Locations · Halifax, NS
Halifax organisations in ocean technology, defence, health care and finance hire OlDevs for web, mobile and AI products with one accountable team. We work from Vancouver, meet in Atlantic Time, and come to Halifax when the project calls for it.
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Yes. OlDevs serves Halifax organisations remotely from its Vancouver studio and travels to Halifax for on-site sessions when they add value.Halifax runs four hours ahead of us, so your early afternoon through end of day is our morning, which is where we schedule demos and reviews. We build web apps, websites, Android and iOS apps, full-stack systems and AI, and run performance marketing.
Key facts
Services
Seven services from one accountable team — delivered remotely in your working hours.
Built for Nova Scotia
The local rules and realities we design for from the first call.
Nova Scotia has no provincial private-sector privacy statute, so PIPEDA governs commercial data handling, while public bodies fall under FOIPOP. We design consent, retention and access-request handling to match whichever framework applies to your organisation.
Nova Scotia has set a goal of an accessible province by 2030 under its Accessibility Act. We build to WCAG 2.2 AA today: keyboard navigation, readable contrast, captions, and screen-reader support tested on real assistive technology before release.
Halifax works in English, and the Acadian community means French matters for some public and community services. We build English as the default and add a full French version when your audience needs it, using our bilingual EN/FR capability.
Application data, backups and logs live in Canadian cloud regions. For defence, health and university clients that matters, and for everyone else it simplifies procurement questions. You own every hosting and cloud account we set up on your behalf.
Sectors
Sensor, vessel and subsea companies need dashboards that make sense of live and historical data, plus machine learning for detection and prediction. We build the data pipeline, the interface and the models as one product.
Contractors and suppliers need secure portals, documentation systems and tooling that meet strict access rules. We build with audit logs, role-based access and Canadian hosting, and document everything for your security reviewers.
Hospitals, research groups and universities ask for accessible web apps, patient or student portals and natural-language tools for records and research. We design for PIPEDA or FOIPOP and WCAG 2.2 AA from the first sprint.
Banks, credit unions and insurers want client portals, mobile apps and predictive analytics that survive compliance review. We pair full-stack development with careful consent design and analytics that show what customers actually do.
Process
Discover
Kickoff happens by video in your Atlantic Time afternoon. We map goals, users, systems and privacy obligations, then send a written scope and priority list for your sign-off.
Design
You get wireframes and clickable prototypes weekly, reviewed live in your hours. Accessibility decisions are made at this stage, not patched in after the build.
Build
A working demo every week on a staging site you can open any time. One accountable team handles web, mobile, data and AI work, so there are no hand-offs between vendors.
Launch
We deploy to Canadian cloud regions, run accessibility and security checks, and hand over code, designs, accounts and documentation. A Halifax visit for training or go-live is arranged when useful.
Grow
After launch we keep working with you: analytics reviews, SEO and paid campaigns, new features from the backlog and AI automation where it removes repetitive work.
FAQ
No, and we will not pretend to. OlDevs is a Vancouver studio that works with Halifax clients remotely, meeting by video in Atlantic Time. When being in the room matters, for a discovery workshop, a site walkthrough or launch-week training, we fly to Halifax. The rest of the work happens online with full visibility for your team.
Yes. Halifax is four hours ahead of Vancouver, so your 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm is our 9:00 am to 1:30 pm. Demos, reviews and support sessions are booked inside that window, and messages you send in your morning are handled as soon as our day begins.
Yes. Nova Scotia has no provincial private-sector privacy law, so PIPEDA governs businesses, and FOIPOP applies to public bodies. We design consent, retention and access-request features to fit the framework that applies to you, and we defer to your counsel on legal interpretation.
Yes. Canadian cloud regions are our default for application data, backups, logs and analytics. Hosting and cloud accounts are opened in your organisation's name, so you keep control and can move providers later without needing anything from us.
Ocean-technology and defence firms usually need data-heavy web apps and machine learning, health and university teams need accessible portals, and financial services want client apps on web and mobile. Performance marketing is added when there is a product to sell beyond a fixed customer base.
Send a quote request describing the problem, the users and any deadline. We reply within one business day, set up a video call in your afternoon, and return a written scope. Once you approve it, work begins and your first weekly demo follows in the first week.
Let’s connect
We’ll reply within one business day, in your working hours, with next steps and a tailored quote — no obligation.