The elections agency says in its annual report that registering young people has proven difficult and it is devising a program with school boards and the Education Department to reach students in schools.
A provision was made in 2011 that allows Elections Nova Scotia to gather information about 16- and 17-year-olds who would qualify as voters when they become 18.
The annual report also says measures are needed to strengthen ballot secrecy provisions after someone sent a photo of their marked ballot on social media during last year's election.
Elections Nova Scotia said last week that the case was a breach of the province's Elections Act, which says nobody in a polling station during voting hours can use a recording or communication device with the exception of election officers.
But the report says the director of public prosecutions concluded there wasn't a reasonable prospect of conviction.
