Scotia — GeoNOVA / Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre. Published continuously; we refresh the RTE_NO attribute is read as a distinct-value list; re-checked with the February source pass. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Traffic Volumes — Provincial Highway System — Province of Nova Scotia — Open Data. Published once a year; we refresh the HIGHWAY attribute is read as a distinct-value list; re-checked with the February source pass. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (contours) — Natural Resources Canada. Published as a fixed release; we refresh fetched on demand per sheet, cached 30 days. Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
• Census of Population 2021 — Statistics Canada. Published as a fixed release; we refresh one-time (apportioned to community boundaries). Licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
• Relative risk of arsenic in bedrock water wells — Province of Nova Scotia — GeoNOVA / Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre. Published as a fixed release; we refresh one-time load (scripts/water/backfill-ns-arsenic.mjs); re-checked if GeoNOVA republishes. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Flood risk mapping (Flood Damage Reduction Program) — Province of Nova Scotia — GeoNOVA / Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre. Published as a fixed release; we refresh one-time load (scripts/water/backfill-ns-flood.mjs); re-checked if GeoNOVA republishes. Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• Municipal Deed Transfer Tax rates — Service Nova Scotia — Land Programs. Published monthly; we refresh verbatim transcription by hand; the published list's own date is checked monthly, and a new list raises a problem for an operator to transcribe (DL-106 (6)). Licence: Crown publication — Government of Nova Scotia.
• Land Registry fees — Service Nova Scotia — Land Programs. Published once a year; we refresh verbatim transcription re-checked with the February tax-rates run (D22 §15, X-1). Licence: Crown publication — Government of Nova Scotia.
• Municipal property tax rates — Province of Nova Scotia — Open Data. Published once a year; we refresh annual script (February). Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
• HRM building permits — Halifax Regional Municipality — Open Data. Published daily; we refresh daily (the permits cron, 07:15 UTC). Licence: Open Government Licence—Halifax. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.

Municipal Deed Transfer Tax rates · Land Registry fees — Deed transfer tax rates and Land Registry fees are reproduced from publications of the Government of Nova Scotia. © Crown copyright, Province of Nova Scotia. This transcription is not the official version — the Province's own publication is, and a municipality's own by-law governs its rate.

Ratified for ingest, not yet live: HRM civic addresses · HRM zoning boundaries · Registered heritage properties (province) · Surficial aquifers. Each will appear here with its publisher and refresh date the day it lands.