Nova Scotia Municipal Websites
Independent automated accessibility testing of municipal websites, ranked by health score (0–100). Every municipality is tested the same way, with the same tools, at a respectful crawl rate — see the full methodology. Higher scores mean fewer machine-detectable barriers for residents who use assistive technology.
| Rank | Municipality | Score | Critical | Serious | Pages tested | Last tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Town of Shelburne shelburnens.ca | 98.8 | 21 | 372 | 670 | August 21, 2026 |
| 2 | Town of Pictou townofpictou.ca | 95.8 | 39 | 2361 | 915 | August 21, 2026 |
| 3 | Town of Bridgewater bridgewater.ca | 95.7 | 69 | 3634 | 1048 | August 21, 2026 |
| 4 | Town of Middleton discovermiddleton.ca | 95.1 | 1 | 1991 | 821 | August 21, 2026 |
| 5 | West Hants Regional Municipality westhants.ca | 93.3 | 576 | 19290 | 2014 | August 21, 2026 |
| 6 | Town of Lunenburg townoflunenburg.ca | 93.2 | 8 | 975 | 427 | August 21, 2026 |
| 7 | Municipality of Cumberland cumberlandcounty.ns.ca | 92.2 | 93 | 894 | 408 | August 21, 2026 |
| 8 | Town of Berwick berwick.ca | 91.2 | 164 | 3955 | 724 | August 21, 2026 |
| 9 | Cape Breton Regional Municipality cbrm.ns.ca | 86.8 | 8 | 2100 | 455 | August 21, 2026 |
| 10 | Town of New Glasgow newglasgow.ca | 85.4 | 10 | 24127 | 1386 | August 21, 2026 |
| 11 | Municipality of East Hants easthants.ca | 84.7 | 11361 | 14864 | 11459 | August 21, 2026 |
| 12 | Town of Amherst amherst.ca | 82.7 | 2056 | 2634 | 1362 | August 21, 2026 |
| 13 | Municipality of the County of Kings countyofkings.ca | 65.8 | 726 | 1127 | 197 | August 21, 2026 |
| 14 | Town of Kentville kentville.ca | 64.9 | 2458 | 45618 | 1240 | August 21, 2026 |
| 15 | Municipality of Chester chester.ca | 62 | 3871 | 17830 | 1260 | August 21, 2026 |
| 16 | Municipality of the County of Inverness invernesscounty.ca | 55.4 | 791 | 36384 | 748 | August 21, 2026 |
Critical / serious columns count individual instances of WCAG 2.2 A/AA issues detected by automated testing, excluding issues inside embedded third-party content. Sample sizes differ (up to full-site coverage); scores are averages per page tested, so they remain comparable across sample sizes.
Insufficient data — not ranked
We publish a score only when a clean, reliable test sample was completed. These municipalities could not be reliably tested — usually because the website's security system blocks automated tools. Blocking automated tools is a legitimate security choice and implies nothing about how accessible a website is.
| Halifax Regional Municipality | A portion of test requests was blocked by the site's security system; a reliable sample could not be completed. We will retest at a gentler rate. |
What these scores are — and are not. Automated tools can test roughly a third of WCAG 2.2 success criteria. A high score means few machine-detectable barriers; it is not a WCAG conformance claim, and a lower score is not a finding of legal non-compliance. Scores are our opinion, produced by our software, from published methodology anyone can review.