List of designated places in Nova Scotia
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A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.[1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)."[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population, Nova Scotia had 70 designated places,[3] an increase from 68 in 2016.[4] Designated place types in Nova Scotia include 66 class IV areas and 4 retired population centres.[5] In 2021, the 70 designated places had a cumulative population of 44,090 and an average population of 630. Nova Scotia's largest designated place is Bible Hill with a population of 5,076.[6]
| Name[6] | Type[5] | County[6] | 2021 Census of Population[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change (%) |
Land area (km2) |
Population density (per km2) | |||
| Alder Point | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 461 | 484 | −4.8% | 5.14 | 89.7/km2 |
| Aylesford | Class IV area | Kings | 834 | 833 | +0.1% | 4.08 | 204.4/km2 |
| Baddeck | Class IV area | Victoria | 818 | 826 | −1.0% | 2.11 | 387.7/km2 |
| Bible Hill | Class IV area | Colchester | 5,076 | 4,894 | +3.7% | 9.24 | 549.4/km2 |
| Black Point | Class IV area | Halifax | 486 | 452 | +7.5% | 1.48 | 328.4/km2 |
| Boutlier's Point | Class IV area | Halifax | 781 | 765 | +2.1% | 2.6 | 300.4/km2 |
| Bras D'Or | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 96 | 104 | −7.7% | 1.02 | 94.1/km2 |
| Bridgetown | Retired population centre | Annapolis | 970 | 949 | +2.2% | 3.63 | 267.2/km2 |
| Brookfield | Class IV area | Colchester | 439 | 445 | −1.3% | 1.27 | 345.7/km2 |
| Brooklyn | Class IV area | Queens | 849 | 916 | −7.3% | 9.44 | 89.9/km2 |
| Cambridge | Class IV area | Kings | 703 | 867 | −18.9% | 3.77 | 186.5/km2 |
| Canning | Class IV area | Kings | 716 | 731 | −2.1% | 1.86 | 384.9/km2 |
| Carleton Corner | Class IV area | Annapolis | 99 | 106 | −6.6% | 0.66 | 150.0/km2 |
| Centreville | Class IV area | Kings | 1,159 | 1,129 | +2.7% | 2.36 | 491.1/km2 |
| Coldbrook part A | Class IV area | Kings | 233 | 240 | −2.9% | 2.18 | 106.9/km2 |
| Coldbrook part B | Class IV area | Kings | 973 | 1,025 | −5.1% | 4.94 | 197.0/km2 |
| Cornwallis Park | Class IV area | Annapolis | 488 | 479 | +1.9% | 2.14 | 228.0/km2 |
| Cow Bay | Class IV area | Halifax | 1,224 | 1,257 | −2.6% | 5.79 | 211.4/km2 |
| Donkin | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 532 | 524 | +1.5% | 9.5 | 56.0/km2 |
| Edwardsville | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 287 | 267 | +7.5% | 8.08 | 35.5/km2 |
| Elmsdale | Class IV area | Hants | 413 | 360 | +14.7% | 2.99 | 138.1/km2 |
| Enfield | Class IV area | Hants | 36 | 37 | −2.7% | 0.12 | 300.0/km2 |
| English Corner | Retired population centre | Halifax | 1,058 | 1,151 | −8.1% | 2.78 | 380.6/km2 |
| Fall River | Class IV area | Halifax | 2,474 | 2,337 | +5.9% | 14.89 | 166.2/km2 |
| Falmouth | Class IV area | Hants | 1,553 | 1,368 | +13.5% | 5.21 | 298.1/km2 |
| Freeport | Class IV area | Digby | 217 | 223 | −2.7% | 7.57 | 28.7/km2 |
| Granville Ferry | Class IV area | Annapolis | 152 | 110 | +38.2% | 0.43 | 353.5/km2 |
| Greenwood | Class IV area | Kings | 0 | 0 | NA | 0.37 | 0.0/km2 |
| Groves Point | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 254 | 258 | −1.6% | 7.63 | 33.3/km2 |
| Guysborough | Class IV area | Guysborough | 397 | 363 | +9.4% | 3.09 | 128.5/km2 |
| Hammonds Plains Road | Retired population centre | Halifax | 1,819 | 1,859 | −2.2% | 3.18 | 572.0/km2 |
| Hants Border | Class IV area | Kings | 408 | 393 | +3.8% | 1.29 | 316.3/km2 |
