List of villages in Nova Scotia facts for kids
A village is a type of unincorporated community in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia that has a commission established under the Municipal Government Act for the purpose of providing certain municipal services to a defined area within its larger county or district municipality.
Nova Scotia has 22 villages. According to available population data, Nova Scotia's largest and smallest villages are Bible Hill and River Hebert with populations of 8,913 and 1,296 respectively.
List
Name | Historical county | Rural municipality | Population (2011) |
Population (2006) |
Change (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aylesford | Kings | Municipality of the County of Kings | 2,408 | 2,445 | -1.5 |
Baddeck | Victoria | Municipality of the County of Victoria | 1,988 | 2,154 | -8.4 |
Bible Hill | Colchester | Municipality of the County of Colchester | 8,913 | 8,480 | 5.1 |
Canning | Kings | Municipality of the County of Kings | 2,589 | 2,760 | -6.6 |
Chester | Lunenburg | Municipality of the District of Chester | 2,348 | 2,294 | 2.4 |
Cornwallis Square | Kings | Municipality of the County of Kings | 1,877 | 1,941 | -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 | 5,369 | 5,289 | 1.5 |
Hebbville | Lunenburg | Municipality of the District of Lunenburg | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Kingston | Kings | Municipality of the County of Kings | 5,174 | 5,176 | -0.0 |
Lawrencetown | Annapolis | Municipality of the County of Annapolis | 1,739 | 1,793 | -3.1 |
New Minas | Kings | Municipality of the County of Kings | 5,135 | 5,055 | 1.2 |
Port Williams | Kings | Municipality of the County of Kings | 1,703 | 1,766 | -3.7 |
Pugwash | Cumberland | Municipality of the County of Cumberland | 1,420 | 1,513 | -6.5 |
River Hebert | Cumberland | Municipality of the County of Cumberland | 1,296 | 1,330 | -2.6 |
St. Peter's | Richmond | Municipality of the County of Richmond | 1,492 | 1,453 | 2.7 |
Tatamagouche | Colchester | Municipality of the County of Colchester | 2,037 | 2,070 | -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 | 1,773 | 1,839 | -3.7 |
Total villages | — | — | 48,754 | 48,873 | -0.2 |
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