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Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2011 Census

Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses

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This table presents the 2011 and 2006 population counts and the 2011 dwelling counts, land area, population density and population ranking for all census subdivisions by a selected province or territory, as well as the percentage change in the population counts between 2006 and 2011. In addition, the table shows the census subdivision type.

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Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses
Geographic name CSD typeFootnote 1 Population Private dwellings, 2011 Land area in square kilometres, 2011 Population density per square kilometre, 2011 CSD population rank, 2011
2011 2006 % change Total Occupied by usual residents National Prov. / Terr.
Geographic name: alpha sort Z to A Geographic name: alpha sort A to Z Type: alpha sort Z to A Type: alpha sort A to Z Population, 2011 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2011 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, 2006 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2006 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, % change: sort highest to lowest Population, % change: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2011 - total: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2011 - total: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2011 - occupied by usual residents: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2011 - occupied by usual residents: sort lowest to highest Land area in square kilometres, 2011: sort highest to lowest Land area in square kilometres, 2011: sort lowest to highest Population density per square kilometre, 2011: sort highest to lowest Population density per square kilometre, 2011: sort lowest to highest Population rank, 2011 - national: sort highest to lowest Population rank, 2011 - national: sort lowest to highest Population rank, 2011 - provinces and territories: sort highest to lowest Population rank, 2011 - provinces and territories: sort lowest to highest
Canada    33,476,688 31,612,897 5.9 14,569,633 13,320,614 8,965,121.42 3.7    
Nova Scotia   921,727 913,462 0.9 442,155 390,279 52,939.44 17.4    
Halifax RGM 390,096 372,679 4.7 177,160 165,033 5,490.28 71.1 14 1
Cape Breton RGM 97,398 102,250 -4.7 45,371 41,122 2,433.35 40.0 53 2
Lunenburg MD 25,118 25,164 -0.2 13,392 10,725 1,759.64 14.3 164 3
East Hants MD 22,111 21,397 A 3.3 9,396 8,550 1,786.47 12.4 181 4
Kings, Subd. A SC 22,103 22,161 -0.3 10,260 8,997 1,234.93 17.9 182 5
Colchester, Subd. B SC 19,643 19,297 1.8 9,149 8,047 1,248.40 15.7 202 6
West Hants MD 14,165 13,871 A 2.1 6,205 5,730 1,241.95 11.4 278 7
