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 desi ...
comprising the eastern section of
Shelburne County,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...
, Canada, but does not include the Towns of Shelburne or Lockeport.
Statistics Canada
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classifies the district municipality as a
municipal district
A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It may be a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area.
Brazil
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. 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
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, 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]
*Highways
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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 Population of Canada by province and territory, seventh-most populous provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada with 969,383 residents as of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 Census of Population, and the List of Can ...
References
External links
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Communities in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
District municipalities in Nova Scotia