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Northern Healthy Connections Society (NHCS) is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and judgment-free environment for everyone.
Through a harm reduction approach, NHCS provides programs, services, and support that meet people where they are at. We recognize that everyone’s experiences, needs, and goals are different, and we are here to offer support without judgment.
NHCS continues to provide services and support to people living with a substance dependency, as well as to the wider community.
Come see us at our new location!
25 Revere Street
Truro, NS B2N 3J9
About Northern Healthy Connections Society
NHCS is a community-based, non-profit organization in Truro, Nova Scotia. Originally beginning as a Resource Center for people living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Nova Scotia, NHCS has grown to support people who use substances and people impacted by substance use. We provide safer substance-use supplies and other harm reduction services to help reduce the risk of HIV, Hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs).
Our Harm Reduction Services:
- Needle Distribution and Disposal
- Mobile Outreach
- Community programs – detailed on the Programs section of this website
- Vast library of resources related to safer substance use; safer sex; treatment of Hepatitis C, HIV, and other STBBIs; and many more subjects
- Diversity and 2SLGBTQIA+ support
- Overdose awareness and prevention
- Referral to local treatment programs
- Naloxone training and free Naloxone kits
Resource Library
On-site information and resources available on a variety of topics.
Additional resources on a number of topics can be ordered by registering for a free account with CATIE.
Fixed-Site/Mobile Outreach
25 Revere Street, Truro NS
Open 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Monday – Friday
Admin and On-site: (902) 895-0931
Mobile Outreach: 902-956-3965
Service Delivery Station
Offering Harm Reduction supplies that are sterile and safe.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, 2026.
Together, we honoured the people we have lost, connected with our community, and shared in a day of remembrance and learning.
For the first time, the Truro Public Library was lit up purple as a meaningful symbol of solidarity in our community.