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District municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, is a district municipality in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
Lunenburg | |
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District municipality | |
Municipality of the District of Lunenburg | |
Location of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg | |
Coordinates: 44°26′00″N 064°35′57″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
County | Lunenburg |
Incorporated | April 17, 1879 |
Municipal Seat | Bridgewater |
Government | |
• Type | Lunenburg Municipal Council |
• Mayor | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson |
• Deputy Mayor | Claudette Garland[1] |
Area | |
• Land | 1,759.59 km2 (679.38 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 24,863 |
• Change 2011-16 | ![]() |
• Census ranking | 173 of 4,870 |
Electoral districts | |
• Federal | South Shore—St. Margarets |
• Provincial | Lunenburg / Lunenburg West |
Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
Dwellings | 13,392 |
Median Income* | $45,088 CDN |
Website | Official website |
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Lunenburg surrounds the towns of Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay, which are incorporated separately and not part of the district municipality.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg had a population of 25,545 living in 11,502 of its 14,233 total private dwellings, a change of 2.7% from its 2016 population of 24,863. With a land area of 1,757.79 km2 (678.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.5/km2 (37.6/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Panethnic group | 2021[6] | 2016[7] | 2011[8] | 2006[9] | 2001[10] | |||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
European[lower-alpha 1] | 24,140 | 95.08% | 23,720 | 95.97% | 24,305 | 97.36% | 24,620 | 98.36% | 24,970 | 98.25% |
Indigenous | 860 | 3.39% | 760 | 3.08% | 475 | 1.9% | 345 | 1.38% | 215 | 0.85% |
African | 155 | 0.61% | 105 | 0.42% | 60 | 0.24% | 30 | 0.12% | 115 | 0.45% |
East Asian[lower-alpha 2] | 75 | 0.3% | 40 | 0.16% | 55 | 0.22% | 0 | 0% | 45 | 0.18% |
South Asian | 60 | 0.24% | 10 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 25 | 0.1% | 10 | 0.04% |
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3] | 45 | 0.18% | 15 | 0.06% | 35 | 0.14% | 0 | 0% | 25 | 0.1% |
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4] | 35 | 0.14% | 10 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.04% | 40 | 0.16% |
Latin American | 15 | 0.06% | 35 | 0.14% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Other/multiracial[lower-alpha 5] | 15 | 0.06% | 20 | 0.08% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Total responses | 25,390 | 99.39% | 24,715 | 99.4% | 24,965 | 99.39% | 25,030 | 99.47% | 25,415 | 99.39% |
Total population | 25,545 | 100% | 24,863 | 100% | 25,118 | 100% | 25,164 | 100% | 25,570 | 100% |
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses |
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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English only | 24,510 | 97.92% |
Other languages | 275 | 1.10% |
French only | 225 | 0.90% |
Both English and French | 20 | 0.08% |
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