In dieser Liste sind die Träger des Order of Nova Scotia chronologisch aufgeführt.
- Robert Arnold Burden, M.D.C.M., L.M.C.C.
- David Alexander Colville, P.C., C.C.
- Shirley Burnham Elliott, M.A., S.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
- Hugh Allan (Buddy) MacMaster, C.M., LL.D.
- Schwester Dorothy Moore, C.M., M.Ed, L.L.D., C.S.M., B.Ed., B.A.
- Mayann Francis (als Vizegouverneurin von Nova Scotia)
- George Elliott Clarke, BA, MA, Ph.D.
- Joan Dillon, L.L.D.
- Ian Simon Fraser, O.M.M., C.D., D.C.L., B.A.
- Alida (Cora) de Jong Greenaway, C.M., D.F.A., D.Hum.L., F.R.S.A.(U.K.)
- Ronald Daniel Stewart, O.C., BA, B.Sc, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.R.C.P.C., D.Sc (hon)
- Joyce Carman Barkhouse
- Peter Stephen Clarke
- Thomas De Vany Forrestall, C.M., R.C.A., LL.D.
- Flora Isabel MacDonald, P.C., C.C., O.Ont., LL.D.
- William D. Stanish, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C), F.A.C.S.
- F. Wayne Adams, C.M., D.C.L., C.C., E.C.N.S.
- Sir (Judson) Graham Day, J.D., LL.D.
- Bruce MacKinnon, D.Litt.
- Joseph Benjamin Marshall, LL.B.
- Budge Wilson, C.M., LL.D.