Fall River, #1 on this list · Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Nova Scotia · 2026

Nova Scotia’s rankings: 24 lists

In all, 88 places in Nova Scotia appear on 24 lists. The best overall grade in Nova Scotia is Fall River’s B+. With 3 first places, Fall River leads the most lists. Guysborough makes the top three on 5 lists. No list here is led by Canada’s #1 on it.

Each list ranks the places in Nova Scotia against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Photos: Fall River, WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Cole Harbour, Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Timberlea, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Upper Tantallon, misterjerk2 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Westphal, Paulo O (Public domain) · Argyle, André Carrotflower (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Antigonish County, Subdivision B, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Richmond County, Subdivision C, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Cape Breton, Abebenjoe (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Yarmouth, Andrew Thomas from Shrewsbury, UK (CC BY-SA 2.0) · North End, Citobun (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Manor Park, Properpostman (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Windsor Park, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Portland Estates, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Westmount, Fralambert (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Port Hawkesbury, XabiPellitero (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Pictou County, Subdivision B, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Antigonish County, Subdivision A, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Guysborough, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Hammonds Plains, Paulo O from Halifax, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Colchester County, Subdivision A, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Cumberland County, Subdivision C, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Lunenburg, Edgar El (CC BY 3.0) · Victoria County, Subdivision B, Ross Dunn - Thanks for 13 million + views (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Harrietsfield, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Clare, Sophilosophie (CC BY-SA 4.0) · South End, Thorfinn Stainforth (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cumberland County, Subdivision D, halifaxfman (CC BY 3.0) · Sheet Harbour, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Barrington, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Springhill, SimonP at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Amherst, Azure /Mark Seymour (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Kingston, Madereugeneandrew (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Annapolis County, Subdivision C, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Annapolis County, Subdivision B, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space C… (Public domain) · Shelburne, Tim Green from Bradford, UK (CC BY 2.0) · Liverpool, Linglingsan at en.wikipedia (Public domain) · Victoria County, Subdivision A, Plumzee (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bridgewater, PatHirtle (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).