About the Area

The Western Region of Nova Scotia has a geographically dispersed population of nearly 50,000 people living in both urban and rural settings. This region’s economy is traditionally driven by fishing and logging, with manufacturing, agriculture, and aquaculture having important roles.

Quality of Life

The region has a hospital, both French and English public schools, service hubs with all the amenities of a city, several options for post-secondary training, and regional recreational and sports facilities. This part of Nova Scotia is home to Kejimkujik National Park and a Unesco Biosphere Dark Sky Reserve. Many provincial and regional parks dot the shorelines and back roads of Western Nova Scotia.

Here you’ll find an environment providing safe and healthy communities with a mild climate year-round, outstanding natural beauty at an affordable cost in a pro-immigrant culture.

Quality-of-Life compared to closest competitors:

  • #1 ranked in average commute time of 9.83 minutes
  • #2 ranked in cost-of-living index
  • Year-round outdoor activities from surfing, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, cycling, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, bird watching, whale watching to the Dark Sky Preserve.

The Talent

Boasting a labour force in excess of 36,000 people, we are home to the NSCC Burridge Campus and Dalhousie School of Nursing. We are also within 40 minutes of L’Université Sainte Anne, Nova Scotia’s only french university. Also easily accessible are the universities of Acadia, Dalhousie, Saint Mary’s, and Mount Saint Vincent, In addition Nova Scotia is home to a broad range of technical colleges. Atlantic Canada is home to more postsecondary graduates per capita than the North American average.

  • More than 70% of the region’s residents possess a certificate, diploma or degree
  • Bilingual workforce (English/French)
  • Ranked #1 compared to closest competitors in terms of labour availability with 11.1%
  • 15% of population employed in natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations. Source: fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times
  • More than 70% of the region’s residents possess a certificate, diploma or degree
  • Ranked # 1 compared to closest competitors in terms of labour availability with 11.1%

We are Truly Connected: Reduce the Cost of Doing Business

Located at the south western tip of beautiful Nova Scotia, the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth and its environs finds itself ideally located for international trade and commerce. As our proud tradition of maritime trade suggests, we are an industrious people continually striving to have our economic presence felt worldwide. This passion for trade is seconded only by our commitment to local industries and commerce. Loyalty and support for our fellow business partners is the cornerstone of what makes south west Nova Scotia a down-home global trader.

Looking to invest?

Find the help you need right here! Below is a list of government agencies that offer services to a wide variety of businesses, regardless of life cycle stage. Whether you are new to the market, existing, looking to expand, are thinking of succession planning or looking to explore financing at all levels of government and the private sector, the resources below are a great place to get the answers you need to be successful.

Nova West Regional Business Park, Greenville Rd., Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia