NHS Labour by Occupation: Employment Data for Nova Scotia

NHS Labour by Occupation reports employment by occupation and sex. The data is sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey and is archived by the Government of Nova Scotia. Geographies available include provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, and various electoral districts.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical gender distribution in occupations based on sex data
• Study regional employment patterns based on available geographies like counties and municipalities
• Benchmark community-level labour statistics based on community and district health authority data
• Compare occupational employment across different administrative boundaries like electoral districts

Strengths

• Data sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey, a major national survey
• Available for multiple geographies including provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, and 12 other administrative units

Limitations

• Data is archived and not maintained or updated; last updated date is 2026-04-17 15:30:50.782108
• 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

Sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey

Time Range

2011

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