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The Halifax population centre is the largest urban area in Nova Scotia. Statistics Canada recognizes a total of 37 population centres in the province. [5]The below table is a list of those population centres in Nova Scotia from the 2021 Census of Population as designated, named, and delineated by Statistics Canada.
A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km 2. [1]
Nova Scotia [a] is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and most populous province in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2024; it is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and second-smallest province by area. [11]
The territories (the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon) account for over a third of Canada's area but are home to only 0.32 percent of its population, which skews the national population density value. Canada's population grew by 5.24 percent between the 2016 and 2021 censuses. [1]
Counties of Nova Scotia (1862) with township subdivisions. ... Land area (km²) [7] Population density [7] Map Annapolis: Annapolis Royal: 1759: County municipality ...
Mainland Halifax's population as of 2021 was 83,972 people, an increase of 10,662 people (over 14.5%) from 73,310 people in 2016. The area's population density increased by 248 people per km 2, from approximately 1,704 people per km 2 in 2016 to approximately 1,952 people per km 2 in 2021.
Designated place types in Nova Scotia include 66 class IV areas and 4 retired population centres. [5] In 2021, the 70 designated places had a cumulative population of 44,090 and an average population of 630. Nova Scotia's largest designated place is Bible Hill with a population of 5,076. [6]
Area/colony Population [71] [72] [73] Notes [56] 1605: Port Royal (Nova Scotia) 44: The 44 colonists are surviving members of 79 from the now abandoned St. Croix settlement of Maine. [65] However, the habitation at Port-Royal was also abandoned and left in the care of the local Mi'kmaq. [67]