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Nova Scotia health inspections

Look up any restaurant or food premise in Nova Scotia. We aggregate the local public health unit’s published results into one searchable place.

Passed latest inspection

81%

Share of inspected facilities whose most recent inspection passed.

  • No serious issues in last two inspections · 3,641
  • Passed latest, serious issue on the visit before · 1,554
  • High risk (latest inspection failed) · 1,219
  • No recent inspection · 0
6,414
Facilities tracked
5,195
Passed latest inspection
1,219
High-risk premises
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Cities in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia covers several municipalities. Browse inspection results city by city:

Inspected facilities in Nova Scotia

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  3. 11
  4. 22
  5. 33
  6. 44
  7. 49
  8. 50
  9. 51
  10. 52
  11. 53
  12. 55
  13. 66
  14. 77
  15. 88
  16. 99
  17. 106
  18. 107

About inspections in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (Food Safety Program) inspects food premises throughout Nova Scotia. Because the program is province-wide, this page gathers results from communities across Nova Scotia into one searchable list — restaurants, grocers, and other food businesses alike. Look up a specific place above, or read our guides to understand what an inspection result means.

See the official results published by Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (Food Safety Program).

How Nova Scotia’s results work

Results are based on official public health inspections. Depending on the jurisdiction you may see colour-coded placards or a numerical score — our placards and scores guide explains what each result means, and our guide to checking inspections in Canada covers how the data is published.

How we decide pass or fail: where the health authority publishes its own result or grade (for example a pass/fail outcome, a letter grade, or a satisfactory/unsatisfactory rating), we use it. Otherwise we look at what the inspector found: an inspection with any higher-risk finding — one the authority flags as critical, or one about food temperatures, hand hygiene, pests, sanitizing, contamination or chemicals — counts as a fail; one with only lower-risk findings (upkeep, paperwork, training) counts as a pass with minor issues. Because some authorities record many small items on every visit, we never fail a premises just for the number of findings. The pass rate is the share of inspected premises whose most recent inspection passed.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check a restaurant's health inspection in Nova Scotia?
Search the establishment by name or address on Local Health Inspections to see its most recent result, any violations, and its full inspection history for Nova Scotia.
How many food premises are tracked in Nova Scotia?
We currently track 6,414 facilities in Nova Scotia, drawn from the local public health unit's published inspection data.
What does a conditional pass or closure mean?
A conditional pass means significant violations were found that must be corrected; a closure means a serious health hazard forced the premises to shut until it passes re-inspection. See our placards and scores guide for the full breakdown.