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Maple sugaring in Hants, Nova Scotia

Hants is a county in Nova Scotia. Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Agriculture counted 8 farms reporting maple taps here (taps withheld by Statistics Canada). Around Enfield - Lantz, sap usually runs from March 14 to April 16. Here's the long-run pattern, 35 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 158 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Mar 14
weather estimate
Season ends
Apr 16
about 5 weeks
Sap days / season
42.7
1991–2025 average
Taps, 2021
withheld
by Statistics Canada

Sap-flow outlook at Enfield - Lantz right now

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Forecast for Enfield - Lantz, NS

Updated Oct 7, 10:00 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Hants's season usually opens around March 14, which is 158 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 0 °C

  1. ThuOct 8
    8° / 18°
    No refreeze forecast
  2. FriOct 9
    9° / 18°
    No refreeze forecast
  3. SatOct 10
    9° / 13°
    No refreeze forecast
  4. SunOct 11
    5° / 14°
    No refreeze forecast
  5. MonOct 12
    9° / 15°
    No refreeze forecast
  6. TueOct 13
    9° / 13°
    No refreeze forecast

Data: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Verdicts use freeze-thaw thresholds from maple field research; your woods may run a little differently.

When the sap runs

The sugaring calendar at Enfield - Lantz

Freeze-thaw weather at Enfield - Lantz peaks in the weeks of Mar 2 to Apr 13, which hold about 44% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month. Typical dates are a weather estimate (no official season record for this province): the median of this division's own weather signals.
Typical season: Mar 14 – Apr 160246Week of Dec 1: 2.0 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 1.2 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 1.2 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 3.2 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 2.8 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 1.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.3 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.0 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Mar 14
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Enfield - Lantz, 1991–2025 (Daymet temperatures). A sap day is an overnight low under −1 °C (30.2 °F) followed by an afternoon high over +3 °C (37.4 °F). The shaded band is the typical season.

Year-to-year spread

Opening signal
Median Mar 14; the middle half of seasons fell between Mar 8 and Mar 19. Earliest Feb 23 (1999), latest Mar 31 (2015).
Closing signal
Median Apr 16; middle half between Apr 8 and Apr 21. Earliest Mar 26 (1998), latest May 2 (1992).
Sap days by month
Dec19%Jan14%Feb15%Mar28%Apr22%May1%

35 seasons of sap weather

Hants seasons, 1991–2025

The best sap year at Enfield - Lantz was 1991 with 63 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2006 with 24. Seasons that start early tend to end early too: the trees run on the swing between freezing nights and mild days, and heat ends it.
JanFebMarAprMaysap days20252025: Mar 10 – Apr 12, 41 sap days4120242024: Mar 5 – Apr 4, 42 sap days4220232023: Mar 9 – Apr 10, 46 sap days4620222022: Mar 6 – Apr 7, 35 sap days3520212021: Mar 3 – Mar 30, 34 sap days3420202020: Mar 19 – Apr 23, 58 sap days5820192019: Mar 16 – Apr 18, 42 sap days4220182018: Mar 17 – Apr 16, 55 sap days5520172017: Mar 12 – Apr 10, 47 sap days4720162016: Mar 10 – Apr 12, 54 sap days5420152015: Mar 31 – Apr 20, 40 sap days4020142014: Mar 12 – Apr 10, 36 sap days3620132013: Mar 16 – Apr 18, 48 sap days4820122012: Mar 2 – Apr 5, 53 sap days5320112011: Mar 19 – Apr 23, 39 sap days3920102010: Feb 27 – Mar 29, 32 sap days3220092009: Mar 20 – Apr 21, 46 sap days4620082008: Mar 14 – Apr 18, 40 sap days4020072007: Mar 18 – Apr 22, 38 sap days3820062006: Feb 25 – Mar 29, 24 sap days2420052005: Mar 16 – Apr 19, 46 sap days4620042004: Mar 25 – Apr 27, 31 sap days3120032003: Mar 24 – Apr 21, 41 sap days4120022002: Mar 10 – Apr 12, 45 sap days4520012001: Mar 27 – May 1, 44 sap days4420002000: Feb 25 – Mar 29, 45 sap days4519991999: Feb 23 – Mar 28, 54 sap days5419981998: Mar 3 – Mar 26, 30 sap days3019971997: Mar 28 – Apr 28, 45 sap days4519961996: Mar 13 – Apr 15, 40 sap days4019951995: Mar 16 – Apr 19, 41 sap days4119941994: Mar 10 – Apr 9, 38 sap days3819931993: Mar 16 – Apr 16, 39 sap days3919921992: Mar 28 – May 2, 42 sap days4219911991: Mar 18 – Apr 20, 63 sap days63
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily Daymet temperatures at Enfield - Lantz. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Hants in the Census of Agriculture

Statistics Canada counts the farms that report maple taps in its Census of Agriculture every five years. In 2021 it counted 8 in Hants; in 2016, 15 farms and 818 taps.

