Queens County, Nova Scotia

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

Queens County, Nova Scotia
County
Coordinates: 44.2°N 65.0°W / 44.2; -65.0
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Region of Queens Municipality
Established	July 21, 1762
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Amalgamated	April 1, 1996
Electoral Districts Federal	South Shore—St. Margarets
Provincial	Queens-Shelburne
Area
• Total	2,398.63 km2 (926.12 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	10,960
• Density	4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Area code	902
Median Earnings*	$39,972
Website	regionofqueens.com
Median household income, 2000 ($) (all households) Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

History

Liverpool, the county seat of Queens County, was founded in 1759 by the New England Planters. Founded for the most part by New England settlers, Liverpool maintained strong ties with the American colonies until the sudden outbreak of the American Revolution.

On July 21, 1762 the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Nova Scotia declared that "the Townships of Liverpool, Barrington and Yarmouth together with the intermediate lands should be erected into a county by the name of Queens County". Parts of the new county were taken from Lunenburg County, which now lies to the northeast.

In 1784, Shelburne County was formed in part from southwestern portions of Queens County. The new county boundaries were established by an Order-in-Council dated December 16, 1785.

Queens County contains substantial portions of Kejimkujik National Park, including the main body of the park inland north of Caledonia and the Seaside Adjunct near Port Joli and Port Mouton.

In 1996, the county's municipal government merged with the town of Liverpool to form the Region of Queens Municipality, thus the county is contiguous with the boundaries of the regional municipality, minus First Nations reserves.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of 10,501 living in 5,005 of its 6,705 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 10,351. With a land area of 2,393.44 km² (924.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.4/km² (11.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Population trend[2][3] Census Population Change (%) 2016 10,351 5.6% 2011 10,960 2.2% 2006 11,212 4.4% 2001 11,723 5.6% 1996 12,417 4.1% 1991 12,923 1.6% 1986 13,125 0.0% 1981 13,126 N/A 1941 12,028 1931 10,612 1921 9,944 1911 10,106 1901 10,226 1891 10,610 1881 10,577 1871 10,554 N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)[4] Language Population Pct (%) English only 10,570 97.69% French only 80 0.74% Non-official languages 150 1.39% Multiple responses 20 0.18%

Ethnic Groups (2006)[5] Ethnic Origin Population Pct (%) Canadian 5,255 47.6% German 3,110 28.1% English 3,010 27.2% Scottish 2,225 20.1% Irish 1,740 15.7% French 1,205 10.9% Dutch (Netherlands) 915 8.3% North American Indian 870 7.9%

Communities

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

Regional municipalities

• Region of Queens Municipality

Towns

• Liverpool

Villages

• Caledonia
• Greenfield

Reserves

• Ponhook Lake 10
• Wildcat 12

See also

• Canada portal

• List of lakes in Nova Scotia
• Black Lake listings within Nova Scotia.
• Royal eponyms in Canada

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
2. Censuses 1871-1941
3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
4. Statistics Canada: 2011 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Queens County, Nova Scotia