EXHIBIT 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

	Jurisdiction of
	Organization
NOVA Chemicals (Canada) Ltd./NOVA Chimie (Canada) Ltée.	Canada
NOVA Chemicals Inc.	Delaware, USA
NOVA Petrochemicals Ltd.	Alberta, Canada
NC Holdings USA Inc.	Delaware, USA

The names of particular subsidiaries have been omitted, because the unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.