Over the five years the farm count changed −47%. Statistics Canada cautions that 2021 and 2016 are not strictly comparable: the census-farm definition changed in 2021, and farms were assigned to their main location more strictly.

Statistics Canada doesn't publish syrup volume by census division, so the Canadian pages show farms and taps, not gallons or litres.

Hants maple production, 2016 and 2021 (Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarms reporting tapsTaps
20218withheld by Statistics Canada
201615818
  • "Withheld by Statistics Canada": Statistics Canada suppressed the value as too unreliable to publish (F). The farm count is still published.

Nearby

Neighboring maple divisions

Distances are between reference towns; typical dates are each division's own estimate.

About these numbers

The season dates are estimated from 35 seasons of daily high and low temperatures for the Daymet 1-km grid cell at Enfield - Lantz, the division's largest population centre in the 2021 Census; the cell sits at 21 m (69 ft). Each day is scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast: a sap day is an overnight low under −1 °C (30.2 °F) followed by an afternoon high over +3 °C (37.4 °F). A season's closing signal is the last sap day before accumulated warmth reaches a threshold, and the opening signal sits 35 days before that, never earlier than the first real freeze-thaw week. The rule was calibrated on 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates in the US and is applied here unchanged. Nova Scotia has no official season record, so the typical dates are a weather estimate. Production figures are copied from Statistics Canada as published. Full method, the Daymet checks and the Quebec validation → Run a sugarhouse here? Put this sap forecast on your own website →

Sources · 7

  1. 1.Maple taps, Census of Agriculture, 2021 (Table 32-10-0362-01) · Statistics Canada
  2. 2.Maple taps, Census of Agriculture, 2011 and 2016 (Table 32-10-0423-01) · Statistics Canada
  3. 3.Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1 · ORNL DAAC
  4. 4.Sap flow in sugar maple: timing and weather drivers (Frontiers in Agronomy, 2025) · de Lima Santos et al.
  5. 5.2021 Census cartographic boundary files (census divisions, population centres) · Statistics Canada
  6. 6.Population and dwelling counts, 2021 Census (Tables 98-10-0002-01 and 98-10-0011-01) · Statistics Canada
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  1. 7.GeoNames geographical database (CA) · GeoNames

Licences and attribution

  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture 2021 and 2016 (Tables 32-10-0362-01 and 32-10-0423-01), 2021 Census population and dwelling counts (Tables 98-10-0002-01 and 98-10-0011-01) and 2021 Census cartographic boundary files. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Thornton, M.M., R. Shrestha, Y. Wei, P.E. Thornton, S-C. Kao, and B.E. Wilson. 2022. Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2129
  • Place coordinates: GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0.

FAQ

Hants sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Hants, Nova Scotia?
In a typical year the sap starts running around March 14 near Enfield - Lantz and the season winds down around April 16. Have your taps in a day or two before the first forecast string of nights below −1 °C and days above +3 °C. In the past 35 seasons the weather signal came as early as Feb 23 and as late as Mar 31.
How much maple syrup does Hants produce?
Statistics Canada doesn't publish syrup volume by census division. Its 2021 Census of Agriculture counted 8 farms reporting maple taps in Hants; the tap count was withheld by Statistics Canada.
How many sap days does Hants get in a season?
On average 42.7 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Enfield - Lantz, of which about 19.4 are textbook days with a night between about −7 and −2 °C and a day between 4 and 9 °C. The best season since 1991 was 1991 (63 sap days); the leanest was 2006 (24).
Where do these dates come from?
From 35 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Enfield - Lantz (Daymet 1-km grid), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast. Nova Scotia has no official season record, so they are a weather estimate. They describe a typical year at one point in the division; your sugarbush, slope and elevation can shift them by days.

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