A
Aquaculture [aq·ua·cul·ture | /ˈäkwəˌkəlCHər,ˈakwəˌkəlCHər/]
The rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 15
Attrition [at· tri· tion | \ ə-ˈtri-shən]
A reduction in numbers, usually as a result of resignation, retirement, or death. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 3
Audit(s) [au· dit | \ ˈȯ-dət]
An official inspection of an individual’s or organization’s accounts, typically completed by an independent body or organization. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 18
B
Baby Boomers
Persons born during a period of time in which there is a marked rise in a population’s birthrate; a person born following the end of World War II between 1946-1964.
Related Pages: Goal 10
Baseline
The measurement of the data before the One NS stretch goals were set. This data provides information to compare new data to.
Related Pages: Background
Biased [bi·ased | /ˈbīəst/]
Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Blueberries [/ˈblo͞oˌberē/]
The small, sweet black-blue berry of the blueberry plant. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 15
Brewery (ies)
A place where beer is made commercially. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Broad or Broader
Covering a large number and wide scope of subjects or areas. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 11
Business [busi· ness | \ ˈbiz-nəs]
A profession or trade. A business can own multiple establishments.
Related Pages: Goal 6
C
Canola
Oilseed rape of a variety developed in Canada and grown in North America. It yeilds a valuable culinary oil. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1
CAUBO
The Canadian Association of University Business Officers
Related Pages: Goal 11
CB Insights
CB (ChubbyBrain) Insights, provides insights (of course) of the what, where, and why, venture capital money is going. This information helps other companies, VC firms, and other CBclients make investment decisions, product decisions, and company direction plans. (cbinsights.com)
Related Pages: Goal 13
CBRM
Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Related Pages: Goal 18
CETA
Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement
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CFI
Canada Foundation for Innovation
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Churn [/CHərn/]
A rate of change involving loss and addition of employees, companies, etc. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 3
Closure
The act or process of closing something, especially an institution, throughfare, or frontier, or of being closed. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 9
Cohort [co·hort | /ˈkōˌhôrt/]
A group of people banded together or treated as a group. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 2, Goal 7
Commodity/commodities [com· mod· i· ty | \ kə-ˈmä-də-t]
A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Confectionary [con· fec· tion· ary | \ kən-ˈfek-shə-ˌner-ē]
Sweets; a food or candy that has high sugar content (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Contextual [con·text·u·al | /kənˈteksCHo͝oəl/]
Depending on or relating to the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 2, 7, 11
Cornerstones
A feature on which a particular thing depends or is based; a basic element. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 18
Corroboration [cor·rob·o·ra·tion | /kəˌräbəˈrāSH(ə)n/]
Evidence that confirms or supports a statement or theory.
Related Pages: Goal 19
Counter-cyclical [coun· ter· cy· cli· cal | \ ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈsī-kli-kəl]
Contrary to or tending to counteract the fluctuations in an economic cycle. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1
Crustaceans [Crus·ta·cean | /krəˈstāSH(ə)n/]
An arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacea, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle. (Ofxofrd Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
CVCA
Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
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D
Deficits [def· i· cit | \ ˈde-fə-sət
An amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 18
Demographic(s) [dem· o· graph· ic | \ ˌde-mə-ˈgra-fik]
Statistical characteristics of human populations that can be segmented by age, race, religion, gender, income, and education. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 3, Goal 7, Goal 8
Diaspora [di·as·po·ra | /dīˈaspərə/]
Jews living outside Palestine or modern Israel. Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Discriminatory [dis·crim·i·na·to·ry | /dəˈskrimənəˌtôrē/]
Making an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Distillery / Distilleries
A place where liquor or manufactured. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Drivers
Factors
Related Pages: Goal 4
Dwindling [dwin- (d)liŋ]
Gradually diminishing in size, amount or strength. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 5
E
Ecosystem [ec·o·sys·tem | /ˈēkōˌsistəm/]
Something, such as a network of businesses, considered to resemble an ecological ecosystem especially because of its complex interdependent parts. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 13
Employment Rate
Is the number of persons employed in the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2016, expressed as a percentage of the total population aged 15 years and over. The employment rate for a group (age, sex, marital status, geographic area, etc.) is the number of employed persons in that group, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that group.
Related Pages: Goal 8
Enrolment [en· roll | \ in-ˈrōl]
To insert, register, or enter in a list, catalog, or roll. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 3
Entrepreneur [en·tre·pre·neur | /ˌäntrəprəˈnər,ˌäntrəprəˈno͝o(ə)r/]
A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks to do so. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 3
Entrepreneurship Indicators Database
The Entrepreneurship Indicators Database contains an up-to-date and unduplicated count of enterprises in Canada, based on Statistics Canada's Business Register, as well as concepts and definitions from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Eurostat. (Statistics Canada)
Related Pages: Goal 4
Enumeration [enu· mer· a· tion | \ i-ˌn(y)ü-mə-ˈrā-shən]
The act of making or stating a list of things one after the other; also, the list itself. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Establishment [es· tab· lish· ment | \ i-ˈsta-blish-mənt]
A business organization. Differs from a ‘business’ as a business can own multiple establishments.
Related Pages: Goal 6
Ethnic [eth·nic \ /ˈeTHnik/]
Relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
F
FCIs
Financial Condition Indicators
Related Pages: Goal 18
Fishery / Fisheries [fish·er·y | /ˈfiSHərē/]
A place where fish are reared for commercial purposes. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 15
Flatbreads
Flat, thin, often unleavened bread. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Fluctuated [fluc·tu·ate | /ˈfləkCHəˌwāt/]
Rise and fall irregularly in number or amount. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 6
Funders [fun·der | /ˈfəndər/]
A person or organization that provides money for a particular reason. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 11
G
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Related Pages: Goal 19
Guideline
A general rule, principle, or piece of advice. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 18
H
Halibut [hal·i·but | /ˈhaləbət/]
A northern marine fish which is the largest of the flatfishes and widely used for food. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 15
Headline [head·line | /ˈhedˌlīn/]
Denoting or relating to a figure for unemployment based on the unadjusted total number of people out of work, as a percentage of the population. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 4
High-Growth Enterprise/Start-Up
A high-growth enterprise/start up is defined as an enterprise which has average annualized growth in revenues of greater than 20% per year over a three-year period (72.8% growth over three years), and have at least 10 employees at the start of the three-year period.
Related Pages: Goal 4
Higher Education
According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), In the context of R&D statistics, the Higher education sector comprises: All universities, colleges of technology and other institutions providing formal tertiary education programmes (i.e. ISCED levels 5, 6, 7, or 8), whatever their source of finance or legal status. • All research institutes, centres, experimental stations and clinics that have their R&D activities under the direct control of, or are administered by, tertiary education institutions.
Related Pages: Goal 11
Hub(s)
The effective center of an activity, region, or network. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 13
I
In-migration
To move into or come to live in a region, community, or province. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 1
Indicator [in· di· ca· tor | \ ˈin-də-ˌkā-tər]
How far along we are currently to achieving a goal.
Related Pages: Background
Inflow(s) [in·flow | /ˈinˌflō/]
A large amount of money, liquid, or people that moves or is transferred into a place. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1
Infrastructure [in· fra· struc· ture | \ ˈin-frə-ˌstrək-chər]
The system of public works of a country, state or region. Also, the basic framework of a system or organization). (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 18
Input(s)
What is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Interprovincial migration
The migration of persons between two or more provinces. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1
Inuit [In·u·it | /ˈin(y)o͞oit/]
A member of an indigenous people of Northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Inuk [\ i-ˈnük]
A member of the Inuit people. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 8
J
JELF
John Evans Leaders Fund
Related Pages: Goal 11
Jointly
With another person or people; together. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 18
L
Linkage
The action of linking, or the state of being linked or attached to something. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Related Pages: Goal 5
M
Macroeconomic [/ˈmakrōˌekəˈnämik |ˈmakrōˌēkəˈnämik/]
Relating to the branch of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1, Goal 2
Macroeconomic Conditions [makrōˌekəˈnämik | ˈmakrōˌēkəˈnämik/]
The present state of the economy in a country or region.
Related Pages: Goal 1, Goal 2
Median [me·di·an | /ˈmēdēən/]
Being in the middle or an intermediate position. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 13
Methodology
A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Methodology/Methodologies [meth· od· ol· o· gy | \ ˌme-thə-ˈdä-lə-jē]
A body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline: a particular procedure or set of procedures (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Background
MFC
Municipal Finance Corporation
Related Pages: Goal 18
Michelin [MISH-eh-lin]
A French, multinational tire manufacturing company with manufacturing plants in Bridgewater, Granton, and Westville, Nova Scotia.
