List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is the seventh-most populous province in Canada with 969,383 residents as of the 2021 Census of Population, and the second-smallest province in land area at 52,825 km2 (20,396 sq mi).[1] Nova Scotia's 49 municipalities cover 99.8% of the territory's land mass, and are home to 98.7% of its population.[a][2]
List of municipalities
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Halifax is Nova Scotia's capital and largest municipality by population.
Harbour of Louisbourg in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia's second-most populated municipality
The Municipality of the County of Kings is Nova Scotia's largest county municipality by population.
| Name | Municipal type | Incorporation date[3] |
2021 Census of Population[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change |
Land area (km²) |
Population density | |||
| Cape Breton | Regional municipality | August 1, 1995 | 93,694 | 94,285 | −0.6% | 2,419.70 | 38.7/km2 |
| Halifax | Regional municipality | April 1, 1996 | 439,819 | 403,131 | +9.1% | 5,475.57 | 80.3/km2 |
| Queens | Regional municipality | April 1, 1996 | 10,422 | 10,302 | +1.2% | 2,387.52 | 4.4/km2 |
| West Hants | Regional municipality | April 17, 1879 | 19,509 | 19,016 | +2.6% | 1,250.50 | 15.6/km2 |
| Annapolis[b] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 18,834 | 18,252 | +3.2% | 3,172.36 | 5.9/km2 |
| Antigonish[c] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 15,101 | 14,584 | +3.5% | 1,448.72 | 10.4/km2 |
| Colchester[d] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 36,044 | 36,091 | −0.1% | 3,568.71 | 10.1/km2 |
| Cumberland[e] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 19,964 | 19,402 | +2.9% | 4,253.04 | 4.7/km2 |
| Inverness[f] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 13,239 | 13,170 | +0.5% | 3,795.34 | 3.5/km2 |
| Kings[g] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 47,918 | 47,404 | +1.1% | 2,087.88 | 23.0/km2 |
| Pictou[h] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 20,676 | 20,692 | −0.1% | 2,795.08 | 7.4/km2 |
| Richmond[i] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 8,509 | 8,458 | +0.6% | 1,240.46 | 6.9/km2 |
| Victoria[j] | County municipality | April 17, 1879 | 6,750 | 6,552 | +3.0% | 2,832.48 | 2.4/km2 |
| Argyle | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 7,870 | 7,899 | −0.4% | 1,526.07 | 5.2/km2 |
| Barrington | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 6,523 | 6,646 | −1.9% | 631.98 | 10.3/km2 |
| Chester | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 10,693 | 10,310 | +3.7% | 1,120.61 | 9.5/km2 |
| Clare | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 7,678 | 8,018 | −4.2% | 851.14 | 9.0/km2 |
| Digby | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 7,242 | 7,107 | +1.9% | 1,654.59 | 4.4/km2 |
| East Hants | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 22,892 | 22,453 | +2.0% | 1,786.53 | 12.8/km2 |
| Guysborough | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 4,585 | 4,670 | −1.8% | 2,115.25 | 2.2/km2 |
| Lunenburg | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 25,545 | 24,863 | +2.7% | 1,757.79 | 14.5/km2 |
| Shelburne | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 4,336 | 4,288 | +1.1% | 1,816.71 | 2.4/km2 |
| St. Mary's | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 2,161 | 2,233 | −3.2% | 1,904.08 | 1.1/km2 |
| Yarmouth | District municipality | April 17, 1879 | 10,067 | 9,845 | +2.3% | 584.69 | 17.2/km2 |
| Amherst | Town | December 18, 1889 | 9,404 | 9,413 | −0.1% | 12.07 | 779.1/km2 |
| Annapolis Royal | Town | November 29, 1892 | 530 | 491 | +7.9% | 1.98 | 267.7/km2 |
| Antigonish | Town | January 9, 1889 | 4,656 | 4,364 | +6.7% | 4.98 | 934.9/km2 |
| Berwick | Town | May 25, 1923[4] | 2,455 | 2,509 | −2.2% | 6.53 | 376.0/km2 |
| Bridgewater | Town | February 13, 1899 | 8,790 | 8,532 | +3.0% | 13.63 | 644.9/km2 |
| Clark's Harbour | Town | March 4, 1919 | 725 | 758 | −4.4% | 2.82 | 257.1/km2 |
