Nova Scotia: the official figures for 2026

These are all the figures of jurisdictions.nova_scotia in the data file: nine loose figures and six tables with 18 rows, each with the statute it comes from, when it took effect and how far it has been verified.

Updated September 6, 2026 · Figures verified against the statutes of each jurisdiction · see all figures and their sources

It is one of the 14 pages of the Jurisdictions block, inside official figures. The raw data is in legal-data-2026.json.

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Secondary source: The rule and the starting figures are official, but the resolved figure is not published by any authority: we work it out and show the arithmetic.
Not yet verified: We have not been able to confirm it against the primary source yet. It appears here for transparency and is not published as a firm figure on any other page of the site: the production build stops if anyone tries.

`jurisdictions.nova_scotia`

Figures in `jurisdictions.nova_scotia`
Key	Value	Source	Validity	Status
`nova_scotia.notice.qualifying_service` Your period of employment runs from your last hiring and keeps running through any lay-off or suspension of less than twelve consecutive months. Separate spells count as one period of employment unless they are more than thirteen weeks apart.	3 months	Labour Standards Code, s. 72 — Termination of employment by employer	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.notice.temporary_layoff_minimum` Six consecutive days or less, and no notice is owed. Longer than that and the full notice under section 72 applies.	6 days	Labour Standards Code, s. 72 — Termination of employment by employer	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.severance.exists` Nova Scotia has no separate statutory severance pay.	No	Labour Standards Code, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 246	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.group_termination.threshold`	10 employees	Labour Standards Code, s. 72 — Termination of employment by employer	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.group_termination.window`	4 weeks	Labour Standards Code, s. 72 — Termination of employment by employer	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.holidays.count` Nova Scotia's Labour Standards Code names six general holidays. Newfoundland and Labrador names six as well, and no jurisdiction names fewer. Remembrance Day is a closing day under a different statute, the Remembrance Day Act, and is not one of the Code's general holidays.	6	Labour Standards Code, s. 2 — Interpretation (general holiday, lay-off, pay, period of employment)	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.final_pay.days_after_termination` This ten-day deadline is the one the Code counts from your last day, and it applies to vacation pay. Ordinary wages are due on the normal pay cycle, within five working days after the pay period ends.	10 days	Labour Standards Code, s. 34 — Vacation pay on termination	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.final_pay.days_after_quit` Same ten days for vacation pay whether you were dismissed or you resigned; section 34 does not distinguish.	10 days	Labour Standards Code, s. 34 — Vacation pay on termination	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`nova_scotia.complaint.deadline` Six months, and it is a hard line: the Director cannot make an order unless the failure to comply happened within the six months before the complaint was received.	6 months	Labour Standards Code, s. 81 — Complaint to Director	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06

Table `nova_scotia.notice.schedule.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`
0.25 years	2 years	1 week
2 years	5 years	2 weeks
5 years	10 years	4 weeks
10 years	—	8 weeks

Source: Labour Standards Code, s. 72 — Termination of employment by employer. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `nova_scotia.notice.employee_notice.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`
0.25 years	2 years	1 week
2 years	—	2 weeks

Source: Labour Standards Code, s. 73 — Termination of employment by employee. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `nova_scotia.notice.temporary_layoff_limits.rows`
`label`	`max_value`	`max_unit`	`window_value`	`window_unit`	`condition`	`source`	`quote`
No limit in the Code	—	—	—	—	The Code sets no fixed limit; a lay-off of more than six consecutive days needs the same written notice as a dismissal, and it never turns into a termination just by running long.	ns_lsc_s72	an employer shall not discharge, suspend or lay off an employee, unless the employee has been guilty of wilful misconduct or disobedience or neglect of duty that has not been condoned by the employer, without having given at least

Source: Labour Standards Code, s. 72 — Termination of employment by employer. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `nova_scotia.group_termination.schedule.rows`
`employees_from`	`employees_to`	`weeks`
10	99	8 weeks
100	299	12 weeks
300	—	16 weeks

Source: Labour Standards Code, s. 72 — Termination of employment by employer. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `nova_scotia.vacation.schedule.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`	`pay_percent`
0 years	8 years	2 weeks	4%
8 years	—	3 weeks	6%

Source: Labour Standards Code, s. 32 — Vacation. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `nova_scotia.holidays.list.rows`
`name`	`date_rule`
New Year's Day	January 1
Nova Scotia Heritage Day	Third Monday in February
Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Canada Day	July 1
Labour Day	First Monday in September
Christmas Day	December 25

Source: Labour Standards Code, s. 2 — Interpretation (general holiday, lay-off, pay, period of employment). Reviewed on September 6, 2026.