Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Not to be confused with Lunenburg, Nova Scotia or the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg.

County in Nova Scotia, Canada

Lunenburg County
County
Lunenburg harbourfront
Nickname(s):  "Christmas Tree Capital of the World"[1]
Location of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°30′N 64°30′W / 44.5°N 64.5°W / 44.5; -64.5Coordinates: 44°30′N 64°30′W / 44.5°N 64.5°W / 44.5; -64.5
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
District municipalities	Chester / Lunenburg
Towns	Bridgewater / Lunenburg / Mahone Bay
Established	August 17, 1759
Electoral Districts Federal	South Shore–St. Margaret's
Provincial	Chester-St. Margaret's / Lunenburg / Lunenburg West
Area [2]
• Land	2,907.93 km2 (1,122.76 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2][3]
• Total	47,313
• Density	16.2/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code(s)	902
Dwellings	24,786
Median Income*	$43,257 CDN
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Lunenburg County is a county located on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, It ranges from Hubbards to the east and Vogler's Cove to the west.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Demographics
  


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  3 Communities
  


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  4 Access routes
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

History

Named in honour of the British king who was also the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lunenburg County was established in 1759, when peninsular Nova Scotia was divided into five counties. Three years later Lunenburg County was reduced in size when Queens County was established. Following the establishment of Queens County in 1762, Hants County in 1781, and Shelburne and Sydney Counties in 1784, the boundaries of all nine of the counties were defined by the Nova Scotia Council.

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.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lunenburg County recorded a population of 47,126 living in 21,439 of its 26,648 total private dwellings, a change of −0.4% from its 2011 population of 47,313. With a land area of 2,909.77 km² (1,123.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.19616.2/km² (41.94741.9/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Population trend[5][6] Census Population Change (%) 2016 47,126 0.4% 2011 47,313 0.3% 2006 47,150 0.9% 2001 47,591 0.1% 1996 47,561 0.2% 1991 47,634 4.1% 1986 46,483 2.5% 1981 45,746 N/A 1941 32,942 1931 31,674 1921 33,742 1911 33,260 1901 32,389 1891 31,075 1881 28,583 1871 23,834 N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)[7] 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%

Ethnic Groups (2006)[8] 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%

Religious make-up (2001)[9] 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%

Communities

Main article: List of communities in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Towns

• Bridgewater


• Lunenburg


• Mahone Bay

Villages

• Chester


• Hebbville

Reserves

• Gold River 21


• New Ross 20


• Pennal 19

District municipalities

• Municipalilty of the District of Chester


• Municipalilty of the District of Lunenburg

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county boundary:^[10]

Highways Hwy 103

Trunk Routes Trunk 3 Trunk 10 Trunk 12

Collector Routes: Route 208 Route 210 Route 324 Route 325 Route 329 Route 331 Route 332

External Routes: None

See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia


• Royal eponyms in Canada


• Black Lake listings within Nova Scotia.


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  Lunenburg English, the distinctive dialect of the area

References

1. 
   ^ http://www.terrysoff.com/lunenburg-county/christmas-tree-capital/
   


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   ^ ^ab "2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-10-04..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
   


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   ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
   


5. 
   ^ Censuses 1871-1941
   


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   ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
   


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   ^ Statistics Canada: 2011 census
   


8. 
   ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
   


9. 
   ^ [1] Religious make-up, for Lunenburg County, 2001 census - 100% data
   


10. 
    ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
    ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 78-80, 86-87
    

External links

• Photographs of historic monuments in Lunenburg County


• Lunenburg County Map

Places adjacent to Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
Annapolis County Kings County Hants County Queens County Lunenburg County Halifax County Atlantic Ocean

v t e Subdivisions of Nova Scotia
Historical counties	Annapolis Antigonish Cape Breton Colchester Cumberland Digby Guysborough Halifax Hants Inverness Kings Lunenburg Pictou Queens Richmond Shelburne Victoria Yarmouth
Economic regions	Annapolis Valley Cape Breton Island Halifax Regional Municipality North Shore Southern Nova Scotia
Regional municipalities	Cape Breton Halifax Queens
County municipalities	Annapolis Antigonish Colchester Cumberland Inverness Kings Pictou Richmond Victoria
District municipalities	Argyle Barrington Chester Clare Digby East Hants Guysborough Lunenburg Shelburne St. Mary's West Hants Yarmouth
Towns	Amherst Annapolis Royal Antigonish Berwick Bridgewater Clark's Harbour Digby Hantsport Kentville Lockeport Lunenburg Mahone Bay Middleton Mulgrave New Glasgow Oxford Parrsboro Pictou Port Hawkesbury Shelburne Stellarton Stewiacke Trenton Truro Westville Windsor Wolfville Yarmouth
Villages	Aylesford Baddeck Bible Hill Canning Chester Cornwallis Square Dover Freeport Greenwood Havre Boucher Hebbville Kingston Lawrencetown New Minas Port Williams Pugwash River Hebert St. Peter's Tatamagouche Tiverton Westport Weymouth
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