Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is the sole distributor and runs all retail outlets selling alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
except for four private wine specialty shops and, in rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
areas where there is not an NSLC location, 23 private "agency" liquor stores.
Important dates:
- 1930 created through the Liquor Control Act as the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission.
- 1946 responsibility for licensing sites selling alcolholic beverages (e.g. bars and restaurants) transferred to the Tavern License Committee (now named Liquor License Board)
- 1995 the Gaming Control Act made NSLC part of the Alcohol and Gaming Authority
- 2001 was changed from a Commission to a Crown corporation and renamed the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation.