District of Shelburne, officially named the Municipality of the District of Shelburne, is a
district municipality
A district municipality is a designation for a class of municipalities found in several locations, including Canada, Lithuania, and South Africa.
Canada British Columbia
Under provincial law, municipalities in British Columbia are to be desig ...
comprising the eastern section of
Shelburne County
Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
History
Shelburne County was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States of America. It was originally ...
,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Canada, but does not include the Towns of Shelburne or Lockeport.
Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a
municipal district
A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area.
Brazil
In Brazil, municipal districts are, in genera ...
. It is home to the Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Shelburne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Communities
The following communities are included within the Municipality of the District of Shelburne:
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the district municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the municipal boundary:
[Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Page 89]
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*Trunk Routes
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*Collector Routes:
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*External Routes:
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See also
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List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is the seventh-most populous province in Canada with 969,383 residents as of the 2021 Census of Population, and the second-smallest province in land area at . Nova Scotia's 49 municipalities cover of the territory's land mass, a ...
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Municipal District)
Communities in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
District municipalities in Nova Scotia