Pictou

{{Infobox settlement | name = Pictou | other_name = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.jpg | image_caption = Pictou | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = Pictou ns coat of arms.gif | nickname = Birthplace of New Scotland | motto = "As constant as the northern star" | pushpin_map = Nova Scotia | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = 275 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Pictou | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Nova Scotia | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Pictou County | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1767 | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = April 30, 1873 | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | governing_body = Pictou Town Council | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jim Ryan | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = &nbsp;(2021) | area_total_km2 = 7.99 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use ) is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately north of the larger town of New Glasgow.

Once an active shipping port and the shire town of the county, today Pictou is primarily a local service centre for surrounding rural communities and the primary tourist destination in this region of Nova Scotia.