PDF Coming to Nova Scotia – Small business in Nova Scotia .
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There are many ways to come to live and work in Nova Scotia. You can invest in business from abroad without coming to live in Nova Scotia or you can emigrate permanently by investing in an already established business or by bringing your ideas for a new business to the province.
With many parts of Nova Scotia being tourist driven, it certainly is possible to mix business with pleasure in our province and make a good living from your lifestyle business ; many people have come to the province from the cities to enjoy a better quality of life in wonderful surroundings while doing so.
Lifestyle type businesses could range from art galleries, craft shops to B&B’s, niche food stores, organic farming, market gardening, herb nursery, holiday let cabins, boating, gourmet goats cheese – just about anything that involves your passion! You could decide whether to invest and take over a current business or contact one of the provinces ‘regional development agencies’ to express your idea for a new small business.
On the lifestyle side, Lunenburg County and the surrounding area has so much to offer in beauty and recreation. Sandy beaches and coves and quaint fishing settlements are only minutes away. Take a drive over to Lunenburgs second peninsula and you’ll find yourself discovering little coves where you can relax in privacy as you look out over the blue waters to the islands of Mahone Bay. There is always something to do or somewhere to explore along the ‘South Shore’!
Here are some useful links to information about living and working in Nova Scotia as well as the province itself..
About Nova Scotia itself.
http://www.novascoialife.com The official gateway to Nova Scotia
http://www.acountrylife.com Forum on Nova Scotia, Canada and useful relocation articles including blogs.
General Immigration
http://www.cic.gc.ca The official Canadian immigration web site
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/nsnp/faqs.html Nova Scotia immigration FAQ
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/nsnp/links.html Useful links
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/images/documents/newsandviews.pdf news on Nova Scotia immigration
Business and the economy
Nova Scotia offers one of North America’s most cost-competitive business locations. It has the most university graduates per capita in Canada, strong infrastructure, resource-based industries and emerging IT and Life Science sectors.
http://novascotialife.com/AbsPage.aspx?siteid=1?=1&id=2&title=Nova+Scotia+Business Nova Scotia business links
http://novascotialife.com/AbsPage.aspx?id=333&siteid=1?=1&title=Sounds+of+Nova+Scotia Sounds of Nova Scotia- listen to what small businesses have to say
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/business/bi-more-info.html Useful Canadian business links
General Business Immigration
The Business Immigration Program seeks to attract experienced business people to Canada who will support the development of a strong and prosperous Canadian economy. Business immigrants are expected to make a $400,000 investment or to own and manage businesses in Canada. Canada has three classes of business immigrants, each with separate eligibility criteria: investors, entrepreneurs and self-employed persons.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/business/entrep-1c.html Coming to Canada as an Entrepeneur
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/business/index.html Business class
Provincial Nomination Programme (general)
Most provinces in Canada have an agreement with the Government of Canada that allows them to play a more direct role in selecting immigrants who wish to settle in that province. If you wish to immigrate to one of Canada’s provinces as a provincial nominee, you must first apply to the province where you wish to settle. The province will consider your application based on their immigration needs and your genuine intention to settle there.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/provnom/index.html Provincial Nomination
Nova Scotia Nominee Programme
The Nova Scotia Nominee Program allows immigrants to carefully review their work options in the province before making a long-term commitment. Specifically, the Program gives each Economic Nominee a six-month work experience contract with a Nova Scotia employer. This serves as a valuable orientation to basic business operations in the province – as well as a chance to assess your range of job opportunities and the best fit for your skills over the long term. Other areas of the nominee programme are the skilled worker category and investing in business as well as the lesser known community identified programme which allows quick small business access to the province
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/nsnp Nova Scotia Nominee Program
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/nsnp/nominee/economic.html Economic Stream
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/nsnp/candyshop.ram Video and audio of first small business through the NSNP
Community Identified- Nova Scotia Nominee Programme
The Community-Identified Stream is accessed through Regional Development Authorities (RDA’s) and community partners. Every RDA can recommend nominees who will add social or economic value to their community. The RDA and community partners develop their own criteria based on their business plan outcomes and what they want to achieve as a development group. This is especially useful for those wishing to establish a small business in the province, have a great idea and business plan but not necessarily large funds available.
Those wishing to talk about establishing a small business in Nova Scotia in Lunenburg & Queens County and to find out more about the Community identified programme please contact
Neil Emenau
Bridgewater Office
220 North Street
Bridgewater, NS B4V 2W6
Phone: (902) 543-0491
Fax: (902) 543-1156
Email: neilemenau@eastlink.ca or generally lqrda@eastlink.ca
Web: http://www.lqrda.ns.ca
http://www.gov.ns.ca/econ/rda List of regional development agencies
Finally…
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Carolyn Ekins
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