Hantsport is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in West Hants Regional Municipality.

The community is best known for its former industries, including shipbuilding, a pulp mill, as well a marine terminal that once loaded gypsum, mined near Windsor.

In 1789, after Denson's death, his consort and heir, Martha Whitfield, sold Lots Three & Four (the area of Hantsport) to an Edward Barker.

Edward Barker (born at Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, 1745) was a British soldier, having arrived in Halifax in 1769 as a member of the 59th Regiment of Foot.

[9] The arrival of the Windsor and Annapolis Railway in 1869 stimulated a number of local manufacturers which provided some relief from the demise of shipbuilding.

The largest remaining employer in Hantsport is CKF Inc., a paper products maker originally founded by the Joudreys to provide a local market for the Minas Basin pulp mill, produces Royal Chinet paper plates, as well as egg cartons, cup carriers and other molded pulp products at its plant on the community's waterfront.

In the wake of the closures of the marine terminal and the pulp mill, Hantsport town council voted on April 16, 2014, to dissolve its municipal incorporation.

In the 2005-06 track and field season, Kira Pederson set the Hantsport Junior High 100 m dash record with a time of 13.34 s, which still holds to this day.