Nova Scotia compliance portal

Your NS safety program, due diligence documented.

One workspace for the documented evidence of reasonable steps that Nova Scotia directors, officers, and supervisors are personally on the hook for under s. 217.1 of the Criminal Code - your safety manual, worker training records, CSNS COR audit evidence, and Bill 464 psychological health documentation.

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The product

Your safety program. Due diligence evidence organised.

One dashboard. One evidence trail. One place a WCB Nova Scotia inspector, a CSNS auditor, or a Crown attorney looking at your reasonable-steps defence goes to see the safety program you actually ran.

The Nova Scotia picture

Three sectors, one due-diligence standard.

Construction, defence supply chain, and fishing and forestry each carry different certifying-partner requirements. The Westray Law applies to all of them equally. The portal serves all three from a single document base.

  • A Nova Scotia construction crew reviewing CSNS COR compliance documentation on site.

    Construction

    CSNS

    CSNS (Construction Safety Nova Scotia) COR covers about 25 percent of NS construction firms and 65 percent of the workforce. The WCB PIR auto-pays up to 10 percent premium back to COR-certified construction employers, no application required. Westray Law means any director, officer, or supervisor who failed to take reasonable steps to prevent a workplace death or injury faces personal criminal liability. The evidence trail has to exist before the incident, not after.

    How the portal serves it

    CSNS element codes pre-loaded in the audit-prep workspace. Worker certificate tracker for construction safety training. PIR-eligible documentation organised in the Document Vault. Cross-framework evidence map connecting CSNS COR and WCB Safety Certified requirements from one upload.

  • A shipbuilding safety professional reviewing compliance documentation at a Halifax shipyard.

    Defence and shipbuilding

    ISN / Avetta

    Irving Halifax Shipyard's Canadian Surface Combatant and Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship programs are the heaviest contractor-compliance generators in Atlantic Canada. ISN dominates for Irving supply chain. Avetta rising for shipbuilding subcontracts and resource industries. Subcontractors face the same compliance documentation burden as any major industrial supply chain in Western Canada, with added federal procurement requirements.

    How the portal serves it

    Master pre-qual answer library for ISN and Avetta. Worker certificate tracker for marine and shipbuilding safety tickets. Document Vault for the insurance certificates, WCB clearance letters, and TRIR data procurement teams request. Cross-framework evidence map connecting NS OHS and federal Canada Labour Code requirements for federally regulated work.

  • A Nova Scotia fishing industry safety lead reviewing Fish Safe compliance documentation.

    Fishing, aquaculture, and forestry

    Fish Safe NS / FSSNS

    Fish Safe NS serves 1,566 seafood companies. FSSNS covers forestry and woodlands. Both sectors have sector-specific certifying partners with different safety program requirements than construction COR. Bill 464 psychological health and harassment prevention requirements apply to every NS employer including fishing companies and forestry operations.

    How the portal serves it

    Fish Safe NS and FSSNS element codes in the audit-prep workspace. Bill 464 harassment prevention policy drafting grounded in your manual and NS OHS Act. Worker certificate tracker for vessel safety, chainsaw competency, and sector-specific training. Compliance Scheduler for mandatory annual review cycles.

These are three of Nova Scotia’s largest sectors by compliance complexity. The portal is built for every Canadian industry - if your sector is not shown above, we still have you covered.

Where Nova Scotia operators get caught

Four documentation gaps, one inspector visit.

Most NS operators have at least one of these. Many operators carrying defence subcontracts or multi-sector pre-qualifications have all four. Each pain has a portal answer mapped to a tier.

  • Westray Law: directors, officers, and supervisors are personally on the hook

    Section 217.1 of the Criminal Code, known as the Westray Law, imposes a legal duty on every person who directs work to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm from that work. A supervisor, a director, or a safety manager who fails to take reasonable steps can face personal criminal liability if a worker is seriously injured or killed. The 1992 Westray Mine disaster in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, was the event that drove Canada to pass this law. No other province carries that local memory as directly as NS.

    Portal coverage, Foundation+

    The portal is the documented evidence of reasonable steps: dated training records, signed toolbox talks, dated inspections, hazard assessments, CSNS COR audit-prep, and an evidence trail that was maintained before any incident. The Document Vault preserves every dated record in exportable form. If an inspector or investigator asks, the answer is in the portal.

