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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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, Compliance+

    The 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. Your Custom Safety Manual files are yours to keep - the manual is your property.

  • 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

    Every worker's certificates and expiry dates on one roster, so lapsed tickets stand out. Construction safety tickets, vessel safety certificates, chainsaw competency cards, WHMIS, first aid, and any other ticket your NS workforce carries. Automatic expiry alerts are planned.

  • 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, automatic 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.

A full cost breakdown is coming at launch

We will publish what the portal saves a typical Canadian operator once pricing is set. Join the waitlist to get the numbers the day they go live.

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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.

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Portal walkthrough

See the Compliance Members Portal in action.

Portal walkthrough coming soon. 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.

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    Buy a Custom Safety Manual

    Custom Safety Manual clients get early access to the portal as it opens. The manual stays in your vault forever.

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    Subscribe Directly

    Pricing announced at launch

    Direct subscriptions open once the portal is ready for them. Join the waitlist and we will email you the day it opens, with pricing.

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    Engage Contractor Management Services

    Custom quote

    On-Track's Contractor Management service keeps your pre-qualification accounts current for you, and the portal can be added alongside it. 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

    We send you a secure upload link for your documents, so the audit team can collect what every SECOR element needs without you setting up an account. The portal is a separate subscription you can add after certification.

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Pricing

Three tiers, one login.

Foundation, Compliance, and Authority - one system that scales with your operation.

Tiers and pricing

Announced closer to launch

The Compliance Portal is in a private pilot with a small group of clients. Join the release waitlist and you will be first to see the tiers, the pricing, and the date it opens to everyone.

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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.

What is the Westray Law and how does the portal help NS employers meet s. 217.1 obligations?
Section 217.1 of the Criminal Code, commonly called the Westray Law after the 1992 Pictou County mine disaster that killed 26 workers, imposes a legal duty on every person who directs work to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm from that work. A supervisor, director, or safety manager who fails to take reasonable steps can face personal criminal liability if a worker is seriously injured or killed. 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 maintained before any incident. The Document Vault preserves every dated record in exportable form, so if a WCB Nova Scotia inspector, an RCMP investigator, or Crown counsel asks for the reasonable-steps evidence, it is already organised and dated.
Does the portal qualify us for the WCB Nova Scotia Practice Incentive Rebate?
The portal does not apply for the PIR on your behalf. The WCB Nova Scotia Practice Incentive Rebate auto-pays eligible construction and trucking employers holding COR or WCB Safety Certified status, up to 10 percent of annual premium, with no application required - eligibility is determined by WCB from your active certification status. What the portal does is keep the compliance documentation that maintains COR or WCB Safety Certified status current: the Compliance Scheduler tracks audit cycle milestones and renewal deadlines, the audit-prep workspace pre-loads CSNS element codes so documentation is always organised for the next audit, and the Document Vault preserves the evidence trail that supports continued certification. Let the certification lapse and the PIR lapses with it; the portal is the system that prevents the lapse.
Does the portal help with CSNS COR as well as WCB Safety Certified?
Yes, the portal supports both CSNS COR and WCB Safety Certified from one workspace. Construction operators typically pursue CSNS COR through Construction Safety Nova Scotia. Non-construction sectors including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and service industries use WCB Safety Certified as the alternative certification pathway. The audit-prep workspace pre-loads element codes for both programs, and the Cross-framework Evidence Map shows how one document upload can satisfy requirements across both frameworks simultaneously. For operators whose business spans construction and another sector, both element sets can be active in the same workspace, and the Worker Certificate Tracker handles training records across roles.
What does the portal do for the Bill 464 psychological health and harassment prevention requirements?
Bill 464, the Stronger Workplaces for Nova Scotia Act (Royal Assent September 2024), expanded the definition of health and safety in the NS OHS Act to include psychological health and made a written workplace harassment prevention policy mandatory for every NS employer, effective September 1, 2025. The Document Builder drafts the Bill 464 workplace harassment prevention policy grounded in your existing safety manual and the September 2025 statutory requirements. The Compliance Scheduler tracks the annual policy review obligation so the policy does not drift out of compliance. The Document Vault stores worker sign-off acknowledgements so you have a dated record of distribution. Return-to-work procedure documentation, effective July 15, 2025, is also supported within the same workspace.
We supply to Irving Halifax Shipyard - does the portal support ISN and Avetta pre-qual management?
Yes. The portal includes a master pre-qual answer library for ISN and Avetta, the two dominant platforms across the Irving Halifax Shipyard supply chain for the Canadian Surface Combatant and Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship programs. The Document Vault stages the insurance certificates, WCB clearance letters, and TRIR data that procurement teams request, and the Worker Certificate Tracker maintains the marine and shipbuilding safety tickets your workforce carries. The Cross-framework Evidence Map connects NS OHS Act requirements to federal Canada Labour Code obligations for any federally regulated work within your scope, so one document upload satisfies both provincial and federal pre-qualification evidence simultaneously. For subcontractors new to the Irving supply chain, the Compliance Scheduler sets up the document renewal cycle that major prime contracts expect to see on re-qualification.

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Your NS safety program, due diligence documented.

Custom Safety Manual clients get early access as the portal opens, and direct subscriptions follow; join the waitlist and we will email you the day they do.

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