Scale Smarter: Expand Your Business in Nova Scotia, Canada

Nova Scotia offers a strategic location for AI-driven companies to scale—with access to advanced research institutions, a growing pool of AI talent, industry-ready partners, and cost-effective co-location opportunities across the province.

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Nova Scotia's Industry

Blame our youthful energy and optimism. Blame our future-focused attitude. Blame our investment in state-of-the-art fibre optics. Regardless of why Nova Scotia is such a tech powerhouse, you’ll find everything you need here to build a thriving tech business.

Why Nova Scotia?

Nova Scotia has grown to become one of Canada’s prominent tech centres—a location of choice for businesses looking for top talent, a supportive ecosystem, and access to programs and support. The province has attracted major technology companies from around the globe to locate their business and technology and R&D centres.

Ecosystem

What gives Nova Scotia the edge?

One of the fastest growing tech hubs in North America, Nova Scotia’s high-quality talent pool, diverse ecosystem, high quality of life, and limitless opportunity for growth are just some of the things driving tech companies to choose our province. As Industry 4.0 transforms the landscape, technology and automation are seamlessly integrating across the province, unlocking exciting new opportunities for growth and expansion. Emerging industries like data science and artificial intelligence are flourishing, powered by cutting-edge research and a strong, evolving ecosystem. Innovation is fuelled by world-class talent and state-of-the-art facilities—Nova Scotia is shaping the future, and the world is taking notice.

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Talent

Brimming With skill

Nova Scotia is developing, attracting, and retaining some of the best talent in the world because of its highly-ranked post-secondaries, high quality of life, and experienced ecosystem. With a dynamic blend of top-tier post-secondary institutions, established global companies, and a buzzing startup scene, Nova Scotia is a connected, international hub for growth and collaboration.

Incentives, Programs and Services

Payroll Rebate

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A payroll rebate is a return on a company’s eligible gross payroll, paid out yearly after a company achieves predetermined targets. It’s issued over a set number of years—generally five—and...

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Deep Tech

A National Asset

Nova Scotia is a powerhouse of innovation, where top-tier post-secondary education, global industry leaders, and a dynamic startup ecosystem come together to create a thriving, interconnected global hub.

In Nova Scotia, cutting-edge technologies are being developed that are shaping the future. Our rapidly expanding cluster is fueled by specialized expertise and driven by a talented workforce at the forefront of deep tech. From groundbreaking research to next-generation solutions, Nova Scotia is building the future—one game-changing innovation at a time.

The province has expertise in:

Biomedical Engineering
Communications and Networks
Electronic Materials
Ocean Engineering
Optics/Photonics
Power and Energy Systems
Robotics and Sensing

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