Built Environment Accessibility Standard
The Built Environment Accessibility Standard will outline requirements that organizations need to follow to prevent and remove barriers to accessibility in the built environment. The built environment includes the spaces where people live, work, learn and play across Nova Scotia.
Accessibility standard
Expected in 2024.
Standard recommendations
The Accessibility Advisory Board established the Built Environment Standard Development Committee to help the board make recommendations on the content and implementation of an accessibility standard in the built environment. Committee members included representatives from sectors impacted by the standard and government. The majority of committee members identified as having a disability.
Recommendations are being used to prepare Nova Scotia’s accessibility standard for the built environment.
- Phase 1 Full Recommendations (PDF -363 kB)
- Phase 1 Recommendations – plain language (PDF 343 kB)
- Phase 1 Recommendations – American Sign Language (ASL) video
- Phase 2 Full Recommendations (PDF 792 kB)
- Phase 2 Recommendations – plain language summary (PDF 447 kB)
- Phase 2 Recommendations – American Sign Language (ASL) video
Contact
Phone: 902-424-8280
Toll-free (within Nova Scotia): 1-800-565-8280
TTY: 902-424-2667
TTY toll-free (within Nova Scotia): 1-877-996-9954
accessibility@novascotia.ca
Related legislation
Related information
- Access by Design 2030
- Accessibility Act review
- Accessibility Act Compliance
- Accessibility Advisory Board
- Accessibility in Nova Scotia
- Accessibility resources
- Government of Nova Scotia Accessibility Plan
- Nova Scotia Post-Secondary Accessibility Framework (PDF)
- Nova Scotia Public Libraries Joint Accessibility Framework (PDF)
- Small Business ACCESS-Ability Grant Program
- What We Heard: Accessibility in Nova Scotia