Eating and staying in Nova Scotia
2,244 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 416 towns and suburbs in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia accounts for 3% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 5th-largest of the 13 regions by venue count. Those 2,244 venues sit across 416 named towns and suburbs, of which 13 carry at least 25 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is relatively even: Halifax (513), Dartmouth (150) and Sydney (70) hold 33% of everything between them. The remaining 403 places average 2.9 venues each — a long tail of small settlements that we list on the nearest town page rather than give an empty page to.
The regional split runs 79% eating to 22% accommodation, against a national 81/19. That is close to the national balance.
1,057 venues in Nova Scotia carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on baked goods (5), pub (6) and fish (9), and under-indexes on vietnamese and bubble tea.
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 421 venues here publish opening hours (19% against 21% nationally), 810 list a website, and 201 record step-free access. Everything on this site comes from open data, so coverage reflects what mappers and councils have published — not what exists on the ground.
The category split
| Restaurants | 744 in Nova Scotia · 33% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 31,320 |
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| Takeaways | 459 in Nova Scotia · 20% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 22,636 |
| Cafés | 401 in Nova Scotia · 18% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 13,367 |
| Holiday parks and campgrounds | 163 in Nova Scotia · 7% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 7,523 |
| Hotels | 133 in Nova Scotia · 6% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 4,289 |
| Pubs | 107 in Nova Scotia · 5% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 2,458 |
| Motels | 91 in Nova Scotia · 4% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 2,062 |
| B&Bs and guest houses | 60 in Nova Scotia · 3% of the region · 5% of New Zealand's 1,250 |
| Bars | 58 in Nova Scotia · 3% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 2,361 |
| Serviced apartments | 32 in Nova Scotia · 1% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 1,845 |
| Hostels | 9 in Nova Scotia · 0% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 264 |
Towns and suburbs in Nova Scotia
A further 403 smaller places in Nova Scotia carry fewer than 25 venues each. Rather than publish a page with nothing to say, we list their venues on the town pages nearest them.