Nova Scotia Dwelling Characteristics from the 2011 National Household Survey

Government of Nova Scotia provides archived data on dwelling structure characteristics for households. The data is sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey and covers multiple geographies including provinces, counties, communities, and health districts. This data is retained for archival purposes and has not been maintained or updated since its release.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical housing stock composition based on dwelling characteristics.
• Study demographic and housing correlations at the community level.
• Benchmark community-level infrastructure planning using archived dwelling data.

Strengths

• Covers multiple geographic levels including provinces, counties, communities, and health districts.
• Sourced from a national statistical survey, the 2011 National Household Survey.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Data is archived and has not been maintained or updated since the 2011 survey.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

2011 National Household Survey

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:03.410030; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada (available at province, county, community, municipality, and other regional levels)