Municipality of the County of Richmond

This article is about the county municipality. For historical county, see Richmond County, Nova Scotia.

The Municipality of the County of Richmond is a county municipality on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to the eponymous historical county, except for the Chapel Island 5 reserve. The municipality also contains the village of St. Peter's. Municipal office are at Arichat. It is the site of St. Peters Canal.^[4]

Municipality of the County of Richmond
County municipality
Location of Richmond County, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45.7°N 60.8°W / 45.7; -60.8
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Established	1835
Incorporated	1879
Electoral Districts       Federal	Cape Breton—Canso
Provincial	Cape Breton-Richmond
Government
• Type	Richmond County Municipal Council
• Warden	Jason MacLean[1]
Area [2]
• Land	1,249.33 km2 (482.37 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2][3]
• Total	8,964
• Density	7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Change 2011-16	3.5%
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	5,122
Median Income*	$40,188 CDN
Website	www.richmondcounty.ca
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

It was named for a Governor General of British North America, Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, and created in 1835, having formerly been part of Cape Breton County.

Demographics

In the 2016 Census of Population Richmond County had a population of 8,964 in 5,122 private dwellings, a change of -3.5% from its 2011 population of 9,293. With a land area of 1,249.33 km² (482.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.2/km² (18.6/sq mi) in 2016.^[5]

See also

• List of francophone communities in Nova Scotia
• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia