Nova Scotia · network infrastructure
The Nova Scotia snapshot records four facilities across two cities and 21 network presences. Halifax holds three of them, led by EXA Edge DC Halifax with 11 networks. The province has one internet exchange, CANIX Halifax, with 20 participants, so local traffic can meet inside the province.
Internet exchanges in Nova Scotia
Exchanges are attributed to the state through the city they sit in, because PeeringDB records a state for facilities but not for exchanges.
| Exchange | City | Participants |
|---|---|---|
| CANIX Halifax | Halifax | 20 |
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there.
| Facility | City | Networks present |
|---|---|---|
| EXA Edge DC Halifax | Halifax | 11 |
| Internetworking Atlantic | Halifax | 4 |
| EXA Edge DC Halifax Landingstation | Halifax | 4 |
| Hibernia Atlantic Halifax International Exchange Center | Herring Cove | 2 |
What a Nova Scotia IP address tells you
Halifax carries almost all of the recorded capacity. EXA Edge DC Halifax lists 11 networks, Internetworking Atlantic and EXA Edge DC Halifax Landingstation list four each, and the remaining site, Hibernia Atlantic Halifax International Exchange Center in Herring Cove, lists two. That accounts for 21 network presences in a province with facilities in two cities. CANIX Halifax gives those networks somewhere to exchange traffic without hauling it away, and its 20 participants match the count of peering networks the snapshot records for Nova Scotia.
An address that geolocates to Nova Scotia reflects the record its operator published, not a measurement of where the device sits. Mobile networks widen that gap. Bell (AS36522), Rogers (AS18475, AS20453, AS36676), Telus (AS14663) and Freedom Mobile (AS20365, AS36273) concentrate subscribers behind regional gateways, so a phone connected in Halifax can appear from an address registered in another province, and an address registered to a Halifax block can carry traffic that entered the network far from the city.
For anything that depends on where a connection really is, read the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix rather than a city label from a geolocation database. A prefix announced by one of those mobile ASNs tells you the traffic is on a Canadian mobile network, which is a different claim from a prefix registered to a tenant in a Halifax facility. With 21 network presences and one exchange, Nova Scotia has few enough records that the same handful of origin ASNs appears across most of them.
Mobile carriers in Canada
A mobile address anywhere in Nova Scotia is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
How many data centres are in Nova Scotia?
The snapshot lists four facilities across two cities. Halifax holds three of them, EXA Edge DC Halifax with 11 networks, Internetworking Atlantic with four and EXA Edge DC Halifax Landingstation with four. The fourth, Hibernia Atlantic Halifax International Exchange Center, is in Herring Cove and lists two networks.
Is there an internet exchange in Nova Scotia?
Yes. CANIX Halifax is the one exchange recorded in the province, with 20 participating networks. Networks that join it can hand traffic to each other in Halifax instead of carrying it out of the province first. Networks that do not join peer elsewhere.
Can I get an IP address in Nova Scotia?
Placement follows the operator's address registration, not a customer's choice of province. An operator with facilities or registered blocks in Halifax can publish addresses that geolocate there; one that registers its range centrally cannot, whatever its coverage on the ground. Check the origin ASN and the netname on a prefix before trusting a province label.
Sources
- PeeringDB - facilities, network presence and exchange participants, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - the operators routing mobile addresses in this country