| Official Name: | Freeport |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Nova Scotia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Freeport, Nova Scotia |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 275 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Digby |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Digby |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1784 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.57 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 217 |
| Population Density Km2: | 28.7 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 44.2742°N -66.3217°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Max M: | 5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal code |
| Postal Code: | B0V 1B0 |
| Area Code: | 902 |
| Blank Name: | Telephone Exchange |
| Blank Info: | 839 |
| Blank1 Name: | NTS Map |
| Blank1 Info: | 021B08 |
| Blank2 Name: | GNBC Code |
| Blank2 Info: | CAMZW |
| Website: | www.freeportnovascotia.ca |
Freeport is a village in Digby County, Nova Scotia and it is located on Long Island in the Bay of Fundy.
At the end of Digby Neck on Long Island, Freeport is a working fishing village nestled around tidal basin. This area is great for bird watching, beach combing, hiking trails, birds, whale watching, gift shops, accommodations, restaurants, and unique flora and fauna.
Loyalists founded Freeport in 1784 establishing fishing and trading industries. Prior to this it had been inhabited by the Mi'kmaq First Nation.
Place names such as Petit Passage, Grand Passage and the Saint Mary's Bay can be attributed to the French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, who first visited the area in 1604. However, the village itself was most likely named for Freeport, Maine, or because the water of and surrounding the harbour does not freeze during winter due to extreme tidal fluctuations, making it free from ice.[1] Well known Black Loyalist, Rose Fortune is believed to have lived here in 1795, giving birth to one of her children.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Freeport had a population of 217 living in 113 of its 138 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 223. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
The community is the final destination of Brad Pitt in the movie World War Z (2013), although this scene was not filmed in Freeport, but Lulworth Cove in the UK.