Celebrating 25 years on the green at Fox Harb’r Resort

May 9, 2025

Built by a Nova Scotian entrepreneur also known for starting Canada’s favourite coffee chain, this year marks a quarter of a century of operations for Fox Harb’r Resort. Featuring five-star golfing, luxury accommodations, wellness services and other amenities, the resort attracts visitors from across the continent. To celebrate 25 years and solidify its reputation as a premier tourist destination, Fox Harb’r Resort recently launched expansions to its courses, spa and places to stay.

Nova Scotia’s Fox Harb’r Resort Expands Its Golf Offering

May 9, 2025

Fox Harb’r Resort in Nova Scotia has unveiled its newest golf course, the first stage of a wider plan to develop two distinct 18-hole courses on Canada’s Atlantic coast.

The newly opened Ocean Course comprises a brand new nine and a revamp of nine existing holes on the property. Overseen by Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom, in a collaboration between two of Canada’s top golf course architects (the pair are responsible for more than 10 courses each on lists of Canada’s best), the Ocean is part of a renewed investment to coincide with the resort’s 25th anniversary.

Fox Harb’r in Nova Scotia unveils reimagined Ocean course

May 8, 2025

Fox Harb’r Resort in Nova Scotia, Canada, has unveiled its reimagined Ocean course.

The revamped Ocean course is part of a plan, developed by Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom, to create two distinct 18-hole layouts. Work on the Ocean course includes nine new holes and reshaping the existing nine. The second layout, Vineyard, will be made in a similar fashion.

Fox Harb’r Resort Officially Opens New Ocean Course with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

May 8, 2025

Fox Harb’r Resort marked a historic milestone with the official grand opening of its new Ocean Course. This event is a major achievement not only for the resort itself but also for Canadian golf and the Atlantic Canada tourism industry as a whole. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, which took place yesterday, was attended by prominent figures including the Honourable David Ritcey, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism, and Heritage, along with Steven Joyce, resort owner; Kevin Toth, President of Fox Harb’r Resort; and renowned Canadian golf architects Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom.

First nine holes of 36-hole Fox Harb’r golf construction project open for play

May 8, 2025

The first nine holes of a new course under construction at Fox Harb’r resort in Nova Scotia have opened for play.

It completes the first of four phases with another 27 holes still under construction.

CTV News reports the 36-hole project could make the Wallace area a destination course.

Golf Travel: Ocean Course at Fox Harb’r Resort Officially Opens

May 8, 2025

The pace of golf course development has slowed in recent years, making any new golf course opening fairly significant occasion here in Canada.

Yesterday, on their 25th anniversary year, Nova Scotia’s Fox Harb’r Resort officially opened their new nine-hole Ocean Course. It will be blended with an existing 9 holes to provide an eighteen hole layout, as work progresses towards having 36 holes on property by 2027. It’s a significant moment for the province’s golf business, which has continued to blossom in recent years, boosting tourism in the process.

Nine-hole golf course opens at N.S. coastal resort

May 7, 2025

The first nine holes of a new golf course at the prestigious Fox Harb’r Resort just outside of Wallace, N.S., opened Wednesday, marking the completion of phase one of a four-phase project.

The project, which is three years in the making, is expected to significantly boost tourism in the area. Steven Joyce, CEO of Fox Harb’r, anticipates attracting a much wider audience.

Fox Harb’r Resort Officially Opens New Ocean Course with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

May 7, 2025

Fox Harb’r Resort celebrated the official opening of its new Ocean Course today, marking a significant moment for Canadian golf and Atlantic Canada’s tourism economy. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on-site, attended by the Honourable David Ritcey, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, along with resort owner Steven Joyce, President Kevin Toth, and Canadian golf architects Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom.

Nova Scotia’s Fox Harb’r Resort debuts new ocean golf course and luxury spa

April 9, 2025

As Nova Scotia gains ground as one of Canada’s top golf destinations, Fox Harb’r Resort, Eastern Canada’s only Four Diamond, Five-Star resort, is marking its 25th anniversary with a sweeping transformation designed to elevate the guest experience on and off the course.