Colchester, Subd. C SC 13,339 13,312 0.2 6,009 5,406 1,443.11 9.2 293 8
Truro T 12,059 11,765 2.5 6,262 5,756 37.63 320.5 331 9
Kings, Subd. B SC 11,990 12,033 -0.4 5,354 4,878 346.25 34.6 334 10
Queens RGM 10,917 11,177 -2.3 6,427 4,798 2,392.85 4.6 363 11
Chester MD 10,599 10,741 -1.3 6,169 4,761 1,122.22 9.4 376 12
Yarmouth MD 10,105 10,304 -1.9 4,918 4,202 585.75 17.3 397 13
Amherst T 9,717 9,505 2.2 4,811 4,403 12.02 808.4 411 14
New Glasgow T 9,562 9,455 1.1 4,548 4,270 9.93 963.3 416 15
Pictou, Subd. C SC 8,867 9,038 -1.9 4,573 3,709 1,254.94 7.1 439 16
Clare MD 8,319 8,813 -5.6 4,478 3,641 852.82 9.8 458 17
Kings, Subd. C SC 8,275 8,121 1.9 3,805 3,585 246.16 33.6 460 18
Antigonish, Subd. A SC 8,253 7,730 6.8 4,082 3,229 927.79 8.9 461 19
Argyle MD 8,252 8,656 -4.7 3,798 3,382 1,528.01 5.4 462 20
Bridgewater T 8,241 7,944 3.7 3,996 3,795 13.60 605.8 464 21
Digby MD 7,463 7,986 -6.5 4,376 3,280 1,655.88 4.5 509 22
Barrington MD 6,994 7,331 -4.6 3,509 3,025 631.94 11.1 540 23
Yarmouth T 6,761 7,162 -5.6 3,539 3,144 10.56 640.3 563 24
Antigonish, Subd. B SC 6,439 6,509 -1.1 2,773 2,481 522.16 12.3 581 25
Pictou, Subd. A SC 6,397 6,412 -0.2 3,824 2,729 771.02 8.3 584 26
Kentville T 6,094 5,815 4.8 2,782 2,660 17.35 351.2 605 27
Pictou, Subd. B SC 6,014 6,103 -1.5 2,603 2,453 770.64 7.8 613 28
Annapolis, Subd. A SC 6,008 6,342 -5.3 3,307 2,713 614.20 9.8 614 29
Cumberland, Subd. C SC 5,325 5,525 -3.6 3,959 2,214 897.75 5.9 676 30
Inverness, Subd. A SC 5,280 5,859 -9.9 3,127 2,309 2,029.63 2.6 679 31
Kings, Subd. D SC 5,201 5,499 -5.4 2,413 2,148 266.11 19.5 682 32
Inverness, Subd. B SC 5,144 5,369 -4.2 2,683 2,076 751.88 6.8 689 33
Annapolis, Subd. C SC 5,016 5,085 -1.4 2,434 2,161 207.55 24.2 709 34
Antigonish T 4,524 4,236 6.8 2,606 2,021 5.15 879.2 753 35
Stellarton T 4,485 4,717 -4.9 2,098 1,995 8.99 498.8 759 36
Shelburne MD 4,408 4,828 -8.7 2,752 1,926 1,818.49 2.4 768 37
Wolfville T 4,269 3,772 13.2 2,463 1,985 6.45 661.7 786 38
Cumberland, Subd. D SC 4,266 4,454 -4.2 3,325 1,848 1,054.06 4.0 787 39
Guysborough MD 4,189 4,681 -10.5 2,827 1,933 2,111.42 2.0 794 40
Richmond, Subd. A SC 3,953 4,072 -2.9 2,061 1,691 465.06 8.5 833 41
Springhill T 3,868 3,941 -1.9 1,718 1,550 11.15 346.8 849 42
Victoria, Subd. B SC 3,828 4,140 -7.5 2,455 1,694 1,233.73 3.1 856 43
Westville T 3,798 3,805 -0.2 1,650 1,568 14.39 264.0 859 44
Windsor T 3,785 3,709 2.0 1,669 1,600 9.06 417.8 862 45
Annapolis, Subd. B SC 3,650 3,707 -1.5 1,868 1,541 373.67 9.8 880 46
Colchester, Subd. A SC 3,642 3,525 3.3 2,126 1,529 877.59 4.2 882 47
Cumberland, Subd. B SC 3,580 3,781 -5.3 1,856 1,531 1,157.03 3.1 894 48
Pictou T 3,437 3,813 -9.9 1,580 1,483 7.94 432.9 924 49
Port Hawkesbury T 3,366 3,517 -4.3 1,562 1,415 8.11 414.8 936 50
Inverness, Subd. C SC 3,357 3,668 -8.5 1,956 1,398 1,033.42 3.2 940 51