| Havre Boucher | Class IV area | Antigonish | 281 | 309 | −9.1% | 2.69 | 104.5/km2 |
| Hebbville | Class IV area | Lunenburg | 796 | 802 | −0.7% | 15.79 | 50.4/km2 |
| Hillside | Class IV area | Pictou | 122 | 149 | −18.1% | 1.38 | 88.4/km2 |
| Hubbards | Class IV area | Halifax | 387 | 364 | +6.3% | 2.29 | 169.0/km2 |
| Lantz | Retired population centre | Hants | 1,703 | 2,229 | −23.6% | 2.97 | 573.4/km2 |
| Lawrencetown | Class IV area | Annapolis | 636 | 516 | +23.3% | 5.62 | 113.2/km2 |
| Lequille | Class IV area | Annapolis | 182 | 222 | −18.0% | 0.71 | 256.3/km2 |
| Lingan | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 229 | 261 | −12.3% | 3.99 | 57.4/km2 |
| Little Bras D'Or | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 148 | 135 | +9.6% | 3.85 | 38.4/km2 |
| Little Pond | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 169 | 183 | −7.7% | 4.35 | 38.9/km2 |
| Louisbourg | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 825 | 877 | −5.9% | 3.3 | 250.0/km2 |
| Masstown | Class IV area | Colchester | 156 | 164 | −4.9% | 0.76 | 205.3/km2 |
| Mill Creek | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 413 | 430 | −4.0% | 7.29 | 56.7/km2 |
| Milton | Class IV area | Queens | 999 | 999 | 0.0% | 7.18 | 139.1/km2 |
| Milton Highlands | Class IV area | Yarmouth | 320 | 343 | −6.7% | 1.48 | 216.2/km2 |
| New Germany | Class IV area | Lunenburg | 447 | 458 | −2.4% | 2.49 | 179.5/km2 |
| Point Aconi | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 113 | 134 | −15.7% | 10.11 | 11.2/km2 |
| Port Caledonia | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 212 | 214 | −0.9% | 10.04 | 21.1/km2 |
| Port Hastings | Class IV area | Inverness | 90 | 89 | +1.1% | 0.86 | 104.7/km2 |
| Port Williams | Class IV area | Kings | 1,110 | 1,186 | −6.4% | 2.93 | 378.8/km2 |
| Priestville | Class IV area | Pictou | 157 | 163 | −3.7% | 0.72 | 218.1/km2 |
| Prime Brook | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 186 | 183 | +1.6% | 6.77 | 27.5/km2 |
| Pugwash | Class IV area | Cumberland | 746 | 736 | +1.4% | 9.8 | 76.1/km2 |
| River Hebert | Class IV area | Cumberland | 468 | 453 | +3.3% | 6.02 | 77.7/km2 |
| River Ryan | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 239 | 238 | +0.4% | 4.73 | 50.5/km2 |
| Sandy Point | Class IV area | Shelburne | 369 | 347 | +6.3% | 2.44 | 151.2/km2 |
| Shubenacadie part A | Class IV area | Hants | 401 | 735 | −45.4% | 4 | 100.3/km2 |
| Shubenacadie part B | Class IV area | Colchester | 10 | 187 | −94.7% | 2.12 | 4.7/km2 |
| St. Margaret's Bay | Class IV area | Halifax | 840 | 782 | +7.4% | 2.51 | 334.7/km2 |
| Sydney River | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 455 | 367 | +24.0% | 6.68 | 68.1/km2 |
| Tatamagouche | Class IV area | Colchester | 691 | 755 | −8.5% | 8.05 | 85.8/km2 |
| Terrence Bay | Class IV area | Halifax | 678 | 749 | −9.5% | 3.37 | 201.2/km2 |
| Tower Road | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 295 | 272 | +8.5% | 9.07 | 32.5/km2 |
| Upper North Sydney | Class IV area | Cape Breton | 387 | 406 | −4.7% | 11.18 | 34.6/km2 |
| Waterville | Class IV area | Kings | 703 | 747 | −5.9% | 1.79 | 392.7/km2 |
| Waverley | Class IV area | Halifax | 858 | 813 | +5.5% | 2.9 | 295.9/km2 |
| Wedgeport | Class IV area | Yarmouth | 1,071 | 1,061 | +0.9% | 9.64 | 111.1/km2 |
| Westport | Class IV area | Digby | 193 | 218 | −11.5% | 11.68 | 16.5/km2 |
| Total designated places | — | — | 44,090 | 45,028 | −2.1% | 324.39 | 135.9/km2 |
| Province of Nova Scotia | — | — | 969,383 | 923,598 | +5.0% | 52,824.71 | 18.4/km2 |
