Municipality of the District of Lunenburg

This article is about the district municipality. For the town, see Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. For the county, see Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, is a district municipality in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.

Lunenburg
District municipality
Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
Seal
Location of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
Coordinates: 44°26′00″N 064°35′57″W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Lunenburg
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Municipal Seat	Bridgewater
Government
• Type	Lunenburg Municipal Council
• Mayor	Elspeth McLean-Wile
• Deputy Mayor	TBD[1]
Area [2]
• Land	1,759.59 km2 (679.38 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	24,863
• Change 2011-16	1.0%
• Census ranking	173 of 4,870
Electoral districts
• Federal	South Shore—St. Margarets
• Provincial	Lunenburg / Lunenburg West
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−03:00 (ADT)
Dwellings	13,392
Median Income*	$45,088 CDN
Website	Official website
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Lunenburg surrounds the towns of Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay, which are incorporated separately and not part of the district municipality.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	24,592	—
1986	25,196	+2.5%
1991	25,720	+2.1%
1996	25,949	+0.9%
2001	25,570	−1.5%
2006	25,164	−1.6%
2011	25,118	−0.2%
2016	24,863	−1.0%
2021	25,545	+2.7%
Source: Statistics Canada [4][5]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg had a population of 25,545 living in 11,502 of its 14,233 total private dwellings, a change of 2.7% from its 2016 population of 24,863. With a land area of 1,757.79 km² (678.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.5/km² (37.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Ethnicity

Panethnic groups in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (2001−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[6]		2016[7]		2011[8]		2006[9]		2001[10]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	24,140	95.08%	23,720	95.97%	24,305	97.36%	24,620	98.36%	24,970	98.25%
Indigenous	860	3.39%	760	3.08%	475	1.9%	345	1.38%	215	0.85%
African	155	0.61%	105	0.42%	60	0.24%	30	0.12%	115	0.45%
East Asian[b]	75	0.3%	40	0.16%	55	0.22%	0	0%	45	0.18%
South Asian	60	0.24%	10	0.04%	0	0%	25	0.1%	10	0.04%
Southeast Asian[c]	45	0.18%	15	0.06%	35	0.14%	0	0%	25	0.1%
Middle Eastern[d]	35	0.14%	10	0.04%	0	0%	10	0.04%	40	0.16%
Latin American	15	0.06%	35	0.14%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Other/multiracial[e]	15	0.06%	20	0.08%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total responses	25,390	99.39%	24,715	99.4%	24,965	99.39%	25,030	99.47%	25,415	99.39%
Total population	25,545	100%	24,863	100%	25,118	100%	25,164	100%	25,570	100%
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)^[11]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	24,510	97.92%
Other languages	275	1.10%
French only	225	0.90%
Both English and French	20	0.08%

See also

• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.