Provincial Employment Potential Information

The following table identifies employment conditions within Nova Scotia.

Table on the employment potential for Other Small Engine and Equipment Mechanics in Annapolis Valley Region as well as in the rest of the Nova Scotia.

Location	Employment Potential	Release Date
Annapolis Valley Region		2011-06-22
Cape Breton Region		2011-05-16
Halifax Region		2011-09-20
North Shore Region		2011-06-16
Southern Region		2011-09-12

Labour Market Bulletins

An analysis of the local labour market and an assessment of local employment-related events.

• April 2013 | (PDF, 317KB)
• March 2013 | (PDF, 234 KB)
• February 2013 | (PDF, 436 KB)
• January 2013 | (PDF, 294 KB)
• Annual Edition 2012 | (PDF, 414 KB)

Provincial / Territorial Labour Market News

Week of Apr 29 – May 03, 2013

• The province of Nova Scotia will provide a loan to Pollycello, an Amherst-based packaging manufacturer, to help maintain the 300 jobs at the plant
• Flight-simulation developer Atlantis Systems Corp., which employs 73 people in Dartmouth, will work with Calian Technologies Ltd. as part of a two-year technician training project for the Defence Department beginning in 2013
• Pogue Fado, a pub located on Barrington Street in Halifax, has closed, putting 80 people out of work
• The mink farming industry in Nova Scotia is turning record profits. Most of the province's 120 mink farms and 1,000 workers are in Digby County.
• Taz Records will open its second location in the Halifax metro area in June 2013 with a store on the Bedford Highway
• The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre in Halifax will get a boost in emergency funding from government which could result in additional hires
• Moir’s Costumes & Events will open on Provost Street in New Glasgow this month
• Giant Tiger will open its New Glasgow store in the fall of 2013 at the former Zellers location
• Scotsburn Co-operative Services will close the Farm Services retail store in Scotsburn in June 2013

Week of Apr 22 – Apr 26, 2013

• The federal government will contribute $1.3M to the Fortress of Louisbourg in 2013 to develop new visitor activities and promote the 300th anniversary of its founding
• Ocean Optometry and Moksha Yoga have recently opened locations in the area, while the Cellar Bar & Grill and the Gracious Indian takeout will close
• Armco Capital Inc. expects to begin work on a subdivision near McCabe Lake in Middle Sackville in May 2013
• The OldTriangle Irish Alehouse, based in Halifax, plans to open a location in Sydney and train up to 50 workers
• Construction is expected to begin in the spring or early summer of 2013 on a new recreational and competitive rowing centre on Lochaber Lake
• Marinus Verhagen Enterprises Ltd. will begin building an asbestos disposal facility in McLellans Brook this spring and open it later in 2013
• Composite Atlantic Ltd. of Lunenburg has landed a contract to produce a composite wheel bin for airline fuselages. Some job growth at the company is expected.
• Thermo Dynamics, a Dartmouth-based manufacturer of solar heating hardware, expects to hire around 10 new employees over the next two years. The company will install systems in homes as part of a pilot project run by city council.
• The federal government will contribute to infrastructure projects in Cape Breton, including work on community centres, fire halls, and trails
• According to Export Development Canada, improvements in the United States economy will lead to increased exports of forest products, fish and tires from Nova Scotia
• A new biomass fuel plant in Point Tupper expected to eventually create more than 200 direct and indirect jobs will start producing electricity in May 2013

Week of Apr 15 – Apr 19, 2013

• Bird Construction continues work on the Homewood Suites and Hampton Inn hotel project in Halifax. The two hotels will employ about 120 people when completed in April 2014.
• Weymouth-based Lewis Mouldings and Wood Specialities, maker of various wood products, has received a loan from the provincial government to expand products and markets. The company employs 75 people and plans to add more with additional growth.
• Kings Produce Processing Ltd. has won a contract to make boxed lunches for soldiers at CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B. The company employs 75 people in Middleton and has tripled its workforce in the past four years.
• Construction has begun on a new space for North End Building Supplies of Port Hood. The bigger space is expected to be ready in early 2014, and the business expects to add to its staff of 16.
• Renovations continue on two schools in the Guysborough County area
• Always Home Homecare, a care for seniors business based in Dartmouth, will open a satellite office in Liverpool in May 2013 and employ several homecare workers. Other satellite offices may follow in other parts of the province.
• The Stubborn Goat Gastropub will open in July on Grafton Street in Halifax
• Teachers in Nova Scotia will see raises of more than seven per cent over three years after ratifying a new contract

Week of Apr 08 – Apr 12, 2013

• The Nova Scotia government will loan more than $20M to the pulp mill in Abercrombie Point in part to build a chipping facility. This will create 20 permanent jobs. The mill employs 250 people directly.
• Heritage Gas will extend its Nova Scotia natural gas distribution network to the New Glasgow area, beginning with a hookup to the pulp mill in 2013. Further expansion to the towns in the area may begin by 2014.
• Allendale Electronics of Lockeport has laid off 12 of its 36 employees after losing a contract. The company is attempting to gain new contracts, which would allow it to rehire.
• Burrito Jax will open four new locations in the Halifax area in the spring of 2013. The burrito restaurant already has two locations in the area.
• Cooke Aquaculture has hired 16 people for its farms at Jordan Bay and hopes soon to have 27 new employees in the area. Once the processing facility is completed in Shelburne by the end of 2015, 320 jobs are expected.
• Shelburne will benefit from federal money to help it expand and develop its industrial park
• The New Palace Cabaret in downtown Halifax has closed. The owners plan on opening some sort of new business in the space once renovated.
• The union representing skilled trades and other workers and StFX University have settled on a three-year collective agreement that will include raises
• McDonald’s Restaurants plans on hiring 250 young people across Nova Scotia during the peak summer season