Municipal Uniform Assessment Values in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia municipal data details the Uniform Assessment, a key measure of a municipality's own-source revenue base derived from taxable property assessments and payments in lieu of taxes. The dataset includes Region, Region Type, Uniform Assessment, and Year columns, provided by data.novascotia.ca. It was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Uniform Assessment values by Region and Year to assess municipal revenue growth or decline.
• Compare Uniform Assessment levels across different Region Types (e.g., towns vs. counties) for fiscal benchmarking.
• Model the relationship between Uniform Assessment and other municipal financial indicators using Year as a time-series variable.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the official provincial data portal, data.novascotia.ca.
• Includes multiple Region Types for comparative analysis.
• Last update recorded as February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Sample data and total row count are unavailable, preventing assessment of dataset scale.
• Key details like license, author, and precise time range of coverage are unknown.

Provenance

Source

data.novascotia.ca

Freshness

Last updated February 2026.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada