Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data

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This table presents the 2016 and 2011 population counts and the 2016 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 2011 and 2016. 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), 2016 and 2011 censuses. This table presents the 2016 and 2011 population counts and the 2016 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 2011 and 2016. In addition, the table shows the census subdivision type. Same-page links within the first column 'Geographic name' will move focus to the map beneath the table. When sorting the table headers (ascending or descending), the page reloads and focus moves to the top of the table.
Geographic name	Type^{Footnote 1}	Population			Private dwellings, 2016		Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016	CSD population rank, 2016
Geographic name	Type^{Footnote 1}	2016	2011	% change	Total	Occupied by usual residents	Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016	National	Prov. / Terr.

Canada^{Footnote 2}		35,151,728	33,476,688	5.0	15,412,443	14,072,079	8,965,588.85	3.9
Nova Scotia		923,598	921,727	0.2	458,568	401,990	52,942.27	17.4
Amherst	T	9,413	9,717	-3.1	4,745	4,372	12.07	779.7	433	14
Annapolis Royal	T	491	481	2.1	346	294	2.04	240.8	2,990	77
Annapolis, Subd. A	SC	5,866	6,008	-2.4	3,412	2,747	614.33	9.5	644	30
Annapolis, Subd. B^{Footnote 7}	SC	4,448	4,599 Revised ^r	-3.3	2,342	1,949	377.28	11.8	776	37
Annapolis, Subd. C	SC	4,947	5,016	-1.4	2,488	2,178	207.25	23.9	719	34
Annapolis, Subd. D	SC	2,991	2,903	3.0	1,805	1,314	1,979.35	1.5	1,021	53
Antigonish	T	4,364	4,524	-3.5	2,596	1,997	5.01	871.7	786	38
Antigonish, Subd. A	SC	8,278	8,253	0.3	4,222	3,424	927.97	8.9	476	18
Antigonish, Subd. B	SC	6,306	6,439	-2.1	2,890	2,577	522.30	12.1	602	26
Argyle	MD	7,899	8,252	-4.3	3,821	3,362	1,528.17	5.2	495	21
Barrington	MD	6,646	6,994	-5.0	3,494	2,974	632.35	10.5	586	24
Bear River (Part) 6	IRI	138	102	35.3	53	52	3.40	40.6	4,160	83
Bear River (Part) 6	IRI	0	0	not applicable ...	0	0	3.09	0.0	4,870	93
Bear River 6B	IRI	16	0	not applicable ...	3	3	0.24	66.1	4,724	90
Beaver Lake 17	IRI	21	23	-8.7	5	5	0.85	24.6	4,690	89
Berwick	T	2,509	2,454	2.2	1,071	1,042	6.58	381.3	1,160	55
Bridgewater	T	8,532	8,241	3.5	4,299	4,077	13.63	625.9	465	16
Cambridge 32	IRI	140	144	-2.8	56	54	0.65	216.4	4,150	82
Cape Breton	RGM	94,285	97,398	-3.2	45,742	41,679	2,430.06	38.8	58	2
Chapel Island 5	IRI	506	481	5.2	167	161	5.62	90.1	2,952	76
Chester	MD	10,310	10,599	-2.7	6,492	4,769	1,122.11	9.2	399	11
Clare	MD	8,018	8,319	-3.6	4,681	3,691	852.55	9.4	490	20
Clark's Harbour	T	758	820	-7.6	407	361	2.81	269.6	2,440	72
Colchester, Subd. A	SC	3,459	3,642	-5.0	2,219	1,505	877.38	3.9	924	47
Colchester, Subd. B	SC	19,534	19,643	-0.6	9,564	8,290	1,248.53	15.6	224	6
