The following dataset contains financial information about the annual operating grant provided to Nova Scotia's publicly funded universities (from 2008-09 to 2025-26 fiscal year) and the Nova Scotia Community College (from 2012-13 to 2025-2026 fiscal year). The operating grant value is expressed in current dollars. It also includes the value of any time-value discounts applied to an institution's operating grant within the year due an institution's request for alternative payment arrangements (disbursement of their grant in any manner other than a monthly reoccurring payment).