Eskasoni 3 IRI 3,309 2,952 12.1 952 901 36.14 91.6 949 52
Richmond, Subd. C SC 3,286 3,455 -4.9 1,624 1,366 129.52 25.4 952 53
Annapolis, Subd. D SC 2,903 3,007 -3.5 1,811 1,242 1,978.70 1.5 1,030 54
Victoria, Subd. A SC 2,769 3,046 -9.1 1,662 1,150 1,633.41 1.7 1,063 55
Trenton T 2,616 2,741 -4.6 1,169 1,114 6.00 435.7 1,109 56
Berwick T 2,454 2,454 0.0 1,024 1,000 6.66 368.6 1,163 57
St. Mary's MD 2,354 2,587 -9.0 1,700 1,071 1,909.59 1.2 1,197 58
Lunenburg T 2,313 2,317 -0.2 1,155 1,039 4.01 576.9 1,213 59
Digby T 2,152 2,092 2.9 1,117 1,025 3.14 686.1 1,264 60
Cumberland, Subd. A SC 2,141 2,261 -5.3 1,427 1,004 1,114.99 1.9 1,265 61
Middleton T 1,749 1,829 -4.4 935 846 5.44 321.6 1,467 62
Shelburne T 1,686 1,879 -10.3 903 797 9.00 187.3 1,498 63
Richmond, Subd. B SC 1,573 1,769 -11.1 1,104 722 644.06 2.4 1,568 64
Stewiacke T 1,438 1,421 1.2 644 636 17.67 81.4 1,653 65
Parrsboro T 1,305 1,401 -6.9 768 639 14.88 87.7 1,753 66
Hantsport T 1,159 1,191 -2.7 505 496 2.13 544.6 1,887 67
Oxford T 1,151 1,178 -2.3 558 510 10.76 106.9 1,898 68
Indian Brook 14 IRI 1,084 1,014 6.9 366 366 12.13 89.3 1,969 69
Bridgetown T 949 972 -2.4 487 448 3.54 267.8 2,149 70
Mahone Bay T 943 904 4.3 518 444 3.13 301.4 2,159 71
Membertou 28B IRI 912 726 25.6 309 302 1.11 823.0 2,195 72
Millbrook 27 IRI 847 703 20.5 288 283 3.55 238.7 2,296 73
Clark's Harbour T 820 860 -4.7 422 369 2.90 282.7 2,334 74
Canso T 806 911 -11.5 416 354 5.42 148.8 2,367 75
Whycocomagh 2 IRI 800 623 28.4 249 239 7.36 108.8 2,376 76
Mulgrave T 794 879 -9.7 367 328 17.81 44.6 2,386 77
Lockeport T 588 646 -9.0 321 257 2.32 253.4 2,792 78
Wagmatcook 1 IRI 518 408 27.0 161 155 3.71 139.8 2,959 79
Chapel Island 5 IRI 481 444 8.3 158 155 5.60 85.8 3,068 80
Annapolis Royal T 481 444 8.3 323 276 2.04 235.8 3,068 80
Fisher's Grant 24 IRI 467 429 8.9 147 147 1.54 303.1 3,115 82
Pomquet And Afton 23 IRI 373 361 3.3 130 126 2.72 137.3 3,381 83
Cole Harbour 30 IRI 194 128 51.6 120 107 0.19 1,045.8 4,023 84
Yarmouth 33 IRI 157 155 1.3 62 60 0.32 493.1 4,150 85
Cambridge 32 IRI 144 120 20.0 53 53 0.53 272.3 4,190 86
Bear River (Part) 6 IRI 102 101 1.0 44 44 3.39 30.1 4,352 87
Gold River 21 IRI 77 65 18.5 27 27 2.80 27.5 4,475 88
Glooscap 35 IRI 59 60 -1.7 24 24 1.67 35.3 4,552 89
Wildcat 12 IRI 33 20 65.0 14 12 4.77 6.9 4,676 90
Beaver Lake 17 IRI 23 21 9.5 5 5 0.80 28.9 4,738 91
Pennal 19 IRI 22 15 A 46.7 6 6 0.45 49.4 4,742 92
Sheet Harbour 36 IRI 15 30 -50.0 10 8 0.48 31.1 4,781 93
Ponhook Lake 10 IRI 10 15 -33.3 5 5 1.01 9.9 4,807 94
Bear River (Part) 6 IRI 0 42 -100.0 0 0 3.09 0.0 4,932 95
Bear River 6B IRI 0 10 -100.0 1 1 0.23 0.0 4,932 95
New Ross 20 IRI 0 A  ··· 0 0 4.05 0.0 4,932 95
Shubenacadie 13 IRI 0 0  ··· 0 0 3.97 0.0 4,932 95
Merigomish Harbour 31 IRI 0 0  ··· 0 0 0.23 0.0 4,932 95

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