Related Pages: Goal 5
Migrants [mi·grant | /ˈmīɡrənt/]
A person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1
Mink [/miNGk/]
The small, semiaquatic carnivore resembling the stoat, native to North America and Eurasia. The American Mink is widely farmed for its fur, resulting in it becoming naturalized in many parts of Europe. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 15
Mitigate [mit· i· gate | \ ˈmi-tə-ˌgāt]
To make less severe or painful. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 18
N
NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations exchange
Related Pages: Goal 13
Not on track
A goal is not on track if the current trend is not enough to achieve the target.
Related Pages: Background
Not Progressing
A goal is not progressing if the indicator is moving away from the target or not moving substantially, overall, or in recent periods.
Related Pages: Background
NSCC
Nova Scotia Community College
Related Pages: Background, Goal 11
NSNP
Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) is an immigration stream. Through the NSNP, prospective immigrants who have the skills and experience targeted by Nova Scotia may be nominated to immigrate. (Nova Scotia Immigration)
Related Pages: Goal 3
O
Oilseeds
Any of several seeds from cultivated crops yeilding oil, e.g., rape, peanut, soybean, or cotton. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
On track
A goal is on track if the trend from the baseline to the current value of the indicator would achieve the target if sustained.
Related Pages: Background
Out-migration
To leave one region, community or province in order to settle in another. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 1
Outflow [out·flow | /ˈoutˌflō/]
A large amount of money, liquid, or people that moves or is transferred out of a place. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1
Overshooting
The act of going past or beyond a point, target or limit. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 1
P
Panuke [Pa·nuke]
A lake located in the Central Region of Nova Scotia.
Related Pages: Goal 5
Parity [par· i· ty | \ ˈper-ə-tē]
Equal
Related Pages: Goal 15
Participation Rate
Refers to the labour force in the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2016, expressed as a percentage of the population aged 15 years and over. The participation rate for a group (age, sex, marital status, geographic area, etc.) is the total labour force in that group, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that group.
Related Pages: Goal 8
Per Capita
Per unit of population: by or for each person
Related Pages: Goal 13
Percentage Points [per· cent· age | \ pər-ˈsen-tij]
A unit of one per cent
Related Pages: Goal 7, Goal 9, Goal 19
Postsecondary Attainment [post· sec· ond· ary | \ ˌpōst-ˈse-kən-ˌder-ē] | [at· tain· ment | \ ə-ˈtān-mənt]
The completion of a post-secondary education to obtain postsecondary qualification or postsecondary credentials; the terms 'postsecondary qualifications' or 'postsecondary credentials' include 'trades certificates,' 'college diplomas,' 'university certificates below bachelor level' and 'university degrees. ' The term 'high school diploma' refers to 'secondary (high) school diploma or equivalent. (Statistics Canada)
Related Pages: Goal 10
Predominantly [pre·dom·i·nant·ly | /prəˈdämənəntlē/]
Mainly; for the most part. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 7
Processors
A machine that processes something. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Progressing
A goal is progressing if the indicator is moving substantially closer to the target, overall, or in recent periods.
Related Pages: Background
Prudently [pru· dent | \ ˈprü-dᵊnt]
Acting with or showing care and thought for the future. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 18
PSE
Post-secondary Education
Related Pages: Goal 10
R
R&D
Research and development.
Related Pages: Goal 11, Goal 12
Racially visible
Whether a person belongs to a ‘visible minority’ group as defined by the Employment Equity Act and the population group to which the person belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines ‘visible minorities’ – or in our terminology ‘racially visible’ – as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour". The racially visible population, according to Statistics Canada, consists mainly of: South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Arab, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean and Japanese.” (Statistics Canada)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Racism [rac·ism | /ˈrāˌsizəm/]
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed at a person or people on the basis their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
RBC
Royal Bank of Canada
Related Pages: Goal 19
Refugees [ref·u·gee | /ˌrefyo͝oˈjē/]
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 2
Regulatory [reg· u· late | \ ˈre-gyə-ˌlāt]
To govern or direct, according to rule. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 18
Reliant [re· li· ant | \ ri-ˈlī-ənt]
Dependant on someone or something. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 18
RENs
Regional Enterprise Networks
Related Pages: Goal 18
Repayment
To pay back.