Ocean Course at Fox Harb’r Resort to open in May

March 13, 2025

Fox Harb’r Resort in Canada is preparing to open a new championship course designed by two of the country’s top golf architects, Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom. The opening of the Ocean Course in May will mark the first phase of a major golf transformation at the Nova Scotia-based resort, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025.

Fox Harb’r Resort To Unveil Major Golf Expansion

March 12, 2025

Fox Harb’r Resort is redefining luxury golf in Canada with a multi-million dollar expansion, debuting the highly anticipated Ocean Course on May 8, 2025. Designed by Canada’s top golf architects, Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom, this marks the first phase of a visionary golf transformation at the celebrated Nova Scotia resort, which is commemorating its 25th anniversary.

Forget the Hamptons. Why In-the-Know Travelers Are Road-Tripping in Nova Scotia

July 12, 2024

Vacationers who return every summer to holiday hubs like the Hamptons and Nantucket might want to look a little farther north. Nova Scotia, with its dramatic coastline and sparse crowds, beckons.
The Canadian province has seen a spike in interest since the Covid-19 pandemic. To best experience it, rent a car in Halifax, pick a direction and drive. Here, four road trips you can take individually or string together for one mega adventure.

The five best golf courses in Nova Scotia

Mar 20, 2024

Fox Harb’r Resort, designed by Graham Cooke, is a testament to luxury golf in Nova Scotia. The course is part of a comprehensive resort and offers a mix of parkland and links-style holes, with immaculate fairways and greens that demand precision. Set against the Northumberland Strait, the course offers breathtaking ocean views and a peaceful setting that exemplifies the beauty of Nova Scotia’s shores.

The Dol-as Spa Experience

Feb 16, 2024

Finding rest and relaxation at the Dol-as Spa at Fox Harb’r Resort, in Nova Scotia. Where you will find East Coast personalized hospitality, within the holistic wellness centre, where we focus on the customer…

Fox Harb’r showcases a taste of Canada

Oct 26, 2023

Fox Harb’r Resort is Showcasing the Best of Nova Scotia and Canadian Wine.  The bountifulness of Nova Scotia food and drink was an eye opener when I came here. Whether you are guest coming from overseas or around the corner, we want to put the best of Nova Scotia forward…..” ​

Canada’s Flourishing Fox Harb’r Resort

Oct 19, 2023

A recent visit to Fox Harb’r Resort had already been top-tier in every way, including the arrival on a private jet to the resort’s on-site landing strip.  This trip was to showcase the resort’s impressive amenities. Sport shooting, archery, sea kayaking, caught-that-day seafood for lunch and a sunset happy hour on a yacht – to name a few….

The Joyce Family Foundation Makes Historic $1.5M Endowment Gift to CNIB in Support of Students Who Are Blind

Sept 21, 2023

The Joyce Family Foundation, a leading private family foundation created by the late Canadian businessman Ron Joyce, has made a landmark endowment gift of $1.5 million to CNIB’s post-secondary bursaries program. The donation represents the largest endowment gift in CNIB’s history. With applications for CNIB scholarships and bursaries tripling in recent years, the Joyce Family Foundation’s generosity will play a crucial role in meeting growing demand.

Five Star Fun at Fox Harb’r Golf Resort & Spa

FALL 2023 Edition

Delivering that perfect mix of business and pleasure, Fox Harb’r Resort is a stately luxury hideaway.  Guests relax in 88 comfortable town home style suites, congregate at the Joyce centre which offers 37,000 sq. ft. f meeting space.  It also includes the stunning Nova Scotia ballroom, and expansive outdoor terrace, state of the art facilities, and art collection what includes works by Christopher Pratt and Alex Colville.

Exhilarating Golf and an Abundance of Activities…….

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Fox Harb’r adding more golf to its already impressive property

Sept 7, 2023

Designers Tom McBroom and Doug Carrick continue to add and tweak Fox Harb’r resort, adding nine more holes and renovating the current front nine.

Construction of nine more holes originally tabled for 2028 or 2029 is slated to begin this fall. In conjunction with renovating the resort’s current front nine, Carrick and McBroom will craft the additional holes on a wooded parcel of land south of the property. Running adjacent to Fox Harb’r’s grape vineyards, the course will be aptly named the Vineyard Course.

