Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

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Shelburne County, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 43°48′N 65°18′W / 43.8°N 65.3°W

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Shelburne County
County
Location of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°48′N 65°18′W / 43.8°N 65.3°W / 43.8; -65.3
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
District municipalities	Barrington / Shelburne
Towns	Shelburne / Lockeport / Clark's Harbour
Established	1784
Divided into District Municipalities	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts Federal	South Shore—St. Margarets
Provincial	Queens-Shelburne
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,462.58 km² (950.81 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	13,704
• Density	5.6/km² (15/sq mi)
• Change 2011-16	1.9%
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	7765
Median Income*	$40,514 CDN
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

History

Shelburne County was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States. It was originally named Port Roseway, until it became a very busy town and was considered to be the capital of Nova Scotia, in which the name was changed to Shelburne in an attempt to please Lord Shelburne, the British Prime Minister from 1782 to 1783. The boundaries of Shelburne County were established by Governor and Council on December 16, 1785.

The first Loyalists arrived in May 1783. They were faced with a somewhat bleak environment in which to make their homes. The land is rocky with acidic soil. There is also much forest.

The area had previously been settled by French-speaking Catholic Acadians, many of whom had been deported to British Colonies. The new arrivals included Black Loyalists who were given substandard land, particularly around Birchtown. In 1796 about 600 Jamaican Maroons were deported to this area of Nova Scotia as well.

In 1824, at a time when the lines of a number of counties were being cut out and marked, the boundary between Queens and Shelburne Counties was surveyed.

In 1836 Shelburne County was divided into two separate and distinct counties with Yarmouth County being formed out of what had been part of Shelburne County.

In 1854, Shelburne County was divided into two districts for court sessional purposes - Shelburne and Barrington. In 1879, these districts were incorporated as district municipalities.

A 2023 wildfire near Barrington Lake became the largest wildfire in the history of Nova Scotia.^[2]

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Shelburne County had a population of 13,704 living in 6,473 of its 7,904 total private dwellings, a change of -1.9% from its 2016 population of 13,966. With a land area of 2,462.58 km² (950.81 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.6/km² (14.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Population trend^[4]^[5]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2021	13,704	1.9%
2016	13,966	3.7%
2011	14,496	6.7%
2006	15,544	4.2%
2001	16,231	4.5%
1996	17,002	2.0%
1991	17,343	1.0%
1986	17,516	1.1%
1981	17,328	N/A
1941	13,251
1931	12,485
1921	13,491
1911	14,105
1901	14,202
1891	14,956
1881	14,913
1871	12,417	N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)^[6]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	14,050	97.91%
French only	155	1.08%
Non-official languages	110	0.77%
Multiple responses	30	0.21%

Ethnic Groups (2006)^[7]

Ethnic Origin	Population	Pct (%)
Canadian	9,335	60.6%
English	5,145	33.4%
Scottish	3,115	20.2%
Irish	1,915	12.4%
German	1,805	11.7%
French	1,235	8.0%
Métis	970	6.3%
Dutch (Netherlands)	680	4.4%
North American Indian	630	4.1%

Communities

Towns

District municipalities

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county boundary:^[8]

Highways
- Hwy 103

Trunk Routes
- Trunk 3

Collector Routes:

External Routes:
- None

Notable people

References

^ ^a ^b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Shelburne, County (CTY) [Census division], Nova Scotia". 9 February 2022.
^ Chisholm, Cassidy (3 June 2023). "Historic wildfire in Shelburne County remains out of control, says premier". CBC News. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
^ Censuses 1871-1941
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
^ Statistics Canada: 2011 census
^ 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Page 89

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