Privacy & records across Nova Scotia

Privacy, access to information, and records policies.

37 of 49 municipalities in Nova Scotia have an adopted policy on privacy & records on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.

Municipality	Adopted document	Key facts	Verified
Amherst Town	05000-01 Records Management +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Annapolis County municipality	Records Management Policy (AM 1.5.4) +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Annapolis Royal Town	Routine Access Policy	—	2026-06-05
Antigonish County municipality	Records Management Policy (Policy 40)	—	2026-06-05
Antigonish Town	Records Management Policy	—	2026-06-05
Argyle District municipality	Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP)	—	2026-06-05
Barrington District municipality	Policy No. 87 — Data Protection Policy +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Berwick Town	Records Management and Destruction Policy (Policy 5.020)	—	2026-06-05
Bridgewater Town	Policy 120 — Town of Bridgewater Privacy +3 more	—	2026-06-05
Chester District municipality	Records Management Policy +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Clare District municipality	Destruction of Documents Policy	—	2026-06-05
Colchester County municipality	Records Management Policy 97	—	2026-06-05
Cumberland County municipality	Records Management Policy 04-01 +1 more adopted 2004-02-18	—	2026-06-05
Digby Town	Admin Policy #2017-11 Records Management Policy +1 more adopted 2017-10-02	—	2026-06-05
Halifax Regional municipality	Privacy Policy	—	2026-06-05
Inverness County municipality	Records Management Policy	—	2026-06-05
Kentville Town	Policy G53 — Retention and Destruction of Records +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Kings County municipality	Policy ADMIN-01-020 — Records and Information Management	—	2026-06-05
Lockeport Town	Records Management Policy +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Lunenburg District municipality	Policy 008 — Records Management and Routine Access +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Lunenburg Town	Municipal Record Retention and Disposal Policy	—	2026-06-05
Mahone Bay Town	Records Management Policy +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Middleton Town	Code A 5.3 - Records Management and Destruction Policy +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Mulgrave Town	Records Management Policy	—	2026-06-05
Oxford Town	Routine Access Policy +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Port Hawkesbury Town	Records Management Policy adopted 2016-09-06	—	2026-06-05
Queens Regional municipality	Operational Policy 98 — Records Management +3 more	—	2026-06-05
Richmond County municipality	Admin 01-004 Municipal Records Management +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Shelburne District municipality	Records Management Policy +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Shelburne Town	Surveillance Policy	—	2026-06-05
St. Mary's District municipality	Records Management Policy (2016)	—	2026-06-05
Stewiacke Town	2012-34 Confidentiality Policy	—	2026-06-05
Trenton Town	Records Management and Destruction (ADM-20070213) adopted 2007-02-13	—	2026-06-05
Victoria County municipality	Records Management Policy	—	2026-06-05
West Hants Regional municipality	Records Management Policy RCOGE-002.00 +1 more	—	2026-06-05
Wolfville Town	120-013 Records Management Policy +1 more adopted 2015-10-20	—	2026-06-05
Yarmouth District municipality	Records Management Policy (No. 130) +1 more	—	2026-06-05

Nothing on file for privacy & records

Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.

Other policies on file, none on this topic (12) — Cape Breton, Clark's Harbour, Digby, East Hants, Guysborough, New Glasgow, Pictou, Pictou, Stellarton, Truro, Westville, Yarmouth.

Machine-readable: privacy-records.json · Privacy & records across every jurisdiction · All Nova Scotia municipalities