List of villages in Nova Scotia facts for kids
A village is a type of community in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia that has a commission established under the Municipal Government Act for the purpose of providing municipal services to a defined area within a larger county or district municipality.
Nova Scotia has 21 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.
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Name | Historical county | Rural municipality | Population (2011) |
Population (2006) |
Change (%) |
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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 |
Former villages
Nova Scotia has recognized at least four other villages in its history. The villages of Brooklyn and Milton dissolved on April 1, 1996 upon the amalgamation of the Municipality of the County of Queens with the Town of Liverpool to form the Region of Queens Municipality. On the same date, the villages of Uplands Park and Waverley dissolved upon the amalgamation of the Municipality of the County of Halifax with the cities of Dartmouth and Halifax and the Town of Bedford to form the Halifax Regional Municipality. Havre Boucher was dissolved in 2018.
See also
- Demographics of Nova Scotia
- Geography of Nova Scotia
- List of communities in Nova Scotia
- List of counties of Nova Scotia
- List of municipal districts in Nova Scotia
- List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
- List of towns in Nova Scotia