Jobs in Nova Scotia

About half of Nova Scotia’s jobs are in the Halifax area, with the rest spread through Cape Breton, the Annapolis Valley, the South Shore and towns such as Truro and New Glasgow. Health care, retail, education, the public service and defence are the biggest employers.

Halifax is home to Canada’s east coast navy, a large shipyard, several universities and a busy container port, so it supports engineering, trades, research and logistics work. Outside the city, fishing, seafood processing, farming and tourism set the rhythm, and hiring rises sharply for summer. The province has attracted many remote workers, and employers increasingly post hybrid roles. Continuing care assistants, nurses and tradespeople are needed in nearly every county. Start with jobs in Halifax or look through healthcare jobs.

Job market snapshot: Nova Scotia, October 2026

Employers advertised 1,698 job postings in Nova Scotia on Job Bank in October 2026, covering 4,101 vacancies. About 84% were full-time. The median advertised wage among hourly-paid postings was $19.23 an hour.

Source: Job Bank open data, Employment and Social Development Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Figures count postings first advertised on Job Bank that month. They are not a count of jobs open on JobsNearMe.ca today.