The province's net debt is projected to rise by more than $6 billion.
nova scotia
February 28, 2024
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Every Nova Scotian is responsible for $18,906 in provincial government debt in 2023/24.
February 26, 2024
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The province has some of the highest personal income taxes in North America.
October 20, 2023
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In 2022, the province’s population grew by 7.7 people for every home completed—the second-lowest ratio in Canada.
October 17, 2023
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Last year, the median wait time between referral to treatment in Nova Scotia was 58.2 weeks, dwarfing the national average.
October 11, 2023
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By December 2020, a large body of research showed that children represented two per cent or less of diagnosed COVID cases.
August 22, 2023
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Wages in the mining-sector are more than 40 per cent higher than the average in all other sectors in the province.
August 9, 2023
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The province's top combined income tax rate is 54 per cent.
July 13, 2023
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The unemployment rate in Atlantic Canada was 8.7 per cent compared to 5.5 per cent in the rest of the country.
July 7, 2023
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The average family in the province will pay more than 45 per cent of its income in taxes this year.