Census Long Form Religion Data for Nova Scotia Geographies

Community Counts data is retained for archival purposes only, such as research, reference and record-keeping. This table reports religion reported by respondents sourced from the Census of Population (long form). The data is provided by the Government of Nova Scotia and was last updated on 2026-04-17.

Use Cases

• Analyze religious affiliation distribution based on reported religion data.
• Study demographic patterns across various geographies like counties and municipalities.
• Conduct historical reference research based on archived census data.

Strengths

• Data is available for multiple geographies, including provinces, counties, communities, and electoral districts.
• Available in multiple file formats including CSV, XML, and RDF.
• Licensed under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Limitations

• Data is archived and not maintained or updated; users must refer to Statistics Canada for the latest information.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Census of Population (long form)

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:12.537177; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia, including provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, community health boards, economic regions, police districts, school boards, municipal electoral districts, provincial electoral districts, federal electoral districts, regional development authorities, watersheds