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Map of select municipalities on Cape Breton Island Travel map of Cape Breton Island, with major highways and freeways marked. The irregularly-shaped rectangular island is about 100 km wide and 150 long, for a total of 10,311 square kilometres (3,981 sq mi) in area. [35] It lies in the southeastern extremity of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Distribution of Nova Scotia's 27 towns by population. A town is a type of municipality in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. Towns are incorporated by order by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board pursuant to sections 383 through 388 of Nova Scotia's Municipal Government Act. [1] Nova Scotia had 26 towns at the time of the 2016 Census ...
Name 2016 Census of Population [2]; Population (2016) Population (2011) Change Land area Population density km 2 sq mi /km 2 /sq mi Amherst: 9,413 9,717 −3.1%
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia – meaning New Scotland in Latin, is the second-smallest province in Canada. [ 1 ] It is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces , with its mainland territory consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , in addition ...
Nova Scotia's largest and smallest district municipalities by population are Lunenburg and St. Mary's with 25,545 and 2,161 residents respectively. [2] Nova Scotia's largest district municipality by land area is Guysborough at 2,115.25 km 2 (816.70 sq mi), while the smallest by land area is Yarmouth at 584.69 km 2 (225.75 sq mi). [2]
Trunk 19 is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of trunk highways. The road runs from Port Hastings (at the east end of the Canso Causeway) to a junction with the Cabot Trail at Margaree Forks on Cape Breton Island, a distance of 107 kilometres (66 mi). [1] Most of the route is known as the Ceilidh Trail. [2]
The Maritimes is currently represented in the Canadian Parliament by 25 Members of the House of Commons (Nova Scotia – 11, New Brunswick – 10, Prince Edward Island – 4) and 24 Senators (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick – 10 each, Prince Edward Island – 4). This level of representation was established at the time of Confederation when the ...
Cabot Strait [1] (/ ˈ k æ b ə t /; French: détroit de Cabot, French:) is in Atlantic Canada between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and Cape North, Cape Breton Island. [2] The strait, approximately 110 kilometres wide, is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean, the others being the Strait of Belle Isle and Strait of Canso.