Global MacroDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

Nova Scotia Open Data (Socrata)

Nova Scotia provincial government datasets, via the Socrata portal and APIs

Freeauth: noneCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless Socrata APIs.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia, version 1.1 per the licence page; a named licence with no SPDX id, so Custom. Check each dataset's own licence before reuse; some records carry another licence.
Required attribution: Required under OGL-Nova Scotia 1.1: acknowledge the source and include the licence attribution statement.

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// Overview

Nova Scotia Open Data (Socrata)

The Province of Nova Scotia's open-data portal runs on Socrata, with a keyless views API listing datasets and per-dataset JSON and CSV endpoints.

Coverage

Nova Scotia provincial government datasets, via the Socrata portal and APIs.

Good for

#global-macro#canada#nova-scotia#open-data#catalogue#api

Verdict

A provincial open-data index for Nova Scotia, alongside data-gov-ie-api. Licence: Custom (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia 1.1): the licence page says "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes, subject to the terms below." and "This is version 1.1 of the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia." Check each dataset's own licence before reuse; some records carry another licence. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless Socrata APIs.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia, version 1.1 per the licence page; a named licence with no SPDX id, so Custom. Check each dataset's own licence before reuse; some records carry another licence.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: Nova Scotia Open Data (Socrata)
slug: nova-scotia-open-data
category: Global Macro
domain: Global Macro
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/nova-scotia-open-data
providerUrl: https://data.novascotia.ca/
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless Socrata APIs.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://data.novascotia.ca/
coverage: Nova Scotia provincial government datasets, via the Socrata portal and APIs.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://data.novascotia.ca/
https://novascotia.ca/opendata/licence.asp
https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views.json
tasks: global-macro
canada
nova-scotia
open-data
catalogue
api
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://novascotia.ca/opendata/licence.asp
licenseNote: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia, version 1.1 per the licence page; a named licence with no SPDX id, so Custom. Check each dataset's own licence before reuse; some records carry another licence.
attribution: Required under OGL-Nova Scotia 1.1: acknowledge the source and include the licence attribution statement.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nova-scotia-open-data"
    }
  }
}

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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