Government of Nova Scotia Accessibility Plan
The Government of Nova Scotia Accessibility Plan (2022-2025) was developed collaboratively with involvement from 26 departments and agencies across government. The plan was informed by discussions with employees with disabilities, and Nova Scotians from a wide range of backgrounds (including persons with disabilities, people representing marginalized groups and various sectors).
- Government of Nova Scotia Accessibility Plan: 2022-2025 (PDF 4.5 MB)
- Government of Nova Scotia Accessibility Plan: 2022-2025 (Vimeo with ASL)
Contact the Accessibility Directorate to request a different format.
Plan highlights
This plan marks a milestone in Nova Scotia's progress toward being an accessible province. The 2022-25 plan builds on the 2018-2021 plan and provides a roadmap of what government will do over the next 3 years to advance accessibility. The 2022-2025 plan includes:
- guiding principles to support consistent cross-government implementation
- 8 priority areas that align with provincial accessibility standard areas
- a total of 47 combined commitments from all departments, aligned with department mandates and corporate equity, diversity and inclusion priorities
- 6 government-wide commitments for all government departments and agencies to support
In the plan, priority areas include:
- awareness and capacity building
- buildings, infrastructure and public spaces
- education
- employment
- delivery of goods and services
- information and communications
- public transportation and its infrastructure
- accountability
Historical Government of Nova Scotia accessibility plans are available at the Legislative Library.
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