  • WCB PIR pays up to 10 percent back, but only if the evidence trail is maintained

    Nova Scotia's Practice Incentive Rebate auto-pays construction and trucking employers holding COR or WCB Safety Certified, up to 10 percent premium back, with no application required. The rebate is automatic for eligible employers, but eligibility requires maintaining active COR or WCB Safety Certified status through an audit cycle. Let the status lapse and the rebate lapses with it. The portal is the evidence trail that keeps the status current.

    Portal coverage, Foundation+

    The compliance dashboard tracks the COR and WCB Safety Certified audit cycle milestones. The Compliance Scheduler alerts the team before renewal deadlines. The audit-prep workspace, pre-loaded with CSNS element codes, means the documentation is always in order for the next audit and the next PIR payment.

  • Bill 464 (2024): psychological health mandatory as of September 2025

    Nova Scotia's Stronger Workplaces Act (Bill 464, Royal Assent September 2024) expanded the definition of health and safety to include psychological health and made a written workplace harassment prevention policy mandatory for every NS employer, effective September 1, 2025. Every NS employer, from a two-person fishing operation to a major construction firm, now must have a written policy in place. This is not a voluntary best practice - it is a statutory requirement.

    Portal coverage, Foundation+

    The AI Document Builder drafts the Bill 464 workplace harassment prevention policy grounded in your existing safety manual and the September 2025 requirements. The Compliance Scheduler tracks the annual policy review obligation. The Document Vault stores worker sign-off acknowledgements. Return-to-work procedure documentation (effective July 15, 2025) is also supported.

  • CSNS COR versus WCB Safety Certified: which path is right for your operation

    Construction operators typically pursue CSNS COR. Non-construction sectors including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and service use WCB Safety Certified instead. Some NS operators qualify for both. Choosing the wrong pathway means an audit that does not satisfy the certifying body the customer or WCB expects. PIR eligibility depends on holding the right certification for your sector.

    Portal coverage, Compliance+

    The audit-prep workspace supports both CSNS COR element codes and WCB Safety Certified standards. The Cross-framework Evidence Map shows how one document upload satisfies both frameworks simultaneously. If your business spans construction and another sector, both element sets can be active in the same workspace.

What the portal does

Built for the operator who wears six hats.

You do not need a full-time safety manager. You need the documentation engine a safety manager would build, run by the team you already have.

  • Document Vault

    Your NS OHS program, CSNS COR audit evidence, worker training records, Bill 464 harassment prevention policy, and Westray-defence documentation in one workspace. Custom Safety Manual buyers keep manual access forever - the manual is your property.

  • AI Safety Advisor

    Reads your safety manual and NS OHS Act regulations, points to the specific section and page that answers a team question, and flags coverage gaps against CSNS COR and WCB Safety Certified requirements. You verify the citation before acting on it.

  • Worker Certificate Tracker

    OCR-extracted certificate data with 90, 60, 30, and 14-day expiry alerts. Construction safety tickets, vessel safety certificates, chainsaw competency cards, WHMIS, first aid, and any other ticket your NS workforce carries.

  • Cross-framework Evidence Map

    One document satisfies multiple frameworks. A workplace violence policy can serve NS OHS Act requirements, CSNS COR element evidence, WCB Safety Certified documentation, and ISN pre-qual staging from one upload.

  • Audit-prep Workspace

    CSNS COR, WCB Safety Certified, Fish Safe NS, and FSSNS element codes pre-built. One-click export to your auditor with documentation organised by element. Auditor interviews and on-site observations stay theirs.

  • Compliance Scheduler

    NS OHS Act posting cycles, COR and WCB Safety Certified audit renewal milestones, Bill 464 annual policy review triggers, training renewals, PIR eligibility windows, and insurance expiries on one calendar. Email and dashboard alerts before anything lapses.

The portal does not replace daily-forms tools (FLHAs, vehicle pre-trips, equipment checks). It is the workspace for the safety manual, certificates, training records, audit-prep, AI document drafting, and recurring compliance scheduling that live alongside the daily-forms layer.

Is the portal worth it for you

Run the numbers for your NS operation.

Adjust the sliders to match your team size and current admin overhead. The calculator will show you which tier pays for itself fastest.

Compliance cost calculator

How much is compliance costing you now?

Adjust the sliders to match your team. We will show you what your compliance overhead looks like and which tier pays for itself fastest.

12
4
8 hr
$65

Annual admin cost

$27,040

Estimated savings (35%)

$9,464

Net annual gain

$6,476

Recommended tier:Authority — $2,988/yr

At $2,988/yr, the portal pays for itself if it saves you just 0.9 hours per week.

