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Lunenburg County is a historical county and census division on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Major settlements include Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay.

History

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Named in honour of the British king who was also the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, it was established in 1759, when the Nova Scotia peninsula was divided into five counties. The county became smaller when new counties were created from its boundaries: Queens (1762), Hants (1781), Shelburne (1784), and Sydney (1784).

By Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 1863, Lunenburg County was divided into two districts for court sessional purposes – Chester and Lunenburg. That statute provided authority for the appointment of a Custos Rotulorum and for the establishment of a general sessions of the peace for the District of Chester, with the same powers as if it were a separate county. In 1879, the two districts were incorporated as district municipalities.

Governance

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Today the county has no legal status, although its borders are coincident with the five municipalities contained within it:

The above municipalities comprise the entire territory of the county.<ref>Municipal Government Act</ref>

There are three Sipekneꞌkatik First Nation reserves in the county:

Demographics

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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lunenburg County had a population of Template:Nts living in Template:Nts of its Template:Nts total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of Template:Nts. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 Population trend<ref>Censuses 1871-1941</ref><ref>Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census</ref>

Census Population Change (%)
1871 23,834 N/A
1881 28,583 Template:Gain19.93%
1891 31,075 Template:Gain8.72%
1901 32,389 Template:Gain4.23%
1911 33,260 Template:Gain2.69%
1921 33,742 Template:Gain1.45%
1931 31,674 Template:Loss6.13%
1941 32,942 Template:Gain1.45%
1981 45,746 N/A
1986 46,483 Template:Gain2.5%
1991 47,634 Template:Gain4.1%
1996 47,561 Template:Loss0.2%
2001 47,591 Template:Gain0.1%
2006 47,150 Template:Loss0.9%
2011 47,313 Template:Gain0.3%
2016 47,126 Template:Loss0.4%
2021 48,599 Template:Gain3.1%

Template:Col-2 Mother tongue language (2011)<ref>Statistics Canada: 2011 census</ref>

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 45,305 96.83%
French only 525 1.12%
Non-official languages 805 1.72%
Multiple responses 150 0.32%

Template:Col-2 Ethnic Groups (2006)<ref name="SC2006-Ethnicity">2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia</ref>

Ethnic Origin Population Pct (%)
Canadian 19,265 41.3%
German 16,290 34.9%
English 13,405 28.8%
Scottish 8,655 18.6%
French 6,360 13.6%
Irish 6,155 13.2%
Dutch (Netherlands) 3,105 6.7%
North American Indian 1,930 4.1%
Welsh 1,000 2.1%

Template:Col-2 Religious make-up (2001)<ref name="SC2001">[1] Religious make-up, for Lunenburg County, 2001 census - 100% data</ref>

Religion Population Pct (%)
Protestant 34,220 72.80%
No religious affiliation 6,810 14.49%
Catholic 5,230 11.13%
Christian n.i.e. 535 1.14%
Muslim 80 0.17%
Jewish 70 0.15%
Christian Orthodox 20 0.04%
Hindu 20 0.04%
Buddhist 15 0.03%
Other religions 10 0.02%

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Access routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county boundary:<ref>Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Template:ISBN Pages 78-80, 86-87</ref> Template:Col-begin Template:Col-4

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  • External Routes:
    • None

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See also

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References

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