List of communities in Nova Scotia

This is a list of communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as designated by the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as an unincorporated settlement inside or outside of a municipality.

Regional municipalities[edit]

Nova Scotia has three regional municipalities.

Regional municipalities of Nova Scotia
Name	Population (2011)^[1]	Population (2006)^[1]	Change (%)^[1]	Area (km²)^[1]	Population density^[1]
Cape Breton	7004973980000000000♠97,398	7005102250000000000♠102,250	2999530000000000000♠−4.7	7003243335000000000♠2,433.35	7001400000000000000♠40.0
Halifax	7005390096000000000♠390,096	7005372679000000000♠372,679	7000470000000000000♠4.7	7003549028000000000♠5,490.28	7001711009999900000♠71.1
Queens	7004109170000000000♠10,917	7004111770000000000♠11,177	2999770000000000000♠−2.3	7003239285000000000♠2,392.85	7000460000000099999♠4.6
Total regional municipalities	7005498411000000000♠498,411	7005486106000000000♠486,106	7000250000000000000♠2.5	7004103164800000000♠10,316.48	7001483000000000000♠48.3

Towns[edit]

Nova Scotia has 28 towns.

Towns of Nova Scotia
Name	Population (2011)^[1]	Population (2006)^[1]	Change (%)^[1]	Area (km²)^[1]	Population density^[1]
Amherst	7003971700000000000♠9,717	7003950500000000000♠9,505	7000220000000000000♠2.2	7001120200000000000♠12.02	7002808400000000000♠808.4
Annapolis Royal	7002481000000000000♠481	7002444000000000000♠444	7000830000000000000♠8.3	7000204000000000000♠2.04	7002235800000000000♠235.8
Antigonish	7003452400000000000♠4,524	7003423600000000000♠4,236	7000680000000000000♠6.8	7000515000000000000♠5.15	7002879200000000000♠879.2
Berwick	7003245400000000000♠2,454	7003245400000000000♠2,454	5000000000000000000♠0	7000666000000000000♠6.66	7002368600000000000♠368.6
Bridgewater	7003824100000000000♠8,241	7003794400000000000♠7,944	7000370000000000000♠3.7	7001136000000000000♠13.6	7002605790000000000♠605.8
Clark's Harbour	7002820000000000000♠820	7002860000000000000♠860	2999530000000000000♠−4.7	7000290000000000000♠2.9	7002282700000000000♠282.7
Digby	7003215200000000000♠2,152	7003209200000000000♠2,092	7000290000000000000♠2.9	7000314000000000000♠3.14	7002686100000000000♠686.1
Kentville	7003609400000000000♠6,094	7003581500000000000♠5,815	7000480000000000000♠4.8	7001173500000000000♠17.35	7002351200000000000♠351.2
Lockeport	7002588000000000000♠588	7002646000000000000♠646	2999100000000000000♠−9	7000232000000099999♠2.32	7002253400000000000♠253.4
Lunenburg	7003231300000000000♠2,313	7003231700000000000♠2,317	3000800000000000000♠−0.2	7000401000000000000♠4.01	7002576900000000000♠576.9
Mahone Bay	7002943000000000000♠943	7002904000000000000♠904	7000430000000000000♠4.3	7000313000000000000♠3.13	7002301390000000000♠301.4
Middleton	7003174900000000000♠1,749	7003182900000000000♠1,829	2999560000000099999♠−4.4	7000544000000000000♠5.44	7002321600000000000♠321.6
Mulgrave	7002794000000000000♠794	7002879000000000000♠879	2999030000000000000♠−9.7	7001178109999900000♠17.81	7001446000000000000♠44.6
New Glasgow	7003956200000000000♠9,562	7003945500000000000♠9,455	7000110000000000000♠1.1	7000993000000000000♠9.93	7002963300000000000♠963.3
Oxford	7003115100000000000♠1,151	7003117800000000000♠1,178	2999770000000000000♠−2.3	7001107600000000000♠10.76	7002106900000000000♠106.9
Parrsboro	7003130500000000000♠1,305	7003140100000000000♠1,401	2999309999999999999♠−6.9	7001148800000000000♠14.88	7001877000000000000♠87.7
Pictou	7003343700000000000♠3,437	7003381300000000000♠3,813	2999009999999999999♠−9.9	7000794000000000000♠7.94	7002432900000000000♠432.9
Port Hawkesbury	7003336600000000000♠3,366	7003351700000000000♠3,517	2999570000000000000♠−4.3	7000811009999900000♠8.11	7002414800000000000♠414.8
Shelburne	7003168600000000000♠1,686	7003187900000000000♠1,879	2998897000000000000♠−10.3	7000900000000000000♠9	7002187300000000000♠187.3
Stellarton	7003448500000000000♠4,485	7003471700000000000♠4,717	2999510000000099999♠−4.9	7000899000000000000♠8.99	7002498800000000000♠498.8
Stewiacke	7003143800000000000♠1,438	7003142100000000000♠1,421	7000120000000000000♠1.2	7001176700000000000♠17.67	7001814000000000000♠81.4
Trenton	7003261600000000000♠2,616	7003274100000000000♠2,741	2999540000000000000♠−4.6	7000600000000000000♠6	7002435700000000000♠435.7
Truro	7004120590000000000♠12,059	7004117650000000000♠11,765	7000250000000000000♠2.5	7001376300000000000♠37.63	7002320500000000000♠320.5
Westville	7003379800000000000♠3,798	7003380500000000000♠3,805	3000800000000000000♠−0.2	7001143900000000000♠14.39	7002264000000000000♠264
Windsor	7003378500000000000♠3,785	7003370900000000000♠3,709	7000200000000000000♠2	7000906000000000000♠9.06	7002417800000000000♠417.8
Wolfville	7003426900000000000♠4,269	7003377200000000000♠3,772	7001132000000000000♠13.2	7000645000000000000♠6.45	7002661700000000000♠661.7
Yarmouth	7003676100000000000♠6,761	7003716200000000000♠7,162	2999440000000000000♠−5.6	7001105600000000000♠10.56	7002640290000000000♠640.3
Total towns	7005100588000000000♠100,588	7005100260000000000♠100,260	6999300000000000000♠0.3	7002266940000000000♠266.94	7002375599999900000♠375.59

Municipal districts[edit]

Nova Scotia has 12 municipal districts.