Related Pages: Goal 18
Replicate [rep· li· cate | \ ˈre-plə-ˌkāt]
To make an exact copy of; to reproduce. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 6
Residential [res·i·den·tial | /ˌrezəˈden(t)SH(ə)l/]
Of or relating to residence or living accommodations. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 18
Resurgence [re·sur·gence | /rəˈsərjəns/]
An increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurance. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 5
Retiree [re· tir· ee | \ ri-ˌtī-ˈrē]
A person who has retired from a working or professional career. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 10
Retrospective [ret· ro· spec· tive | \ ˌre-trə-ˈspek-tiv]
Looking back on; dealing with past events or situations. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 19
S
Scallops [scal·lop | /ˈskaləp,ˈskäləp/
An edible, bivalve mollusk with a ribbed, fan-shaped shell. Scallops are widely consumed as food. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 15
Seafood [sea·food | /ˈsēˌfo͞od/]
Edible marine fish and shellfish. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 5, Goal 15
Seed/Angel Stage
In the context of private equity, 'seed stage' refers to the state of a company when it has just been incorporated and its founders are developing their product or service. (NSDAQ)
Related Pages: Goal 13
Shellfish
an aquatic invertebrate animal with a shell. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Sherbet
A frozen dessert made with fruit juice added to milk or cream, egg white, or gelatin. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Short Falls
A failure to meet an expectation or need.
Related Pages: Goal 18
Shrimp
A small, free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently harvested for food. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 15
Skewed [skew | /skyo͞o/]
Distorted from a true value or symmetrical form. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 4
Slumping [slump | /sləmp/]
Undergo a sudden, severe, or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 2
Springboard Atlantic
A Halifax, Nova Scotia-based organization that is designed to grow Atlantic Canada’s innocation economy through collaboration among post-secondary institutions and industry. (springboardatlantic.ca)
Related Pages: Goal 12
Startup
A newly established business.
Related Pages: Goal 13
Steadier [stead·y | /ˈstedē/]
Regular, even, and continuous in development, frequency, or instensity. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 5
Steadiest [stead·y | /ˈstedē/]
Regular, even, and continuous in development, frequency, or intensity. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 11
Stretch Goal
The goals One NS is aiming to achieve by 2024.
Related Pages: Background
Surplus(es) [sur·plus | /ˈsərpləs/]
More than what is needed or used; excess. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 19
Syrian [Syr·i·an | /ˈsirēən]
A native or inhabitant of Syria, or a person of Syrian descent. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 2
Systemic Difficulties [sys· tem· ic | \ si-ˈste-mik]
A problem due to issues within the overall system, rather than an issue with a specific, isolated factor. Systemic issues or difficulties can be alleviated by implementing change to the structure, organization, or policies within a system. (Wikipedia)
Related Pages: Goal 8
T
Tortilla
A thin, round, unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread usually eaten hot with a topping or filling, such meat or cheese. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Tourism [tour·ism | /ˈto͝orˌizəm/]
The commercial organization and operation of vacations and vists to places of interest. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 14
Traditionally [tra·di·tion·al·ly | /trəˈdiSH(ə)n(ə)lē/]
As part of a long-established custom, practice or belief. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
U
Unadjusted [un·ad·just·ed | /ˌənəˈjəstəd/]
Not adjusted or refined, especially of figures or statistics. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Unclear
Not easy to see, hear, or understand. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Uncollected [un· col· lect· ed | \ ˌən-kə-ˈlek-təd]
Not collected; not gathered; not claimed. (Merriam-Webster)
Related Pages: Goal 18
Undepreciated [Un·de·pre·ci·at·ed]
Maintaining value. (Dictionary.com)
Related Pages: Goal 18
Underemployment [un·der·em·ployed | /ˌəndərimˈploid/]
Not having enough paid work, or not doing work that makes full use of a person’s skills and abilities (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 8
Unprocessed
Not treated or made by a special process, especially when involving synthesis or artificial modification.
Related Pages: Goal 16
Related Pages: Goal 4
USD
United States Dollar
Related Pages: Goal 13
V
VC
Venture Capital
Related Pages: Goal 13
W
Winery / Wineries
An establishment where wine is made. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 16
Workforce
The people engaged in or available for work, either in a country or area, or in a particular company or industry. (Oxford Languages)
Related Pages: Goal 10
Working-Age Nova Scotians
Working-age is defined as persons aged 18-64.
Related Pages: Goal 1
Working-Age Population
Persons between the ages of 25 and 64 years old.
Related Pages: Goal 10
Y
Youth
Persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years old.
Related Pages: Goal 9
YoY
Year-over-year
Related Pages: Goal 13