Colchester, Subd. C	SC	13,098	13,339	-1.8	6,031	5,451	1,446.58	9.1	317	8
Cole Harbour 30	IRI	203	194	4.6	123	120	0.19	1,079.8	3,909	80
Cumberland, Subd. A	SC	1,915	2,141	-10.6	1,389	906	1,119.50	1.7	1,403	60
Cumberland, Subd. B^{Footnote 7}	SC	6,859	7,448 Revised ^r	-7.9	3,558	3,017	1,168.29	5.9	571	23
Cumberland, Subd. C	SC	5,268	5,325	-1.1	4,003	2,321	898.15	5.9	689	31
Cumberland, Subd. D	SC	4,155	4,266	-2.6	3,380	1,861	1,054.30	3.9	806	42
Digby	MD	7,107	7,463	-4.8	4,048	3,264	1,657.33	4.3	555	22
Digby	T	2,060	2,152	-4.3	1,145	1,036	3.15	654.6	1,323	59
East Hants	MD	22,453	22,111	1.5	9,930	9,057	1,786.56	12.6	185	4
Eskasoni 3	IRI	3,422	3,309	3.4	1,114	1,059	36.20	94.5	930	48
Fisher's Grant 24	IRI	485	467	3.9	158	154	1.54	314.8	3,002	78
Glooscap 35	IRI	81	59	37.3	36	32	1.71	47.3	4,410	85
Gold River 21	IRI	95	77	23.4	34	34	2.79	34.1	4,328	84
Guysborough^{Footnote 7}	MD	4,670	4,995 Revised ^r	-6.5	3,196	2,197	2,116.86	2.2	751	36
Halifax^{Footnote 7}	RGM	403,131	390,086 Revised ^r	3.3	187,338	173,324	5,490.35	73.4	14	1
Indian Brook 14	IRI	1,089	1,084	0.5	382	370	12.17	89.5	1,986	67
Inverness, Subd. A	SC	5,076	5,280	-3.9	3,255	2,300	2,030.39	2.5	708	33
Inverness, Subd. B	SC	4,928	5,144	-4.2	2,775	2,058	752.02	6.6	722	35
Inverness, Subd. C	SC	3,186	3,357	-5.1	2,022	1,382	1,033.18	3.1	977	50
Kentville	T	6,271	6,094	2.9	2,891	2,743	17.26	363.3	609	27
Kings, Subd. A	SC	22,234	22,103	0.6	10,635	9,262	1,235.43	18.0	188	5
Kings, Subd. B	SC	11,858	11,990	-1.1	5,567	5,006	346.15	34.3	348	10
Kings, Subd. C	SC	8,093	8,275	-2.2	3,817	3,621	246.32	32.9	487	19
Kings, Subd. D	SC	5,219	5,201	0.3	2,529	2,219	266.15	19.6	696	32
Lockeport	T	531	588	-9.7	320	249	2.33	228.2	2,894	75
Lunenburg	MD	24,863	25,118	-1.0	14,038	11,010	1,759.59	14.1	173	3
Lunenburg	T	2,263	2,313	-2.2	1,206	1,040	4.04	560.2	1,246	57
Mahone Bay	T	1,036	943	9.9	571	501	3.12	332.1	2,047	68
Membertou 28B	IRI	1,015	912	11.3	349	343	1.48	686.1	2,077	69
Merigomish Harbour 31	IRI	0	0	not applicable ...	0	0	0.23	0.0	4,870	93
Middleton	T	1,832	1,749	4.7	995	892	5.57	329.1	1,441	61
Millbrook 27	IRI	860	847	1.5	309	302	3.53	243.4	2,290	70
Mulgrave	T	722	794	-9.1	327	310	17.83	40.5	2,507	73
New Glasgow	T	9,075	9,562	-5.1	4,640	4,208	9.96	911.6	445	15
New Ross 20	IRI	0	0	not applicable ...	0	0	4.05	0.0	4,870	93
Oxford	T	1,190	1,151	3.4	597	528	10.76	110.6	1,887	66
Parrsboro	T	1,205	1,305	-7.7	773	609	14.80	81.4	1,869	65
Pennal 19	IRI	27	22	22.7	8	8	0.44	60.8	4,661	87
Pictou	T	3,186	3,437	-7.3	1,627	1,460	8.01	397.6	977	50
Pictou, Subd. A	SC	6,075	6,397	-5.0	3,863	2,713	771.23	7.9	622	29
Pictou, Subd. B	SC	6,174	6,014	2.7	2,769	2,582	770.66	8.0	616	28
Pictou, Subd. C	SC	8,443	8,867	-4.8	4,546	3,651	1,255.36	6.7	468	17
Pomquet And Afton 23	IRI	353	373	-5.4	134	131	2.71	130.0	3,376	79
Ponhook Lake 10	IRI	15	10	50.0	7	7	1.13	13.2	4,728	91
Port Hawkesbury	T	3,214	3,366	-4.5	1,554	1,345	8.10	396.6	969	49
