Town of Mahone Bay

What Town of Mahone Bay does

Town of Mahone Bay is a municipal government entity in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, providing core public services to residents and ratepayers within its jurisdictional boundaries. The town operates water and electric utility distribution, waste collection, development permitting, emergency notification services, heritage preservation for approximately 22 designated heritage properties, and community programming. Its services are funded through a public-sector revenue model comprising property taxes, water and electric utility fees, and various municipal service charges, and it does not generate commercial or investor returns.

The town's operational technology stack consists of conventional municipal software: TownSuite for financial management and utility billing, CodeRED for mass emergency alerting, and the Get On Board Mahone Bay community engagement platform (including its Statutory Public Notice portal) to facilitate resident input into municipal decisions. On the energy side, Mahone Bay is a partner in the Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA) joint venture, established in 2014, which underpins regional renewable energy infrastructure including participation in the Ellershouse Wind Farm. The town's most significant recent operational capability addition is the Community Solar Garden, which became operational in January 2024 and is reported to supply approximately 16% of the town's electricity needs.

Strategically, the town has prioritized climate and clean-energy transition despite a small administrative footprint of 1-10 staff. It launched an Electric Vehicle Charging Pilot Program, created a Climate and Energy Program Manager role on a two-year term, and invested in heritage-preservation governance through Land Use Bylaw amendments. These moves indicate a deliberate operational diversification within the constraints of a small municipal budget and fixed population base.

Name

Town of Mahone Bay

Legal name

Town of Mahone Bay

Website

https://townofmahonebay.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Town of Mahone Bay is a municipal government in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, delivering water and electric utilities, waste collection, development permitting, heritage preservation, and emergency services to local residents, funded primarily through property taxes and utility fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Waste Collection (56211), Solid Waste Collection (562111), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Wastewater Collection (Sewer Networks) (BPALAMAA), Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations (EUAIAAAF)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Water and electric utilities
• Solid waste collection
• Development and building permits
• Heritage preservation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mahone Bay

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Property Taxes: Annual property tax collection from residential and commercial properties within municipal boundaries
2. Water Utility Services: Monthly water utility billing to residents and businesses
3. Electric Utility Services: Monthly electric utility billing, partially powered by municipally-owned solar garden and wind farm
4. Service Fees: Fees for permits, dog registration, civic address signs ($14), and various administrative services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Town of Mahone Bay is a municipal government providing essential public services to residents and local businesses within town boundaries, including water and electric utilities, solid waste collection, road and stormwater infrastructure, development and building permits, emergency preparedness (CodeRED alerts), heritage preservation, parks and greenspaces maintenance, and community programs. Operations are funded through property taxes, monthly utility billing, and service/permit fees, with renewable energy integration via the Community Solar Garden and AREA wind partnership.

Product overview

The Town of Mahone Bay operates as a municipal government offering a comprehensive portfolio of public services and infrastructure management. Core offerings include municipal administration, public works (encompassing electric utility, water utility, solid waste collection, stormwater, streets/roads, and parks), development and building services, emergency services, and heritage preservation. The municipality operates its own electric utility integrated with renewable energy sources including a Community Solar Garden and Ellershouse Wind Farm partnership. Community engagement is facilitated through the Get on Board Mahone Bay platform. The town maintains 22 registered heritage properties and provides emergency notifications via the CodeRED system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal Administration Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 16% of electricity from solar garden since January 2024

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014AREA is a municipally owned company formed in 2014 by the Towns of Antigonish, Berwick, and Mahone Bay to pool resources of their municipal electric utilities. This partnership enabled the development of the Ellershouse Wind Farm (owned by the three partner municipalities) and the Community Solar Garden projects. AREA has developed commercial solar for 20 rural municipalities across Nova Scotia through the Solar for Community Buildings Program.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Municipality of the District of East Hants: Nova Scotia rural/suburban municipal government providing in-house water, wastewater, and solid-waste collection with a development-permitting and heritage-preservation mandate analogous to Mahone Bay's.
• Town of Antigonish: Nova Scotia small-town municipality and AREA joint-venture partner (2014) for renewable energy; operates a municipal electric utility and shares the Ellershouse Wind Farm and Community Solar Garden infrastructure with Mahone Bay.
• Town of Lunenburg: Adjacent South Shore Nova Scotia UNESCO heritage town of similar population; provides municipal water, wastewater, solid waste, and recreation services with comparable governance scale and tourism-driven economy.
• Town of Bridgewater: Larger nearby South Shore Nova Scotia municipal government providing electric utility, water/wastewater, solid waste, and development services; useful scaling benchmark for Mahone Bay's operating model.
• Town of Yarmouth: South Shore-adjacent Nova Scotia coastal municipality running municipal water, sewer, and solid-waste services with a ferry-tourism economy comparable in scale and seasonality.
• Town of Wolfville: Nova Scotia small-town municipal government of comparable size offering water, wastewater, recreation, planning, and electric-light utility services with a similar university/heritage/tourism economic mix.
• Municipality of the District of Chester: Neighbouring Nova Scotia coastal municipality delivering water, wastewater, solid waste, and emergency services to a similar South Shore demographic of residents and seasonal properties.
• Town of Pictou: Small Nova Scotia coastal municipality providing a comparable bundle of water, sewer, solid waste, and planning services with heritage-tourism adjacency similar to Mahone Bay.
• Town of Berwick: Third AREA partner municipality with comparable population and municipal electric utility operations; shares governance, financing, and renewable asset exposure with Mahone Bay.

Regional players

• Town of Sackville: New Brunswick small-town municipal government of comparable population and university/heritage character that delivers the same in-house municipal service bundle (water, wastewater, solid waste, planning, recreation) outside Nova Scotia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@TownofMahoneBayInc/streams
• Facebookfacebook.com/TownofMahoneBay
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/town-of-mahone-bay

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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