What is a parcel?
In Nova Scotia every piece of land is identified by a unique eight-digit Parcel Identifier (PID). You can find a PID on your deed or municipal tax bill.
Enter your PID above and Geoscope pulls together everything publicly known about that parcel — all in one place, for free.
What you can learn
Each assessment draws on open government datasets maintained by Nova Scotia and Canada. Here is what Geoscope currently shows for any parcel:
Location & area
Centre coordinates and parcel size in acres and square metres.
Listing price
Current Viewpoint.ca asking price when the parcel is on the market.
Estimated HRM property tax
Annual tax estimate based on the PVSC assessed value and the current HRM residential mill rate.
Arsenic risk
Groundwater arsenic risk level for private water wells — High, Medium, or Low — from provincial well data.
Wetlands
Wetland types on or near the parcel: swamp, bog, marsh, fen, salt marsh, and more.
Soil types
Soil types for the parcel classified by texture, drainage, and ecological character.
Wildlife observations
iNaturalist species records logged on or near the property by local naturalists.
Topographic map
Elevation contours and terrain detail from provincial survey data.
Coastal flood projections
Worst-case inundation extents for 2050 and 2100 under the RCP 8.5 sea-level-rise scenario.
Protected areas
National parks, provincial wilderness areas, nature reserves, and other designated lands nearby.
Surficial aquifers
Shallow groundwater aquifer locations relevant to well-water and land-use planning.
Forest inventory
Stand species, height, volume, and land-cover class from the Nova Scotia forest inventory.
Ecological land classification
Ecoregions, ecodistricts, and ecosections that describe the ecological landscape of the parcel.