We live in the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people
Construction of Forbes Lake in 1912
Forbes Lake was developed into a 72-hectare reservoir in 1912 and is operated by the New Glasgow Water Utility. The Town of New Glasgow owns the Water Utility which provides water throughout the Town. The New Glasgow Water Utility sells water to the Town of Westville, portions of the Municipality of the County of Pictou, and selected industries and residential customers in the Town of Trenton. In 2003, the area surrounding Forbes Lake was designated by the Province as the Forbes Lake Watershed Protected Water Area Regulations.
The Water Treatment Plant is a Dissolved Air Flotation Plant and was the largest of its kind in Eastern Canada at the time of construction in August 2000. The facility serves a population of about 15 000 people and has a daily average consumption of 8200 m3/day. The Water Treatment Plant has exceeded Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines for 9 consecutive years.
Contact Info
Helpful Links
The Town of New Glasgow’s planning and development staff manage a wide range of planning and development processes including:
- Rezoning applications
- Development agreement applications
- Subdivision applications
- Variance applications
- Zoning confirmations
- Administration of building and development permits applications
- Civic number coordination
Additional duties include advising Council, Committees of Council as well as other Town Departments on planning and development related topics that are important to growing our community.
Planning & development staff include Building Official Mike McKenzie, CBO-II/CRBO, and Development Officer Kaila Reid, P.Eng, with additional support provided through Public Works and Engineering staff.
Planning & Development Documents
Land Use Policies
- pdf Inter-municipal Planning Strategy(2.25 MB)
- pdf Inter-municipal Secondary Planning Strategies(271 KB)
- pdf New Glasgow Generalized Future Land Use Zoning Map(2.33 MB)
Land Use Provision
- pdf Land Use Bylaw(4.34 MB)
- pdf New Glasgow Land Use Bylaw Zoning Map(2.34 MB)
- pdf Common Land Use Bylaw Part 16 Schedules(3.96 MB)
- pdf Common Land Use Bylaw Part 16 Schedule D(2.60 MB)
Land Subdivision
- Subdivision Underlying Lots
- pdf New Glasgow Subdivision Bylaw(378 KB)
- Subdivision-Application-Form.pdf
Documents included here are prepared for convenience only. To ensure accurate referencing, original documents are available by contacting the Town of New Glasgow Public Works and Engineering Office at
Building & Development Permit Applications
- pdf Town of New Glasgow Permit Application(144 KB)
- pdf Development and Building Resource Links(110 KB)
Inquiries regarding Planning and Development can be submitted to Kaila Reid at
For all building code inquiries or to arrange an inspection, please contact Building Inspector Mike McKenzie at