Golf frenemies McBroom and Carrick get the go ahead for a larger golf course at Fox Harb’r in Nova Scotia

Aug 25, 2023

Two of Canada’s top golf architects – Thomas McBroom and Doug Carrick – looked a little shell-shocked when they heard the news. The two men had already spent weeks this summer carving out nine holes (many oceanside) at the golf course of Nova Scotia’s Fox Harb’r Resort when owner Steven Joyce told them he had changed his mind – and asked for a second 18-hole course as well.

Nova Scotia Star Escapes:Indulge, taste, and stay at Fox Harb’r Resort

August 28, 2023

Soak up the magic of Canada’s picturesque East Coast. Indulge at the Fox Harb’r Resort Dol~as Spa where total relaxation is on the menu. Taste the maritime lobster in one of the dining rooms. Stay at the resort best known for its 18 hole golf course. Fox Harb’r Resort is also in the process of constructing nine additional waterfront holes.

Fox Harb’r – Nova Scotia’s 5-Star Resort…and Not Just for Golf

March 22, 2023

Fox Harb’r resort is Nova Scotia’s only five-star, four-diamond resort. There’s a good reason for that.  The resort was built by Ron Joyce, the co-founder of Canada’s largest restaurant chain.  In 1987 he fulfilled his dream by acquiring 1,100 acres and built a 250-acre championship golf course and a 5,000-foot airplane runway on the property. Ron Joyce’s original idea evolved into a five-star, four-diamond resort hosting up to 220 guests in 88 large suites facing the ocean.

Buyers experience Canada’s allure at Incentive Canada 2022

July 15, 2022

International buyers met with Canadian meeting and incentive suppliers in the eastern province of Nova Scotia between 10-13 July 2022.

The Incentive Canada 2022 summer program, organized by Destination Canada, facilitated tours of the Maritimes to all attendees and provided a platform for one-to-one meetings between international buyers and Canadian suppliers…

Nova Scotia treats for cyclists and supporters

April 6, 2020

Did you know that you can stand anywhere in Nova Scotia and be no further than 67 kilometres from a shoreline? It may be the second-smallest province in Canada but it ranks up there with things to do and see while you circumnavigate the rugged shoreline. Here’s my favourite “only in Nova Scotia” traveller treats…

Fox Harb’r Resort

Jan 5, 2018

At our recent visit to Fox Harb’r Resort in Nova Scotia, I found this to be another resort with an outstanding kitchen that attempts to grow at the property as many of the herbs, greens and salads as are needed, plus they stock a trout pond where fat trout are caught fly-fishing for sport (then they are released back to the pond) or for the kitchen (see Fox Harb’r Resort).

FOX HARB’R RESORT ACCELERATES EXPANSION PLANS; CONSTRUCTION ON PHASE TWO OF ITS CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE SET TO BEGIN THIS FALL

August 2023

Fox Harb’r Resort, one of Canada’s premiere resort communities, announces additional development updates at its five-star property in Nova Scotia, including an accelerated launch of a second phase of construction for its new Carrick-McBroom designed golf course. By summer 2026 guests and members will have access to 36-holes of golf comprising an 18-hole Ocean Course fronting the Northumberland Strait and an 18-hole parkland style course, to be known as the Vineyard Course.

CHEF VIKRAM VIJ TO HOST FOX HARB’R RESORT’S 2018 SPRING CULINARY WEEKEND

Oct 30, 2017

WALLACE, NS – OCTOBER 30, 2017 – Celebrity Chef Vikram Vij will headline Fox Harb’r Resort’s 2018 Spring Culinary Weekend, Friday – Sunday, May 4-6. This gourmet weekend includes two nights’ accommodation in a luxury ocean-view suite; an arrival gift; a Friday night welcome reception hosted by Chef Vij; deluxe gourmet breakfast in the Cape Dining Room; escorted winery and tasting tour at nearby Jost Vineyards; cooking class and demonstration by Chef Vij; Saturday gourmet gala dinner paired with specially selected wines, prepared and hosted by Chef Vij and Fox Harb’r Executive Chef Shane Robilliard; and an elegant Sunday brunch.