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Windsor, Nova Scotia
Town
Nickname(s): Birthplace of Hockey
Motto: "E Terra Abundantia"  (Latin)
"Abundant Eastern Land"
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 AST (UTC-4)
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)
Counties
  • Annapolis
  • Antigonish
  • Cape Breton
  • Colchester
  • Cumberland
  • Digby
  • Guysborough
  • Halifax
  • Hants
  • Inverness
  • Kings
  • Lunenburg
  • Pictou
  • Queens
  • Richmond
  • Shelburne
  • Victoria
  • Yarmouth
Regions
Regional municipalities
Municipal districts
  • Argyle
  • Barrington
  • Chester
  • Clare
  • Digby
  • East Hants
  • Guysborough
  • Lunenburg
  • Shelburne
  • St. Mary's
  • West Hants
  • Yarmouth
Towns
Incorporated villages
Lists

Images for kids

  • FortEdward2006

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

  • W&ARGabriel

    Windsor and Annapolis Railway locomotive Gabriel, circa 1870

  • Exhib 1

    4H dairy display at Hants Co. Exhibition in 2014

  • StJohnsWindsor

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

  • HantsCommunityHospital

    Hants Community Hospital

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