Arisaig (/ɛrɪsɛɡ/), (Scottish Gaelic: Àrasaig) is a small village in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

[2] It is located on the north coast of eastern mainland Nova Scotia, on the Northumberland Strait, and is connected to the town of Antigonish to the southeast and to New Glasgow to the west by Route 245, the "Sunrise Trail".

The community was founded c.  1785 by Scottish immigrants who named it after their home, Arisaig, on the west coast of Scotland.

Colin P. Grant, the Roman Catholic priest assigned to St. Margaret of Scotland Church in Arisaig.

[4] So close was their friendship that Iain Mac Ailein composed a work of Canadian Gaelic praise poetry in honor of Fr.