Built Environment Accessibility Standard

Share Your Input on Proposed Accessibility Standards

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The Nova Scotia Government is seeking input on the Proposed Built Environment Accessibility Standard.

Standards are needed to help improve accessibility and the Proposed Built Environment Accessibility Standard will be Nova Scotia's first accessibility standard. The standard aims to address barriers to accessibility in the places people visit, live, work, learn, and play. This includes buildings and outdoor spaces such as trails, parks, and beaches.

You can learn more about the standard and offer your comments online, Public Review of the Proposed Built Environment Accessibility Standard | Nova Scotia Accessibility Directorate Engagements (accessibility-engagement.ca). The deadline for participation is October 30.

Accessibility Programs

If your business or organization is planning projects to improve accessibility, you may be interested in two funding programs offered through Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage:

Small Business ACCESS-Ability Grant Program (closes September 29, 2023 for 2023-24)
Community ACCESS-Ability Program (check back later in 2023 for the next call for applications)

Tourism Nova Scotia

Tourism Nova Scotia works with communities and industry to attract visitors to the province and increase tourism revenues through experience and sector development, business coaching, marketing, and visitor servicing.

As a division of the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, Tourism Nova Scotia is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility across Nova Scotia and we support partners who share in this commitment.

Tourism Nova Scotia is located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq. We are all Treaty people.