Windsor, Nova Scotia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Windsor, Nova Scotia
Town
Nickname(s):  Birthplace of Hockey
Motto(s):  "E Terra Abundantia"  (Latin) "Abundant Eastern Land"
Coordinates: 44°58′49″N 64°7′45″W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Hants County
Founded	1685
Incorporated	April 4, 1878
Area  (2016)
• Total	9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Highest elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	3,648
• Density	400.6/km2 (1,038/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Postal code	B0N 2T0
Area code(s)	902
Telephone Exchanges	306 321 472 790 791 792 798 799
Median Earnings*	$24,502
NTS Map	021A16
GNBC Code	CBPAK
Website	windsor.ns.ca
*Median household income, 2000 ($) (all households)

Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Notable residents

• Thomas R. Bennett
• Scott Brison
• George Elliott Clarke
• Rufus Curry
• Amor De Cosmos
• Benjamin DeWolf (Windsor merchant)
• George Henry Emerson (Twillingate and Fogo)
• James Fraser (businessman)
• Henry Goudge
  • Monson Henry Goudge (son)
• Allen Haley
• Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• Lewis Herbert Martell
• Richard McHeffy
• Alden Nowlan (from nearby Stanley, Nova Scotia)
• Percy Paris
• Daniel McNeill Parker
• Silas Tertius Rand
• Gerald Regan
• Geoff Regan
• Avon Saxon
• Jennifer Rosanne States
• Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
• Peter Togni
• Benjamin Wier (nearby Brooklyn)
• Charles Smith Wilcox
• Lewis Morris Wilkins (speaker)
  • Lewis Morris Wilkins (son)

Images for kids

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  Fort Edward - oldest remaining blockhouse in North America (established during Father Le Loutre's War)

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  St. John's Roman Catholic Church, designed by William Critchlow Harris

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  Hants Community Hospital