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How we help Nova Scotia operators

The portal sits inside a wider service offer.

Most NS operators start with one of these and add the portal alongside. Each service has its own page with full detail.

See it in action

See how NS operators stay due-diligence ready.

A short walkthrough of how the Compliance Members Portal handles a WCB Nova Scotia inspector visit, a CSNS COR audit prep, and a Bill 464 policy review, all from the same workspace.

Nova Scotia construction crew at work with active safety program documentation.

Portal walkthrough

See the Compliance Members Portal in action.

Portal walkthrough coming October 2026. Book a live demo with a safety advisor in the meantime.
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Built for the field

Any device, no app store required.

Available on any device through your browser or as a mobile app installed straight from the browser. Camera capture, offline cache, sign-off on the spot. The supervisor on the NS construction site, the fishing vessel safety lead, and the shipyard subcontractor in the office all see the same documents from the same login.

  • Camera capture

    Snap certificates and worksite shots straight into the vault.

  • Offline cache

    Open on sites where signal is poor and sync when you reconnect.

  • Worker self-service

    Workers see their own certificates and expiry alerts.

  • Sign-off on the spot

    Orientation, toolbox talks, and FLHA sign-offs on a phone or tablet.

How Nova Scotia operators get in

Four ways into the portal.

A customer can sit in more than one cohort. The more-generous bundled access rule wins.

  • A custom Canadian safety manual on a job-site clipboard.

    Buy a Custom Safety Manual

    Every Custom Safety Manual purchase (one-province medium tier and up) includes 12 months of Foundation-tier portal access at no additional cost. Your access starts the day your finished manual is delivered. The manual stays in your vault forever.

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  • A laptop dashboard showing safety compliance metrics.

    Subscribe Directly

    From $948 per year, Founders 50 lifetime

    Subscribe at /compliance-subscription from $948 per year for Foundation, $1,488 per year for Compliance, or $2,988 per year for Authority. Founders 50 pricing locks lifetime for the first 50 paid annual subscriptions in FY27. A permanent Free tier is available to sample first.

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  • A safety professional reviewing contractor compliance records on a laptop.

    Engage Contractor Management Services

    From $2,100 per year

    On-Track's Contractor Management service bundles Year 1 Foundation-tier portal features plus the Contractor Management Portal Module while your service is active. Designed for NS operators managing ISN for Irving supply chain, Avetta for shipbuilding subcontracts, ComplyWorks for Atlantic energy, and ContractorCheck for property and facilities.

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    Engage a SECOR audit

    SECOR audit clients get restricted access to the SECOR-specific portal pieces for the duration of the audit engagement, so the audit team can collect every piece of documentation across all 10 SECOR elements. Full portal features are available as an additional paid upgrade.

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Pricing

Straightforward pricing, no surprises.

Three tiers, billed annually or monthly. Founders 50 pricing locks lifetime for the first 50 paid annual subscriptions in FY27. Switch tiers any time.

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Compliance

Build a COR-ready program and track your whole team

$1,488/yr

$1,573/yr standard

10 users

Everything in Foundation, plus:

  • AI Document Builder
  • Worker Cert Tracker + Competency Bundle
  • Audit-prep Workspace
  • Cross-framework Evidence Map
  • Investigation Assistant + Guided RCA
  • Toolbox Talks Library — 416 talks
  • Worker Orientation Module
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Founders 50 pricing is locked for life for the first 50 paid annual subscribers in FY27 (May 2026 to April 2027).

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Authority tier preview

Multi-year audit findings, trended.

At Authority tier, year-over-year audit score deltas and recurring findings light up in August 2027 once 12 months of audit cycles complete. The tile shows where your program drifts year over year and which elements keep coming back to the auditor.

Competitors cannot copy this without your audit history, which is why it is locked behind 12 months of customer use rather than launched in marketing copy. Audit interpretation varies by individual auditor. The portal helps you prepare and document your safety program. It cannot guarantee audit outcomes.

Audit score trend

3-year cycle

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Authority tier feature - lights up August 2027.

Common questions

The Nova Scotia questions we get every week.

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Your NS safety program, due diligence documented.

Custom Safety Manual buyers get 12 months of Foundation-tier portal access bundled with the purchase. Direct subscribers join from $948 per year, with Founders 50 lifetime pricing locked for the first 50 paid annual subscriptions in FY27. Contractor Management service and SECOR audit clients get bundled access while their service is active. The portal opens to the public in late 2026.

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