Maitland (originally known as Jean Peter's Village) is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipal District of East Hants.

"[3] Beginning in 1699, the Mi'kmaq people living in Peninsular Nova Scotia were forcefully relocated from their homes into the settlement known today as Sipekne'katik First Nation, near Shubenacadie.

Decades after the village was vacated by the Acadians, it was settled by Ulster Scots people such as the Putnams (c. 1771).

The center of the community is a Heritage Conservation District because of its many fine and well-preserved examples of Victorian architecture.

[9] The story for the television drama "The Night They Killed Joe Howe" (1960) (TV drama), starring Douglas Rain, Austin Willis and Star Trek's James Doohan, was located in Maitland, Nova Scotia [10] (Film Review)