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A village in Nova Scotia, Canada, is a special kind of community. It has a group of people called a commission. This commission helps provide important services to the village. These services are like what a bigger city or town might offer. Villages are part of a larger county or district municipality.

Nova Scotia has 21 villages. The biggest village is Bible Hill. It has about 8,913 people. The smallest village is River Hebert. It has about 1,296 people.

Exploring Villages in Nova Scotia

Villages in Nova Scotia are unique communities. They have their own local government, called a commission. This commission works to provide services to the people living there. These services can include things like water, street lights, or community halls.

Each village is also part of a larger county or district. This means they work together with the bigger municipality. It's a way to make sure everyone gets the services they need.

List of Nova Scotia Villages

Here is a list of the villages in Nova Scotia. You can see their populations from different years. This helps us understand how many people live there and if the population is growing or shrinking.

Village Name County Larger Municipality Population
(2011)		 Population
(2006)		 Change
(%)
Aylesford Kings Municipality of the County of Kings 2408 2445 -1.5
Baddeck Victoria Municipality of the County of Victoria 1988 2154 -8.4
Bible Hill Colchester Municipality of the County of Colchester 8913 8480 5.1
Canning Kings Municipality of the County of Kings 2589 2760 -6.6
Chester Lunenburg Municipality of the District of Chester 2348 2294 2.4
Cornwallis Square Kings Municipality of the County of Kings 1877 1941 -3.4
Dover Guysborough Municipality of the District of Guysborough n/a n/a n/a
Freeport Digby Municipality of the District of Digby n/a n/a n/a
Greenwood Kings Municipality of the County of Kings 5369 5289 1.5
Hebbville Lunenburg Municipality of the District of Lunenburg n/a n/a n/a
Kingston Kings Municipality of the County of Kings 5174 5176 -0.0
Lawrencetown Annapolis Municipality of the County of Annapolis 1739 1793 -3.1
New Minas Kings Municipality of the County of Kings 5135 5055 1.2
Port Williams Kings Municipality of the County of Kings 1703 1766 -3.7
Pugwash Cumberland Municipality of the County of Cumberland 1420 1513 -6.5
River Hebert Cumberland Municipality of the County of Cumberland 1296 1330 -2.6
St. Peter's Richmond Municipality of the County of Richmond 1492 1453 2.7
Tatamagouche Colchester Municipality of the County of Colchester 2037 2070 -1.6
Tiverton Digby Municipality of the District of Digby n/a n/a n/a
Westport Digby Municipality of the District of Digby n/a n/a n/a
Weymouth Digby Municipality of the District of Digby 1773 1839 -3.7
Total villages — — 48754 48873 -0.2

Note: "n/a" means data was not available for that year.

Villages That No Longer Exist

Over time, some villages in Nova Scotia have changed their status. This often happens when smaller communities join together to form a larger municipality. This process is called amalgamation.

For example, the villages of Brooklyn and Milton stopped being separate villages in 1996. They joined with the Town of Liverpool to create the Region of Queens Municipality.

Also in 1996, Uplands Park and Waverley became part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. This new, larger area was formed by combining the old Halifax County with the cities of Dartmouth and Halifax, and the Town of Bedford. More recently, Havre Boucher was dissolved in 2018.

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