Recognized Private Schools in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia's list of private schools approved to grant the provincial High School Leaving Certificate. The dataset includes school contact details, grade levels, and certification renewal dates. Columns suggest it contains civic and mailing addresses, phone numbers, and a flag for special education designation.

Use Cases

• Mapping school locations using the 'Location' and 'Location (city)' columns.
• Verifying a school's operational status and certification using the 'Renewal Date of Designation or Recognition' and 'Biannual Renewal?' columns.
• Contacting schools for enrollment inquiries using the 'Phone', 'Fax', and 'URL' columns.
• Identifying schools offering special education programs using the 'Designated Special Education Private School?' column.
• Analyzing the distribution of private schools by grade level using the 'Grade Level' column.

Strengths

• Contains detailed administrative and contact information for each school across multiple address fields.
• Published under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license on at least two platforms.
• Includes geospatial location data for mapping applications.

Limitations

• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (2026-04-22 and 2025-04-07) create uncertainty about data freshness.
• Row count and total dataset size are not provided by any source.
• One source lacks column details, limiting a full understanding of the data structure from a single platform.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia | Gouvernment de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Collection Method

Administrative records from the department approving private schools.

Freshness

2026-04-22 16:39:22.121362 (most recent date found, but conflicts with another source)

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada