New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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"New Glasgow" redirects here. For other uses, see New Glasgow (disambiguation).
New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait.
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New Glasgow
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Nickname: "NG"[1] | |
Motto: Let New Glasgow Flourish[2] | |
Coordinates: 45.59256°N 62.645458°W / 45.59256; -62.645458 (New Glasgow, Nova Scotia) | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
County | Pictou |
Founded | 1776 |
Incorporated | May 6, 1875 |
Government | |
• Type | New Glasgow Council |
• Mayor | Nancy Dicks |
• MLA | Pat Dunn (PC) |
• MP | Sean Fraser (L) |
Area (2016)[3] | |
• Land | 9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi) |
• Urban | 39.52 km2 (15.26 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,066.66 km2 (797.94 sq mi) |
Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Town | 9,075 |
• Density | 911.6/km2 (2,361/sq mi) |
• Urban | 20,609 |
• Urban density | 521.5/km2 (1,351/sq mi) |
• Metro | 35,809 |
• Metro density | 17.3/km2 (45/sq mi) |
• Change 2011–16 | 5.1% |
• Census Ranking | 445 of 5,162 |
Demonym | New Glaswegian[4] |
Time zone | UTC– 04:00 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC– 03:00 (ADT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code |
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Dwellings | 4,343 |
Median Income* | $39,979 CDN |
Website | www |
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The town's population was 9,075 in the 2016 census. New Glasgow is at the centre of the province's fourth largest urban area; the population of the New Glasgow census agglomeration in the 2016 census was 34,487. The New Glasgow census agglomeration includes the smaller adjacent towns of Stellarton, Westville, and Trenton as well as adjacent rural areas of the county.[5]