| Official Name: | Ballantynes Cove |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated Community |
| Pushpin Map: | Nova Scotia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ballantynes Cove, Nova Scotia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Antigonish County |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1810 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.8597°N -61.9208°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal code |
| Postal Code: | B2G 2L2 |
| Area Code: | 902 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | NTS Map |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 011F13 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | GNBC code |
| Blank Info Sec2: | CABKW |
Ballantyne's Cove [1] [2] is a community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada, lying on a small cove of the same name at the north-western end of St. George's Bay. The community and cove are named for one of its early settlers, David Ballantyne, a lowland Scotsman and British soldier who served in the 82nd regiment during the American Revolution and who received a grant for military service.[3] He settled in the area around 1810, taking up 1000 acres of land on the south side of the cape. He died in 1840.[2]
Ballantyne's Cove shelters a Small Craft Harbour, managed by the Harbour Authority of Ballantyne's Cove[4] which is a principal trading point for Japanese merchants looking for sushi-grade Atlantic bluefin tuna.[5] The harbour also hosts a 40 slip marina on floating docks with showers, washrooms, laundry facilities and fuel in addition to Ballantyne's Cove Bluefin Tuna Interpretive Centre as well as Ballantyne's Cove Beach. "Fish and Ships" (a take out restaurant) is located on-site as well.
Ballantyne's Cove, Cape George and Livingstone Cove encompass the area locally known as "The Cape."[6]