Municipal districts
Name	Population (2011)	Population (2006)	Change (%)	Land area (km²)	Population density (per km²)
Argyle	7003825200000000000♠8,252	7003865600000000000♠8,656	2999530000000000000♠−4.7	7003152810000000000♠1,528.10	7000540000000000000♠5.4
Barrington	7003699400000000000♠6,994	7003733100000000000♠7,331	2999540000000000000♠−4.6	7002631940000000000♠631.94	7001111000000000000♠11.1
Chester	7004105990000000000♠10,599	7004107410000000000♠10,741	2999870000000099999♠−1.3	7003112222000000000♠1,122.22	7000940000000000000♠9.4
Clare	7003831900000000000♠8,319	7003881300000000000♠8,813	2999440000000000000♠−5.6	7002852820000000000♠852.82	7000980000000000000♠9.8
Digby	7003746300000000000♠7,463	7003798600000000000♠7,986	2999350000000000000♠−6.5	7003165588000000000♠1,655.88	7000450000000000000♠4.5
East Hants	7004221110000000000♠22,111	7004213970000000000♠21,397	7000330000000000000♠3.3	7003178647000000000♠1,786.47	7001124000000000000♠12.4
Guysborough	7003418900000000000♠4,189	7003468100000000000♠4,681	2998895000000000000♠−10.5	7003211142000000000♠2,111.42	7000200000000000000♠2.0
Lunenburg	7004251180000000000♠25,118	7004251640000000000♠25,164	3000800000000000000♠−0.2	7003175964000000000♠1,759.64	7001143000000000000♠14.3
Shelburne	7003440800000000000♠4,408	7003482800000000000♠4,828	2999130000000000000♠−8.7	7003181849000000000♠1,818.49	7000240000000000000♠2.4
St. Mary's	7003235400000000000♠2,354	7003258700000000000♠2,587	2999100000000000000♠−9.0	7003190959000000000♠1,909.59	7000120000000000000♠1.2
West Hants	7004141650000000000♠14,165	7004138710000000000♠13,871	7000210000000000000♠2.1	7003124195000000000♠1,241.95	7001114000000000000♠11.4
Yarmouth	7004101050000000000♠10,105	7004103040000000000♠10,304	2999810000000000000♠−1.9	7002585750000000000♠585.75	7001173000000000000♠17.3

Villages[edit]

Nova Scotia has 22 villages.

Villages of Nova Scotia
Name	Population (2011)^[2]	Population (2006)^[2]	Change (%)^[2]
Aylesford	7003240800000000000♠2,408	7003244500000000000♠2,445	2999850000000000000♠−1.5
Baddeck	7003198800000000000♠1,988	7003215400000000000♠2,154	2999159999999999999♠−8.4
Bible Hill	7003891300000000000♠8,913	7003848000000000000♠8,480	7000510000000099999♠5.1
Canning	7003258900000000000♠2,589	7003276000000000000♠2,760	2999340000000000000♠−6.6
Chester	7003234800000000000♠2,348	7003229400000000000♠2,294	7000240000000000000♠2.4
Cornwallis Square	7003187700000000000♠1,877	7003194100000000000♠1,941	2999660000000000000♠−3.4
Dover	n/a	n/a	n/a
Freeport	n/a	n/a	n/a
Greenwood	7003536900000000000♠5,369	7003528900000000000♠5,289	7000150000000000000♠1.5
Havre Boucher	7003149300000000000♠1,493	7003151500000000000♠1,515	2999850000000000000♠−1.5
Hebbville	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kingston	7003517400000000000♠5,174	7003517600000000000♠5,176	5000000000000000000♠-0.0
Lawrencetown	7003173900000000000♠1,739	7003179300000000000♠1,793	2999690000000000000♠−3.1
New Minas	7003513500000000000♠5,135	7003505500000000000♠5,055	7000120000000000000♠1.2
Port Williams	7003170300000000000♠1,703	7003176600000000000♠1,766	2999630000000000000♠−3.7
Pugwash	7003142000000000000♠1,420	7003151300000000000♠1,513	2999350000000000000♠−6.5
River Hebert	7003129600000000000♠1,296	7003133000000000000♠1,330	2999740000000000000♠−2.6
St. Peter's	7003149200000000000♠1,492	7003145300000000000♠1,453	7000270000000000000♠2.7
Tatamagouche	7003203700000000000♠2,037	7003207000000000000♠2,070	2999840000000000000♠−1.6
Tiverton	n/a	n/a	n/a
Westport	n/a	n/a	n/a
Weymouth	7003177300000000000♠1,773	7003183900000000000♠1,839	2999630000000000000♠−3.7
Total villages	7004487540000000000♠48,754	7004488730000000000♠48,873	3000800000000000000♠−0.2

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References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. December 18, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Browse Data by Community Profile, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Government of Nova Scotia. December 18, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.

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Map of Nova Scotia Municipalities

[2011StatCanNS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. December 18, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.

[2011CommunityCountsNS-2] "Browse Data by Community Profile, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Government of Nova Scotia. December 18, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.

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