West Hants Regional Municipality

West Hants, officially named the West Hants Regional Municipality, is a regional municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

West Hants
Regional municipality
West Hants Regional Municipality Municipality of the District of West Hants (1879-2020) Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality (2020)
Motto:  Something Inspiring Awaits
Location of West Hants Regional Municipality
Coordinates: 44°58′N 64°06′W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Hants
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Amalgamated	April 1, 2020
Name change	October 6, 2020
Electoral Districts     Federal	Kings—Hants
Provincial	Hants West
Government
• Type	West Hants Municipal Council
• Municipal Seat	Windsor
• Mayor	Abraham Zebian
Area [1]
• Land	1,244.09 km2 (480.35 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	15,368
• Density	12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
• Change 2011-16	0.3%
• Census ranking	275 of 4,870
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−03:00 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	6,101
Median Income*	$46,036 CAD
Website	Official website
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

It occupies the western half of Hants County, running from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the Municipality of the District of East Hants.

The Municipality of the District of West Hants amalgamated with Windsor on April 1, 2020, becoming the Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality.^[2] It was renamed as West Hants Regional Municipality on October 6, 2020.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the West Hants Regional Municipality had a population of 19,509 living in 8,374 of its 9,136 total private dwellings, a change of 2.6% from its 2016 population of 19,016. With a land area of 1,250.5 km² (482.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.6/km² (40.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Population trend[5] Census Population Change (%) 2016 15,368 0.3% 2011[6] 14,165 2.1% 2006[7][8] 13,881 0.7% 2001 13,780 0.1% 1996 13,792 1.3% 1991 13,611 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[7] Language Population Pct (%) English only 13,520 97.51% Other languages 225 1.62% French only 105 0.76% Both English and French 15 0.11%

Famous people

The poet George Elliot Clarke is from West Hants. His poem, "West Hants County" tells of the difficult condition of black workers in the gypsum mines at one time in its history.

See also

• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia