Haven, a TV show shot on Nova Scotia's South Shore and based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid, is ending after five seasons, the Syfy network confirmed Tuesday.

Samantha Agnoff, a spokesperson for Syfy, said the show will end after its current season. The first half of the fifth season aired in the fall and the second half is set to resume airing on Oct. 8.

Richard Donat, who played Vince Teagues on Haven for five seasons, said he can't praise the crew enough.

"It was a lot of fun. We had a great crew — all the Nova Scotian crew and the producers were just fabulous," he told CBC News on Tuesday. "There was lots of laughs on the set."

Haven, which is shot in the Chester area, is about an FBI agent who investigates a routine case, but uncovers strange occurrences afflicting a small town in Maine. Along the way, she discovers the town has become a refuge for people with supernatural abilities.

The core of the plot is that the inhabitants are descendants of a cursed ancestry.

Richard Donat, who played Vince Teagues on Haven for five seasons, said the cancellation of the show is a "huge loss." (Showcase)

The show has had a significant economic impact on the province. Last year, the show spent about $28 million in the province, with Chester seeing about $1 million a year in spinoffs as the production company rented storefronts and schools. The village's arena became a studio during shooting.

"The loss of Haven, of course, is huge. There was a lot of money involved and over 150 crew," said Donat.

"I had a feeling Haven was finished. At the end of the fifth season, they had a big sale of all kinds of stuff — furniture and bicycles and they had to get rid of sets."

There is no indication that the changes to Nova Scotia's film tax credit influenced the network's decision to cancel the show.