Nova Scotia what would it be like to live there as a full time resident? I already know about the cold?

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but if you have any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations or stories I welcome them all. Thanks

Answer 1

I've lived in Nova Scotia my whole life, specifically Cape Breton. It isn't too cold anymore, It rains a lot. It all depends on where you want to live. Cape breton is beautiful <3 I love it all year round, Sydney is a nice little town. Always increasing. Antigonish is full of students from St.FX, New Glasgow is a cute little place. Halifax is too hectic for a country mouse like myself, but I do enjoy visiting there for the shopping.

If you do decide to come, then Welcome and Enjoy.

Answer 2

You'll hear lots about Nova Scotia from anyone who's been here. It's Canada's Ocean playground; the people are so friendly; if you don't like the weather wait a few minutes it'll change; it's boring; there's lots to do and see etc etc.

The thing to remember is this: anyone, and I mean anyone, who was born here and grew up here will tell you that it is home. And I mean home in the visceral sense. It is comfort, and warmth, and family, and history, and connection to the land.

Those Bluenosers you meet in other parts of the world, even if they have lived elsewhere for years will answer the question "where are you from?" with a town/city name, Nova Scotia. When you are in your car driving to the border, or the ferry crossing, or are boarding a plane with YHZ as your destination you feel like the part of you that has been restless is finally settling down.

You can literally taste and feel the difference in the air. I lived in the Rockies for years, and while I dearly loved and still miss the mountains, my heart and soul ached for the sea.That's not to say that things are perfect here. We have our problems. We can be overwhelmingly friendly, but we can also be outrageously opinionated and close minded. However, we also see around those things to the basic goodness of people and life. If you have the chance to live here, do it. It's the only way you'll know.

Answer 3

" Slow down, relax and enjoy a calmer pace of life...you have arrived. Where words like "hello" and "have a nice day" are spoken with sincerity. Where bagpipes, fiddles and drums echo through the streets. Where the sight of a man in a kilt doesn't raise eyebrow. where pristine white sand beaches, rocky shores and green rolling hills are just minutes away. "

Aside from the above paragraph -

Halifax offers the small coastal villages, country charm, and wilderness for which Nova Scotia is known.
Life revolves around the sea.
A very safe environment for living.

Whatever your budget, there is an investment here for you. Whether it’s just a small building plot or a hundred acres, a cabin or a mansion, you will find it here.

Visitors will find lush vegetation and few, but absolutely delightful, people.

You would be hard pushed to find more courteous, laid-back and helpful English speaking folk, only to pleased to welcome you to their Paradise. The air is crisp, clean and bracing.

Beware. All Nova Scotians are handymen and it’s not unusual for them to wake up at a weekend and decide to extend the house. A few calls to kinfolk of a promise of a Potluck Supper, the pick-up trucks suddenly appear and everyone beavers away to build a deck or extra bedroom or two. Unfortunately enthusiasm can’t always be matched by professional abilities, so have the prospective home looked at properly.

As Nova Scotia is fairly small, buying anywhere in the Province means you can still be within a day’s striking distance of most towns, amenities and stores. Cheap and ample properties can be discovered in the interior along the old logging roads, which in most cases are superior to ordinary highways.

If you pick an estate with a river, large stream or lake, bear in mind that in general Canadians (and Grizzlies!!) have the right to fish anywhere that takes their fancy within 30 feet of the bank. The upside is that it equally applies to you. Absolute heaven if you are a keen angler.


A Yukon Prospectors finding gold in Rabbit Creek a century ago must have experienced the same excitement as modern day property seekers first landing in Nova Scotia. To say this small Province of Canada is the new Klondike is an understatement, for here you will find nuggets of opportunities just waiting to be picked up and exploited. Not just in real estate but also land and potential business ventures.


It's so beautiful you won't want to leave.
Beautiful One Day... Perfect The Next.

Answer 4

Nova Scotia is an absolutely beautiful place. I believe that it is the fountain of youth itself!! I've been there a couple times, to visit family, who never seem to age...of course they do, but there's gotta be something in the air (or NOT in the air) that keeps them so young - inside and out.
I guess that the "big city" life would be missed (unless you're in Halifax), but for me the natural beauty would more than make up for it.
The Maritimes are my destination for the senior years - I'd go now if I could get a job out there!
If you have a chance to live there, I say go for it. There really is no where else like it in the world!

Answer 5

I'd live in Pugwash because I have Pug named Arthur and he could use a bath about now. But seriously, Halifax is pretty but I liked Charlottetown PEI better. My former neighbors mom has lived in N.S. off and on for 20 years...she likes it but she says the health care isn't what its cracked up to be...she waited 6 months to get a knee replacement before finally going to Boston to have it done. Good Luck!

Answer 6

I have found it to be a somewhat boring place but perhaps that was just me