Chester Municipal District, Nova Scotia

This article is about the municipal district. For the village, see Chester, Nova Scotia.

Chester
Municipal district
Seal
Location of Chester Municipal District
Coordinates: 44.65°N 64.3°W / 44.65; -64.3
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Lunenburg
Founded	1759
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts     Federal	South Shore—St. Margaret's
Provincial	Chester-St. Margaret's / Lunenburg
Government
• Type	Chester Municipal Council
• Municipal Seat	Chester
• Warden	Allen Webber
Area
• Land	1,122.22 km2 (433.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	10,599
• Density	9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Change 2006-11	1.3%
• Census Ranking	376 of 5,008
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	902 - 275
Dwellings	6,161
Median Income*	$42,776 CDN
Website	www.chester.ca
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

The Municipality of the District of Chester is a municipal district in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Occupying the northeastern half of Lunenburg County, the district's administrative seat is the village of Chester.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	10,230	—
1986	10,579	+3.4%
1991	10,762	+1.7%
1996	10,602	−1.5%
2001	10,781	+1.7%
2006	10,741	−0.4%
2011	10,599	−1.3%

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	10,145	95.40%
Other languages	365	3.43%
French only	110	1.03%
Both English and French	15	0.14%

Communities

• Aldersville
• Aspotogan
• Bayswater
• Beech Hill
• Blandford
• Canaan
• Chester
• Chester Basin
• Chester Grant
• Deep Cove
• East Chester
• East River
• Forties Settlement
• Fox Point
• Franey Corner
• Fraxville
• Gold River
• Hubbards, in part
• Lake Ramsay
• Leville
• Marriotts Cove
• Martins Point
• Mill Cove
• Mill Road
• New Ross
• New Russell
• Northwest Cove
• Seffernville
• Sherwood
• Western Shore
• Windsor Road

See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia

External links

• Municipality of the District of Chester website