Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund Awards

Funding Amount Committed, Fiscal year, Production Company, Production Name, and Type of Production columns detail provincial government support for screen-based content. The dataset tracks disbursements from the Nova Scotia Film & Television Production Incentive Fund, which requires recipients to have a permanent establishment in the province. Its presence on multiple government platforms indicates it is a core record of provincial cultural industry investment.

Use Cases

• Analyzing annual funding trends by aggregating Funding Amount Committed per Fiscal year.
• Identifying the most active production companies by counting entries per Production Company.
• Comparing funding levels between different Type of Production categories, such as film versus television.
• Tracking specific productions by searching for a Production Name.

Strengths

• Provides specific monetary figures in the Funding Amount Committed column.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Open Canada signals its status as an official government record.
• Includes clear categorical data like Type of Production and Production Company.

Limitations

• Sources conflict on the last updated date, with one showing 2025-07 07 and another showing 2026-04-17.
• Row count and total dataset size are unknown across all sources.
• The description is identical across platforms but lacks detail on the fund's total annual budget or application criteria.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official grant and incentive fund administration records.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-04-17 15:28:57.083822

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada