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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
[edit]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
[edit]Today the county has no legal status, although its borders are coincident with the five municipalities contained within it:
- the municipality of the District of Chester
- the municipality of the District of Lunenburg
- the town of Bridgewater
- the town of Lunenburg
- the town of Mahone Bay
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
[edit]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 (%) |
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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 (%) |
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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 (%) |
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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 (%) |
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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% |
Access routes
[edit]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
- Highways
- Trunk Routes
- Collector Routes:
- External Routes:
- None
See also
[edit]- List of communities in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
- List of communities in Nova Scotia
- Lunenburg English, the distinctive dialect of the area
References
[edit]External links
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