The road
Casino Nova Scotia from end to end
Nova Scotia has a casino at each end of one long road, on the Halifax waterfront and on George Street in Sydney. This page follows the map's road line town by town, measuring every distance as a straight line between map points.
Written by the road teamChecked October 14, 2026
Highways 118, 102, 104 and 4
The road line on the map leaves the Halifax casino and crosses through Dartmouth on Highway 118. It joins Highway 102 and runs north to Truro. There it takes Highway 104, the Trans-Canada, heading east. New Glasgow and Antigonish lie along this stretch, and then the road crosses the Canso Causeway.
On Cape Breton Island the line stays on Highway 104. Then it follows Highway 4 along East Bay into Sydney, ending at the casino on George Street. A routing service found this line on OpenStreetMap roads. It is one way to make the drive, not the only one. Other routes across the province exist, and this guide does not rank them.
Towns along the line
- Dartmouth, Cole Harbour, Westphal, Fall River and Windsor Junction sit on the Halifax edge of the line, all within 6 km of it.
- Stewiacke comes next, then Truro, 82 km from the Halifax casino and 255 km from Sydney's as the crow flies.
- Westville, New Glasgow, Trenton and Stellarton follow, New Glasgow sitting 127 km in a straight line from Halifax's casino and 200 km from Sydney's.
- Antigonish lies 165 km from the Halifax casino and 151 km from the Sydney casino as the crow flies.
- Mulgrave and Port Hawkesbury sit at the Strait of Canso, near the mainland and island ends of the causeway.
Over the strait to Cape Breton
The Canso Causeway carries the road across the Strait of Canso. On one side is mainland Nova Scotia, on the other Cape Breton Island. Mulgrave sits near the mainland end. Port Hawkesbury sits near the island end, where the line stays on Highway 104.
As the crow flies, the causeway is 202 km from the Halifax casino. From the Sydney casino the figure is 110 km. Both are straight lines between map points. The road itself runs longer on each side, and the guide does not put a time on either stretch.
Straight lines, longer roads
Between the two casinos the straight-line distance is 312 km, measured from the Halifax building to the Sydney one. Roads are longer than that line. Every figure on this guide is taken as the crow flies between map points, and no driving times are given. The map line itself was found by a routing service on OpenStreetMap roads.
The tool on this page takes any town from its list and measures it against both casinos. It also opens directions in Google Maps for the actual road.
Measure your town
Pick any town in the list: the map draws two straight lines, one to each casino, and gives both lengths with a link for directions.
| Town | To Halifax casino | To Sydney casino |
|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 3 km | 310 km |
| Cole Harbour | 7 km | 304 km |
| Westphal | 10 km | 302 km |
| Fall River | 19 km | 306 km |
| Windsor Junction | 16 km | 308 km |
| Stewiacke | 57 km | 269 km |
| Truro | 82 km | 255 km |
| Westville | 122 km | 205 km |
| New Glasgow | 127 km | 200 km |
| Trenton | 130 km | 198 km |
| Stellarton | 124 km | 202 km |
| Antigonish | 165 km | 151 km |
| Mulgrave | 202 km | 110 km |
| Port Hawkesbury | 204 km | 107 km |
| Sydney Forks | 300 km | 12 km |
| Sydney River | 307 km | 4 km |
Straight lines between map points, not road kilometres.
| Town | Halifax casino | Sydney casino |
|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 3 km | 310 km |
| Cole Harbour | 7 km | 304 km |
| Westphal | 10 km | 302 km |
| Fall River | 19 km | 306 km |
| Windsor Junction | 16 km | 308 km |
| Stewiacke | 57 km | 269 km |
| Truro | 82 km | 255 km |
| Westville | 122 km | 205 km |
| New Glasgow | 127 km | 200 km |
| Trenton | 130 km | 198 km |
| Stellarton | 124 km | 202 km |
| Antigonish | 165 km | 151 km |
| Mulgrave | 202 km | 110 km |
| Port Hawkesbury | 204 km | 107 km |
| Sydney Forks | 300 km | 12 km |
| Sydney River | 307 km | 4 km |
| Halifax | 1 km | 313 km |
| Eastern Passage | 8 km | 308 km |
| Bedford | 11 km | 312 km |
| Lower Sackville | 16 km | 312 km |
| Middle Sackville | 21 km | 313 km |
| Upper Sackville | 25 km | 315 km |
| Windsor | 58 km | 333 km |
| Hantsport | 66 km | 333 km |
| Lunenburg | 66 km | 377 km |
| Mahone Bay | 68 km | 378 km |
| Wolfville | 79 km | 345 km |
| Bridgewater | 81 km | 391 km |
| Kentville | 87 km | 355 km |
| Berwick | 101 km | 374 km |
| Parrsboro | 102 km | 331 km |
| Liverpool | 114 km | 425 km |
| Springhill | 116 km | 304 km |
| Middleton | 122 km | 402 km |
| Oxford | 122 km | 287 km |
| Pictou | 133 km | 201 km |
| Bridgetown | 137 km | 423 km |
| Amherst | 140 km | 312 km |
| Annapolis Royal | 154 km | 443 km |
| Lockeport | 162 km | 473 km |
| Shelburne | 171 km | 482 km |
| Digby | 173 km | 466 km |
| Clark's Harbour | 212 km | 523 km |
| Canso | 217 km | 109 km |
| Yarmouth | 222 km | 531 km |
| Inverness | 249 km | 86 km |
| Wagmatcook First Nation | 261 km | 56 km |
| Eskasoni First Nation | 274 km | 38 km |
| Sydney | 311 km | 0 km |
| North Sydney | 312 km | 9 km |
| Sydney Mines | 315 km | 11 km |
| Louisbourg | 316 km | 29 km |
| New Waterford | 325 km | 15 km |
| Dominion | 327 km | 15 km |
| Glace Bay | 330 km | 19 km |
Before you set off
- Measured in a straight line, is Antigonish nearer Sydney's casino or Halifax's?
- It is closer to the Sydney casino. As the crow flies, Antigonish is 151 km from the Sydney casino and 165 km from the Halifax casino. Antigonish is the first town on the line where that holds.
- Which highway crosses the Canso Causeway?
- On the map's road line, Highway 104, the Trans-Canada, crosses the causeway. The line stays on Highway 104 on Cape Breton Island before turning onto Highway 4 along East Bay.
- How long does the drive take?
- This guide gives no driving times. It measures straight lines between map points, such as the 312 km between the two casinos. Roads run longer than those lines.