Queens	RGM	10,307	10,917	-5.6	6,586	4,742	2,392.63	4.3	400	12
Richmond, Subd. A	SC	3,796	3,953	-4.0	2,083	1,696	465.13	8.2	867	44
Richmond, Subd. B	SC	1,512	1,573	-3.9	1,251	729	648.90	2.3	1,631	63
Richmond, Subd. C	SC	3,150	3,286	-4.1	1,621	1,397	129.69	24.3	990	52
Sheet Harbour 36	IRI	25	15	66.7	9	7	0.51	49.1	4,669	88
Shelburne	MD	4,288	4,408	-2.7	2,635	1,971	1,821.07	2.4	792	39
Shelburne	T	1,743	1,686	3.4	909	823	8.84	197.2	1,484	62
Shubenacadie 13	IRI	0	0	not applicable ...	0	0	3.97	0.0	4,870	93
St. Mary's	MD	2,233	2,354	-5.1	1,667	1,042	1,909.47	1.2	1,253	58
Stellarton	T	4,208	4,485	-6.2	2,018	1,880	8.99	468.1	800	40
Stewiacke	T	1,373	1,438	-4.5	681	629	17.62	77.9	1,737	64
Trenton	T	2,474	2,616	-5.4	1,206	1,071	6.07	407.8	1,174	56
Truro	T	12,261	12,059	1.7	6,574	6,052	34.49	355.5	338	9
Victoria, Subd. A	SC	2,567	2,769	-7.3	1,672	1,135	1,621.75	1.6	1,138	54
Victoria, Subd. B	SC	3,985	3,828	4.1	2,599	1,808	1,232.26	3.2	834	43
Wagmatcook 1	IRI	537	518	3.7	166	158	3.73	144.1	2,885	74
Wallace Hills 14A^{Footnote 7}	IRI	10	10 Revised ^r	0.0	3	3	0.44	22.8	4,749	92
West Hants^{Footnote 7}	MD	15,368	15,324 Revised ^r	0.3	7,175	6,426	1,244.09	12.4	275	7
Westville	T	3,628	3,798	-4.5	1,698	1,586	14.23	254.9	895	46
Whycocomagh 2	IRI	831	800	3.9	270	266	7.48	111.1	2,332	71
Wildcat 12	IRI	29	33	-12.1	15	15	4.75	6.1	4,654	86
Windsor	T	3,648	3,785	-3.6	1,715	1,586	9.11	400.6	892	45
Wolfville	T	4,195	4,269	-1.7	2,585	1,972	6.46	649.8	803	41
Yarmouth	MD	9,845	10,105	-2.6	4,981	4,250	586.65	16.8	420	13
Yarmouth	T	6,518	6,761	-3.6	3,470	3,116	10.57	616.9	593	25
Yarmouth 33	IRI	157	157	0.0	70	70	0.31	502.2	4,081	81

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revised. The 2011 count for this area has been revised

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After the release of the 2016 Census population and dwelling counts, issues could occasionally be uncovered in the data. A successful formal review has been conducted for this particular geographic area. It is not possible to make changes to the 2016 Census population and dwelling count data presented in this product. For more information, refer to the Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census.

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Note(s):

Footnote 1

Census subdivisions (CSDs) are classified into 53 types according to official designations adopted by provincial/territorial or federal authorities.

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Footnote 2

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

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Footnote 7

This geographic area underwent a boundary change since the 2011 Census that resulted in an adjustment to the 2011 population and/or dwelling counts for the area.

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