Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

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Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province located on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal.

History

Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from the town of Annapolis Royal which had been named in honour of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. The town was the successor to the French settlement of Port Royal, the chief Acadian settlement in the area. The Acadians had been forcibly removed by British government officials in the 1755 Grand Dérangement.

In 1817 the population of the county was 9,817, and that had grown to 14,661 by 1827. At that time, the county was divided into six townships: Annapolis, Granville, Wilmot, Clements, Digby and Clare.<ref name="jb">Template:Cite book</ref>

By 1833, a number of reasons had been advanced for making two counties out of Annapolis County. Two petitions were presented to the House of Assembly in that year requesting that the county be divided. However, it was not until 1837 that Annapolis County was divided into two distinct and separate counties - Annapolis and Digby.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Annapolis County had a population of Template:Val living in Template:Val of its Template:Val total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of Template:Val. 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>

Forming the majority of the Annapolis County census division, the Municipality of the County of Annapolis, including its Subdivisions A, B, C, and D, had a population of Template:Val living in Template:Val of its Template:Val total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of Template:Val. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCSD>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 (%)
2021	21,252	Template:Gain3.2%
2016	20,591	Template:Loss0.8%
2011	20,756	Template:Loss3.2%
2006	21,438	Template:Loss1.5%
2001	21,773	Template:Loss2.5%
1996	22,324	Template:Loss5.5%
1991	23,630	Template:Gain0.2%
1986	23,589	Template:Gain4.7%
1981	22,522	N/A
1941	17,692
1931	16,297
1921	18,153
1911	18,581
1901	18,842
1891	19,350
1881	20,598
1871	18,121	N/A

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

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	19,555	95.58%
French only	450	2.20%
Non-official languages	385	1.88%
Multiple responses	70	0.34%

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

Ethnic Origin	Population	Pct (%)
Canadian	9,495	44.9%
English	8,425	39.8%
Scottish	4,935	23.3%
German	3,465	16.4%
Irish	3,385	16.0%
French	3,095	14.6%
Dutch (Netherlands)	1,565	7.4%
North American Indian	1,080	5.1%
Welsh	490	2.3%

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Communities

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Towns

Villages

Reserves

County municipality and county subdivisions

Municipality of the County of Annapolis

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:<ref>Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Template:ISBN Pages 76-77, 84-85</ref> Template:Col-begin Template:Col-4