Greenwood is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

located in the western part of Kings County in

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Annapolis Valley The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy. St ...

History

Greenwood was a small hamlet south of the

Dominion Atlantic Railway The Dominion Atlantic Railway was a historic railway which operated in the western part of Nova Scotia in Canada, primarily through an agricultural district known as the Annapolis Valley. The Dominion Atlantic Railway was unusually diverse for a ...

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. In 1942, the

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established RAF Station Greenwood and built an aerodrome on nearby farmland to provide a facility for training aircrew under the

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), or Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) often referred to as simply "The Plan", was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zea ...

. The

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took over the facility in 1944, renaming it RCAF Station Greenwood, a name it maintained until the 1 February 1968 unification of the

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which saw the airfield and associated facilities renamed

CFB Greenwood Canadian Forces Base Greenwood , or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located east of Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the ...

. In July 1997 the air base became one of eleven operational wings in Canada, and was designated as 14 Wing Greenwood. During the 1970s–2000s, the village of Greenwood expanded in population as numerous other air force bases in eastern Canada closed and their aircraft and personnel consolidated at CFB Greenwood. Much of the housing in the heart of Greenwood is for the military families stationed at the base, and are referred to as

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. Most of the non-military housing for the village is located on the outskirts. Today, the village and airfield's combined population numbers approximately 5,400. The village hosts numerous services and is also the location of th
Greenwood Mall
the largest shopping mall in the Annapolis Valley. In 2015 it was renovated to accommodate a new department store, which has reinvigorated the shopping centre.

Schools

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* École Rose-des-Vents

Attractions

Greenwood Military Aviation Museum The Greenwood Military Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. The museum houses 15 aircraft and is highlighted by its Avro Lancaster, one of only 17 remaining in the world and one of only three to have flown sorti ...

is located in the base area and opened in 1992.
The Zedex Theatre
is a single screen movie theatre with 178 seats.
Greenwood Mall

Government

Federal - Greenwood falls under the

West Nova West Nova (french: Nova-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. South Western Nova and South West Nova were ridings that covered roughly the same ge ...

federal electoral district in

Chris d'Entremont Christopher André d'Entremont (born October 31, 1969) is a Canadian politician who has represented West Nova in the House of Commons since 2019, as a member of the Conservative Party. Before entering federal politics, he represented the Argyle- ...

was elected as an MP to represent this riding in the

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. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Provincial - Greenwood, Berwick, and Kingston fall under the

Kings West Kings West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the towns of Berwick and Kingston, and the village of Greenwood. Geography The electoral district ...

provincial electoral district. Leo A. Glavine represents Kings West in the

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and has held the position since 2003. He is a member of the

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. Municipal - Greenwood is a community within the Municipality of the County of Kings. In the October 2020 civic election Peter Muttart was re-elected as mayor and June Granger, Lexie Misner, Dick Killam, Martha Armstrong, Tim Harding, Joel Hirtle, Emily Lutz, Jim Winsor and Peter Allen were elected to the municipal council. Councillor Martha Armstrong represents District 4 which encompasses the village of Kingston, parts of the village of Greenwood and the community of Auburn. Councillor Tim Harding represents District 5, which encompasses South Greenwood and Canadian Forces Base 14 Wing Greenwood and several other communities.

Climate

Greenwood experiences a

Humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(''Dfb'').

References

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