The following twenty-six Nova Scotia lighthouses were designated by the Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada:
- Bear River - Location: Bear River, Digby, Nova Scotia
- Black Rock Point - Location: Victoria County, Nova Scotia
- Boars Head - Location: Digby, Nova Scotia
- Brier Island - Location: Brier Island, Nova Scotia
- Cape George - Location: Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
- Cape George - Location: Bras d'Or Lake, Richmond County, Cape Breton
- Cape St. Marys - Location: Clare, Nova Scotia
- Coldspring Head - Location: Northport, Nova Scotia
- Enragée Point - Location: Chéticamp Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- Gillis Point - Location: Gillis Point, Nova Scotia
- Grand Passage - Location: Brier Island, Nova Scotia
- Isaacs Harbour - Location: District of Guysborough, Nova Scotia
- Margaree Harbour Front Range - Location: Margaree Harbour, Inverness, Cape Breton
- Margaree Harbour Back Range - Location: Margaree Harbour, Inverness, Cape Breton
- Margaretsville - Location: Margaretsville, Annapolis County, Nova Socita
- Neil Harbour - Location: Victoria County, Nova Scotia
- Peter Island - Location: St Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia
- Pictou Island South - Location: Pictou Island, Nova Scotia
- Port Mouton - Location: Port Mouton, Nova Scotia
- Prim Point - Location: Digby, Nova Scotia
- Queensport - Location: Rook Island, Nova Scotia
- Schafner Point - Location: County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia
- St. Paul Island Southwest - Location: Dingwall, Cape Breton NS
- Terence Bay - Location: Terence Bay, Nova Scotia
- Victoria Beach - Location: Battery Point, Nova Scotia
- Wallace Harbour Sector - Location: County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia
For details of the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act (HLPA) and its implications: