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Line 1: {{short description\|none}} ~~'''Counties in [[Nova Scotia]] shown with their county seats'''~~ {{Use MDY dates\|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox subdivision type [[Annapolis County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia\|Annapolis Royal]] \| name = Counties of Nova Scotia [[Antigonish County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Antigonish, Nova Scotia\|Antigonish]] \| alt_name = [[Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Sydney, Nova Scotia\|Sydney]] \| map = File:Nova Scotia counties 2015.png [[Colchester County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Truro, Nova Scotia\|Truro]] \| image_caption = Nova Scotia's 18 counties by government structure [[Cumberland County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Amherst, Nova Scotia\|Amherst]] [[Digby\| ~~County,~~territory ~~Nova~~ ~~Scotia]]--~~ = [[~~Digby,~~ Nova Scotia\|~~Digby~~Province of Nova Scotia]] \| start_date = [[Guysborough County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Guysborough, Nova Scotia\|Guysborough]] \| current_number = 18 [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Halifax, Nova Scotia\|Halifax]] \| number_date = [[Hants County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Windsor, Nova Scotia\|Windsor]] \| population_range = 7,373 ([[~~Inverness~~Guysborough County, Nova Scotia\|Guysborough]]--) – 440,072 ([[~~Port~~Halifax ~~Hood~~County, Nova Scotia\|~~Port Hood~~Halifax]]) \| area_range = 1,244.24 km² ([[~~Kings~~Richmond County, Nova Scotia\|Richmond]]--) – 5,495.71 km² ([[~~Kentville~~Halifax County, Nova Scotia\|~~Kentville~~Halifax]]) \| government = [[County government]] (defunct in 9 counties)<ref>County government has been defunct since 1879 for 6 counties now administered by [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|district municipalities]], and since 1995/1996 for 3 counties now administered by [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#Regional municipalities\|regional municipalities]].</ref> [[Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (town)\|Lunenburg]] [[Pictou\| ~~County,~~subdivision ~~Nova~~ ~~Scotia]]--~~ = [[~~Pictou,~~List of municipalities in Nova Scotia\|~~Pictou~~Municipalities]] }} [[Queens County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Liverpool, Nova Scotia\|Liverpool]] [[Richmond County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Archiat, Nova Scotia\|Archiat]] [[Shelburne County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Shelburne, Nova Scotia\|Shelburne]] [[Victoria County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Baddeck, Nova Scotia\|Baddeck]] [[Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia]]--[[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia\|Yarmouth]] [[File:Nova Scotia 1862 0450001.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|Counties of Nova Scotia (1862) with township subdivisions]] ~~[[Category:Nova Scotia counties\|]]~~ ~~[[fr:Liste des comtés de Nouvelle-Écosse]]~~ The [[Provinces and territories of Canada\|Canadian province]] of [[Nova Scotia]] has a historical system of 18 counties that originally had appointed court systems for local administration before the establishment of elected local governments in 1879. The historical [[County\|counties]] continue as [[Census divisions of Canada\|census division]]s used by [[Statistics Canada]] in administering the [[Census in Canada\|Canadian census]]. == History == Before the establishment of [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#Rural municipalities\|rural municipalities]] in the form of [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|county municipalities]] and [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|district municipalities]] in 1879, local government in the historical counties was administered by appointed courts of sessions including justices appointed by the [[The Crown\|Crown]] with support from local proprietors selected to grand juries.<ref name=RuralMuniGovt>{{cite web \| url=https://novascotia.ca/dma/pdf/mun-history-establishment-elective-government.pdf \| title=The Establishment of Elective Rural Municipal Government in Nova Scotia \| publisher=Government of Nova Scotia: Department of Municipal Affairs \| pages=1, 2 \| access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref> These courts of sessions met "in the counties to hear cases, make regulations, authorize assessments, and appoint local officers."<ref name=RuralMuniGovt/> On April 17, 1879, the original non-elected courts of sessions were abolished in favour of elected councils when ''The County Incorporation Act'' came into force, which stated {{blockquote\|The Inhabitants of every County and Sessional District in this Province ... shall be a body corporate under the name of the Municipality of the respective county or district, as the case may (be), ...<ref name=RuralMuniGovt/>}} As a result, 12 county municipalities were established, while the remaining 6 counties, which were previously divided into districts for court sessional purposes, were established as district municipalities.<ref name=RuralMuniGovt/> Today, 9 of the original 12 remain incorporated as county municipalities, with 3 eventually becoming [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#Regional municipalities\|regional municipalities]] in 1995 and 1996,<ref name=2014MuniStats>{{cite web \| url=https://novascotia.ca/dma/pdf/mun-2014-annual-report-of-municipal-statistics.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051348/http://www.novascotia.ca/dma/pdf/mun-2014-annual-report-of-municipal-statistics.pdf \|archive-date=2016-03-04 \|url-status=live \| title=Nova Scotia Annual Report of Municipal Statistics for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 \| publisher=Department of Municipal Affairs \| page=12 \| year=2014 \| access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> while Statistics Canada uses all 18 historical counties as census divisions for statistical purposes in the Canadian census.<ref name=2021StatCan>{{cite web \| url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 \| title=Population and dwelling count highlight tables, 2021 Census \| publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] \| date=February 9, 2022 \| access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> County municipalities and district municipalities provide local government to the residents of the historical counties living outside of incorporated towns and regional municipalities.<ref name=RuralMuniGovt/><ref name=2014MuniStats/> == List == {\| class="wikitable sortable" !scope="col"\| County<ref name=CountyBoundaries>{{cite web \| url=https://novascotia.ca/dma/government/county-boundary.asp \| title=History of County Boundaries \| publisher=Province of Nova Scotia: Department of Municipal Affairs \| date=October 8, 2015 \| access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref> !scope="col"\| County seat<ref name=Sourcebook>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjIg5yEiFCMC&q=nova+scotia+%22county+seats%22+-wiki&pg=PA205 \| title=A Sourcebook for Genealogical Research: Resources Alphabetically by Type and Location \| publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers \| author=Foster Stockwell \| page=205 \| year=2004 \| isbn=9780786484386 \| access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> !scope="col"\| Established !scope="col"\| Organization of county !scope="col"\| Population<br>(2016)<ref name=2016StatCan>{{cite web \| url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=701&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=25 \| title=Population and dwelling count highlight tables, 2016 Census \| publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] \| date=February 8, 2017 \| access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> !scope="col"\| Population<br>(2011)<ref name=2016StatCan/> !scope="col"\| Change<br><ref name=2016StatCan/> !scope="col"\| Land area<br>(km²)<ref name=2016StatCan/> !scope="col"\| Population<br>density<ref name=2016StatCan/> !Map \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Annapolis County\|Annapolis]] \|\| [[Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia\|Annapolis Royal]] \|\| 1759 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|20591\|20756\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|3188.48}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|20591\|3188.4767\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:AnnapolisCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Municipality of the County of Antigonish\|Antigonish]] \|\| [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia\|Antigonish]] \|\| 1785 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|19301\|19589\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|1457.81}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|19301\|1457.8149\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:AntigonishCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia\|Cape Breton]]<sup>a</sup> \|\| [[Sydney, Nova Scotia\|Sydney]] \|\| 1765 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#Regional municipalities\|Regional municipality]] \|\| {{change\|98722\|101619\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2470.60}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|98722\|2470.5984\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:CapebretonCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Colchester County\|Colchester]] \|\| [[Truro, Nova Scotia\|Truro]] \|\| 1835 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|50585\|50968\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|3627.94}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|50585\|3627.9437\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:ColchesterCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Cumberland County, Nova Scotia\|Cumberland]] \|\| [[Amherst, Nova Scotia\|Amherst]] \|\| 1759 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|30005\|31353\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|4272.65}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|30005\|4272.6525\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:CumberlandCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Digby County, Nova Scotia\|Digby]] \|\| [[Digby, Nova Scotia\|Digby]] \|\| 1837 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|District municipality]] \|\| {{change\|17323\|18036\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2515.23}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|17323\|2515.2279\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:DigbyCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Guysborough County, Nova Scotia\|Guysborough]] \|\| [[Guysborough, Nova Scotia\|Guysborough]] \|\| 1836 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|District municipality]] \|\| {{change\|7625\|8143\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|4044.23}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|7625\|4044.2317\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:GuysboroughCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia\|Halifax]]<sup>b</sup> \|\| [[Halifax (former city), Nova Scotia\|Halifax]] \|\| 1759 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#Regional municipalities\|Regional municipality]] \|\|{{change\|403390\|390328\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|5495.71}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|403390\|5495.7148\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:HalifaxCountyHRM.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Hants County, Nova Scotia\|Hants]] \|\| [[Windsor, Nova Scotia\|Windsor]] \|\| 1781 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|District municipality]] \|\| {{change\|42558\|42304\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|3051.73}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|42304\|3051.7347\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:HantsCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Inverness County, Nova Scotia\|Inverness]] \|\| [[Port Hood, Nova Scotia\|Port Hood]] \|\| 1835 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|17235\|17947\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|3830.40}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|17235\|3830.396\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:InvernessCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Kings County, Nova Scotia\|Kings]] \|\| [[Kentville, Nova Scotia\|Kentville]] \|\| 1759 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|60600\|60589\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2126.11}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|60600\|2126.112\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:KingsCountyNS.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia\|Lunenburg]] \|\| [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (town)\|Lunenburg]] \|\| 1759 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|District municipality]] \|\| {{change\|47126\|47313\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2909.90}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|47126\|2909.8998\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:LunenburgCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Pictou County, Nova Scotia\|Pictou]] \|\| [[Pictou, Nova Scotia\|Pictou]] \|\| 1835 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|43748\|45643\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2845.62}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|43748\|2845.6167\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:PictouCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Queens County, Nova Scotia\|Queens]]<sup>c</sup> \|\| [[Liverpool, Nova Scotia\|Liverpool]] \|\| 1762 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#Regional municipalities\|Regional municipality]] \|\|{{change\|10351\|10960\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2398.63}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|10351\|2398.6328\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:QueensCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Richmond County, Nova Scotia\|Richmond]] \|\| [[Arichat, Nova Scotia\|Arichat]] \|\| 1835 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|8964\|9293\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|1244.24}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|8964\|1244.2393\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:RichmondCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Shelburne County, Nova Scotia\|Shelburne]] \|\| [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia\|Shelburne]] \|\| 1784 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|District municipality]] \|\| {{change\|13966\|14496\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2464.65}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|13966\|2464.6548\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:ShelburneCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Victoria County, Nova Scotia\|Victoria]] \|\| [[Baddeck, Nova Scotia\|Baddeck]] \|\| 1851 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#County municipalities\|County municipality]] \|\| {{change\|7089\|7115\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2870.85}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|7089\|2870.847\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:VictoriaCounty.png\|100px]] \|- \|scope="row"\| [[Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia\|Yarmouth]] \|\| [[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia\|Yarmouth]] \|\| 1836 \|\| [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities\|District municipality]] \|\| {{change\|24419\|25275\|dec=1\|align=center\|invert=on}} \|\|align=center\| {{nts\|2124.64}} \|\|align=center\| {{Pop density\|24419\|2124.6414\|km2\|prec=1}} \|\| [[File:YarmouthCounty.png\|100px]] \|- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;" style="background: #f2f2f2;" \|align="left"\| '''Total counties''' \|align="center"\| '''—''' \|align="center"\| '''—''' \|align="center"\| '''—''' \|{{change\|921727\|913462\|dec=1\|align="center"\|bold=on\|invert=on\|\|bgcolour=#f2f2f2}} \|align="center"\| '''{{nts\|52939.44}}''' \|align="center"\| '''{{Pop density\|921727\|52939.44\|km2\|prec=1}}''' \|- \|} {{smaller\|<sup>a</sup> county boundaries contiguous with those of the [[Cape Breton Regional Municipality]].<br/><sup>b</sup> county boundaries contiguous with those of the [[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia\|Halifax Regional Municipality]].<br/><sup>c</sup> county boundaries contiguous with those of the [[Region of Queens Municipality]].}} == See also == [[Administrative divisions of Canada]] [[Administrative divisions of Nova Scotia]] [[Demographics of Nova Scotia]] [[Geography of Nova Scotia]] [[List of communities in Nova Scotia]] [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia]] <!--[[List of municipal districts in Nova Scotia]]--> [[List of towns in Nova Scotia]] [[List of villages in Nova Scotia]] [[Subdivisions of Canada]] == References == {{reflist\|30em}} == External links == [https://novascotia.ca/dma/pdf/mun-history-of-county-incorporation-act.pdf The County Incorporation Act and the Establishment of Municipal Government in Nova Scotia] [https://novascotia.ca/dma/government/history.asp Municipal History Highlights] [https://novascotia.ca/dma/government/incorporation.asp Municipal Incorporation Timeline] {{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia}} {{Canada topic\|Census divisions of}} [[Category:Counties of Nova Scotia\| ]] [[Category:Lists of populated places in Nova Scotia\|Counties]] [[Category:Lists of counties\|Nova Scotia]]