| Digby | Town | December 18, 1890 | 2,001 | 2,060 | −2.9% | 3.16 | 633.2/km2 |
| Kentville | Town | May 1, 1886 | 6,630 | 6,271 | +5.7% | 17.08 | 388.2/km2 |
| Lockeport | Town | February 26, 1907 | 476 | 531 | −10.4% | 2.32 | 205.2/km2 |
| Lunenburg | Town | October 29, 1888 | 2,396 | 2,263 | +5.9% | 4.04 | 593.1/km2 |
| Mahone Bay | Town | March 31, 1919 | 1,064 | 1,036 | +2.7% | 3.12 | 341.0/km2 |
| Middleton | Town | May 31, 1909 | 1,873 | 1,832 | +2.2% | 5.55 | 337.5/km2 |
| Mulgrave | Town | December 1, 1923 | 627 | 722 | −13.2% | 17.83 | 35.2/km2 |
| New Glasgow | Town | May 6, 1875 | 9,471 | 9,075 | +4.4% | 9.96 | 950.9/km2 |
| Oxford | Town | April 19, 1904 | 1,170 | 1,190 | −1.7% | 10.68 | 109.6/km2 |
| Pictou | Town | May 4, 1874 | 3,107 | 3,186 | −2.5% | 7.99 | 388.9/km2 |
| Port Hawkesbury | Town | January 22, 1889 | 3,210 | 3,214 | −0.1% | 8.1 | 396.3/km2 |
| Shelburne | Town | April 4, 1907[5] | 1,644 | 1,743 | −5.7% | 8.75 | 187.9/km2 |
| Stellarton | Town | October 22, 1889 | 4,007 | 4,208 | −4.8% | 8.99 | 445.7/km2 |
| Stewiacke | Town | August 30, 1906 | 1,557 | 1,373 | +13.4% | 17.62 | 88.4/km2 |
| Trenton | Town | March 18, 1911 | 2,407 | 2,474 | −2.7% | 6.07 | 396.5/km2 |
| Truro | Town | May 6, 1875 | 12,954 | 12,261 | +5.7% | 37.52 | 345.3/km2 |
| Westville | Town | August 20, 1894 | 3,540 | 3,628 | −2.4% | 14.24 | 248.6/km2 |
| Wolfville | Town | March 4, 1893 | 5,057 | 4,195 | +20.5% | 6.46 | 782.8/km2 |
| Yarmouth | Town | August 6, 1890 | 6,829 | 6,518 | +4.8% | 10.57 | 646.1/km2 |
| Total regional municipalities | — | — | 563,444 | 526,734 | +7.0% | 11,533.29 | 48.9/km2 |
| Total county municipalities | — | — | 187,035 | 184,605 | +1.3% | 25,194.07 | 7.4/km2 |
| Total district municipalities | — | — | 109,592 | 108,332 | +1.2% | 15,749.44 | 7.0/km2 |
| Total towns | — | — | 96,580 | 93,847 | +2.9% | 242.06 | 399.0/km2 |
| Total municipalities | — | — | 956,651 | 913,518 | +4.7% | 52,718.86 | 18.1/km2 |
| Province of Nova Scotia | — | — | 969,383 | 923,598 | +5.0% | 52,824.71 | 18.35/km2 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 and 2016 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Municipal Incorporation Timeline". Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ↑ Canadian Almanac & Directory. Scobie & Balfour. 2010. ISBN 1592374395.
- ↑ "Shelburne's History: Settlement of Shelburne". Town of Shelburne. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
It was incorporated as a town on April 4, 1907.
Notes
- ↑ The remaining 1.3% of Nova Scotia's population resides on Indian reserves, which occupy the remaining 0.2% of the province's land mass.[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Annapolis are derived from summing the census results for its four county subdivisions (A, B, C and D).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish are derived from summing the census results for its two county subdivisions (A and B).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Colchester are derived from summing the census results for its three county subdivisions (A, B and C).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Cumberland are derived from summing the census results for its four county subdivisions (A, B, C and D).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Inverness are derived from summing the census results for its three county subdivisions (A, B and C).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Kings are derived from summing the census results for its four county subdivisions (A, B, C and D).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Pictou are derived from summing the census results for its three county subdivisions (A, B and C).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Richmond are derived from summing the census results for its three county subdivisions (A, B and C).[2]
- ↑ Population and land area figures for the Municipality of the County of Victoria are derived from summing the census results for its two county subdivisions (A and B).[2]