Nova Scotia Property Tax Calculator + Municipal Rates 2009–2026 (built and tested in Excel/LibreOffice)

Find out what property tax you'd pay anywhere in Nova Scotia, in seconds. Pick a municipality and year from the drop-downs, type in the assessed value, and the calculator shows the estimated residential and commercial municipal tax.

Includes general tax rates for up to 17 years (2009/2010–2025/2026) for 72 areas; some areas have fewer years because of municipal mergers. Cleaned and ready to sort, filter and chart.

What's included

- NS_Property_Tax_Calculator.xlsx: calculator with drop-downs (built and tested in Excel/LibreOffice)

- Clean rates file (CSV, 1,111 rows): municipality, type, fiscal year, residential and commercial rate

- Two wide tables (residential and commercial): one row per municipality, one column per year, for quick comparisons and charts

- Data dictionary and README

Good for: homebuyers, people moving to Nova Scotia, realtors, landlords and investors comparing towns.

Good to know

- The tax rates are free from the Province of Nova Scotia's open data portal. You're paying for the cleaning (merged name spellings, consistent municipality names, tidy tables) and the ready-made calculator.

- Results are estimates from general municipal rates. They don't include area rates (fire, sewer and so on), other charges or the property-assessment cap. Always confirm with your municipality.

- No personal information. The data is rates per municipal area only.

- Instant digital download (ZIP).

Licence: In addition to Payhip's standard licence, the seller grants you permission to use these files for personal and commercial work, including your own reports, sites, apps and client work, and to share what you build from them. Please keep the line "Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia" (https://novascotia.ca/opendata/licence.asp) with anything you publish, don't suggest government endorsement, and don't resell this pack as-is. The original data stays free at https://data.novascotia.ca/d/ure8-3w7m.

Independent product. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Province of Nova Scotia or any municipality. Source: Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs, Municipal Property Tax Rates (data last updated Feb 23, 2026).