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Inverness County Current Data
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2023-09-06T12:20:48.000ZCurrent speed and direction time series data collected in a vertical profile at various locations throughout the coastal waters of Inverness County.
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Annapolis County Current Data
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2023-01-06T16:15:07.000ZCurrent speed and direction time series data collected in a vertical profile at various locations throughout the coastal waters of Annapolis County.
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Yarmouth County Current Data
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2023-06-05T15:06:59.000ZCurrent speed and direction time series data collected in a vertical profile at various locations throughout the coastal waters of Yarmouth County.
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Referrals, Investigations and Founded Cases - Licensing Services & Protection for Persons in Care
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2024-05-06T11:47:10.000ZReferrals are the number of reported allegations of abuse against a resident in a licensed DCS facility that are inquired into, but do not necessarily result in an investigation. Investigations occur after a thorough inquiry into a referral determines there are reasonable grounds to believe a resident has been abused, or is likely to be abused. Founded Cases is the number of cases where the investigation determined there were probable grounds abuse occurred. The Protection for Persons in Care Act is an extra safeguard for patients or residents 16 years of age or older receiving care from Nova Scotia’s hospitals, residential care facilities, nursing homes, homes for the aged or disabled persons under the Homes for Special Care Act."
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NS Correctional Services Expenditures
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2023-09-08T15:15:59.000ZThe financial expenditures of Correctional Services is an indicator of the resources required to administer custodial and community-based sentences in the province. This dataset provides financial information such as the gross expenditures on Nova Scotia Corrections; the per capita expenditures on Nova Scotia Corrections, which is calculated using the total population in Nova Scotia; and the average daily cost in adult custody in Nova Scotia, which is calculated using the adult offender population in adult facilities. Fluctuations in the cost of Corrections may be driven by a number of factors, including but not limited to: the level of crime, legislative and policy responses to crime, sentencing practices, and administrative changes relating to organizational structure and the delivery of services, as well as changes in salaries and benefits for staff. The source for the financial information is the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, Financial Services Corporate Service Unit (CSU). Population data is sourced from Statistics Canada CANSIM Table 051-0005 - Estimates of population, Canada, provinces and territories.
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Nova Scotia Animal and Plant Laboratory Sample Data
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2024-07-05T11:31:25.000ZAnnual number of sample tests processed through the Animal and Plant Laboratory.
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Crime Statistics - Crime Severity Index
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2023-09-06T12:38:05.000ZThe dataset includes crime statistics at the provincial and police service levels. It is based on police reported incidents of crime reported through the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR). Statistics include the crime severity index, violent crime severity index, and non-violent crime severity index overall for provincial and police service levels. The Youth Crime Severity Index is based on the same principles as the overall Crime Severity Index, which reflects the seriousness of offences, but uses the number of youths accused instead of an incident count. Statistics included are: youth crime severity index, youth violent crime severity index and youth non-violent crime severity index for provincial level data only. This data is sourced from Statistics Canada through CANSIM.
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Graduation Information by Gender
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2024-03-13T13:33:10.000ZCurrent graduation rates by gender: the percentage of the number of students receiving a High School Graduation Diploma compared to the number of students in grade 9 three years earlier.
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Grade 9 Enrolment and Graduating Students by Gender
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2021-04-23T11:50:43.000ZCurrent graduation rates by gender: the percentage of the number of students receiving a High School Graduation Diploma compared to the number of students in grade 9 three years earlier.
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Atlantic Quarterly Autumn 2017 Perceptions of Older Adults and Awareness of SHIFT
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 2022-08-24T11:34:48.000ZThe data set represents the results of commissioned questions in the public opinion survey conducted in November 2017 via Atlantic Quarterly, Corporate Research Associate’s omnibus survey. These commissioned questions relate to public opinion, attitude and behaviour regarding the Nova Scotia's aging population, role seniors play in economy, support for older Nova Scotians, awareness of programs. Overall results are provided for each question and results are also broken down by various demographic markers (age, gender, geographic region, education level and household income).