# Dark Sky Law: Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia has no provincial or municipal dark-sky lighting law. The RASC Halifax Centre runs a public responsible-lighting awareness campaign, Kejimkujik National Park has been a federally managed RASC Dark-Sky Preserve since 2010, and in 2025 a Nova Scotia university sports field became the first DarkSky Approved Outdoor Sports Lighting project outside the United States.

**Status:** no-statewide-law (checked 2026-09-23)
Nova Scotia has no provincial or municipal dark-sky lighting law. The RASC Halifax Centre runs a public responsible-lighting awareness campaign, Kejimkujik National Park has been a federally managed RASC Dark-Sky Preserve since 2010, and in 2025 a Nova Scotia university sports field became the first DarkSky Approved Outdoor Sports Lighting project outside the United States.

## Sources
- https://halifax.rasc.ca/index.php/responsible-lighting
- https://darksky.org/news/university-track-and-soccer-field-in-nova-scotia-becomes-first-darksky-approved-outdoor-sports-lighting-project-outside-the-united-states/

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Canonical: https://darkskiesdirectory.com/laws/NS
