Inverness County, Nova Scotia
Cabot Trail seen from the Skyline Trail | |
![]() Location of Inverness County, Nova Scotia | |
Coordinates: 46°12′N 61°06′W / 46.2°N 61.1°WCoordinates: 46°12′N 61°06′W / 46.2°N 61.1°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Towns | Port Hawkesbury |
Established as Juste au Corps | 1835 |
Renamed Inverness | 1837 |
Incorporated | 17 April, 1879 |
Electoral Districts Federal | Cape Breton—Canso / Sydney—Victoria |
Provincial | Inverness |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality of the County of Inverness |
Area | |
• Land | 3,831.17 km2 (1,479.22 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 17,235 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
• Change 2001-06 | ![]() |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code(s) | 902 |
Dwellings | 9,876 |
Median Income* | $45,687 CDN |
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Inverness County is an historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the Municipality of the County of Inverness, the town of Port Hawkesbury and the Whycocomagh 2 Waycobah First Nation reserve.
History[]
Established as the County of Juste au Corps in 1835, Inverness County was given its present name in 1837. It was named after Sir Cameron Inverness of Scotland, the land from which many of the early settlers came.[3] Agriculture and fishing dominated the economy with exports of butter and cattle to Newfoundland and Halifax for most of the nineteenth century.[4] The construction of the Inverness and Richmond Railway in 1901, and the subsequent opening of coal mines at Port Hood, Mabou, and Inverness, created the "only home market" local farmers had ever had.[5]
The boundaries of Inverness County had been previously defined when Cape Breton Island was divided by statute into three districts in 1823. In 1996, the county was amalgamated into a single municipality with the exception of Port Hawkesbury.
Demographics[]
As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Inverness County recorded a population of 17,235 living in 7,351 of its 9,876 total private dwellings, a change of -4% from its 2011 population of 17,947. With a land area of 3,831.17 km2 (1,479.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.5/km2 (11.7/sq mi) in 2016.[6]
Forming the majority of the Inverness County census division, the Municipality of the County of Inverness recorded a population of 13,190 living in 5,740 of its 8,052 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of -4.3% from its 2011 population of 13,781. With a land area of 3,815.59 km2 (1,473.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi) in 2016.[7]
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See also[]
- Cabot Trail: scenic route which passes through the area
- Communities in Inverness County
- List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
- People from Inverness County
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Inverness County, Nova Scotia
- ^ Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
- ^ Nova Scotia Statutes (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. 1837. p. 26. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Robert A. MacKinnon, "The Historical Geography of Agriculture in Nova Scotia, 1851-1951", Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1991.
- ^ Canada, House of Commons, Official Report of Evidence taken During Session of 1921 Respecting the Future Fuel Supply of Canada (Ottawa, 1921), 643-644.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Censuses 1871-1941
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Inverness County, Nova Scotia
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