List of towns in Nova Scotia

A town is a type of populated place in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. Towns are incorporated by order by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board according to sections 383 through 388 of Nova Scotia's Municipal Government Act.^[1]

Distribution of Nova Scotia's 27 towns by population

Nova Scotia had 25 towns at the time of the 2021 Census. In 2021, the towns had a cumulative population of 96,580. Nova Scotia's largest and smallest towns are Truro and Lockeport with populations of 12,954 and 476 respectively.

List

Name	Incorporation date[2]	2021 Census of Population[3]
		Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change	Land area (km²)	Population density
Amherst	December 18, 1889	9,404	9,413	−0.1%	12.07	779.1/km2
Annapolis Royal	November 29, 1892	530	491	+7.9%	1.98	267.7/km2
Antigonish	January 9, 1889	4,656	4,364	+6.7%	4.98	934.9/km2
Berwick	May 25, 1923[4]	2,455	2,509	−2.2%	6.53	376.0/km2
Bridgewater	February 13, 1899	8,790	8,532	+3.0%	13.63	644.9/km2
Clark's Harbour	March 4, 1919	725	758	−4.4%	2.82	257.1/km2
Digby	December 18, 1890	2,001	2,060	−2.9%	3.16	633.2/km2
Kentville	May 1, 1886	6,630	6,271	+5.7%	17.08	388.2/km2
Lockeport	February 26, 1907	476	531	−10.4%	2.32	205.2/km2
Lunenburg	October 29, 1888	2,396	2,263	+5.9%	4.04	593.1/km2
Mahone Bay	March 31, 1919	1,064	1,036	+2.7%	3.12	341.0/km2
Middleton	May 31, 1909	1,873	1,832	+2.2%	5.55	337.5/km2
Mulgrave	December 1, 1923	627	722	−13.2%	17.83	35.2/km2
New Glasgow	May 6, 1875	9,471	9,075	+4.4%	9.96	950.9/km2
Oxford	April 19, 1904	1,170	1,190	−1.7%	10.68	109.6/km2
Pictou	May 4, 1874	3,107	3,186	−2.5%	7.99	388.9/km2
Port Hawkesbury	January 22, 1889	3,210	3,214	−0.1%	8.1	396.3/km2
Shelburne	April 4, 1907[5]	1,644	1,743	−5.7%	8.75	187.9/km2
Stellarton	October 22, 1889	4,007	4,208	−4.8%	8.99	445.7/km2
Stewiacke	August 30, 1906	1,557	1,373	+13.4%	17.62	88.4/km2
Trenton	March 18, 1911	2,407	2,474	−2.7%	6.07	396.5/km2
Truro	May 6, 1875	12,954	12,261	+5.7%	37.52	345.3/km2
Westville	August 20, 1894	3,540	3,628	−2.4%	14.24	248.6/km2
Wolfville	March 4, 1893	5,057	4,195	+20.5%	6.46	782.8/km2
Yarmouth	August 6, 1890	6,829	6,518	+4.8%	10.57	646.1/km2
Total	—	96,580	93,847	+2.9%	242.06	399.0/km2
Province of Nova Scotia	—	969,383	923,598	+5.0%	52,824.71	18.35/km2

Former towns

Name	Dissoution date	Population (2011)[6]	Population (2006)[6]	Change (%)[6]	Area (km²)[6]	Population density[6]
Bedford	April 1, 1996[7]	23,019	16,601	38.7
Bridgetown	April 1, 2015[8]	949	972	−2.4	3.54	267.8
Canso	July 1, 2012[8]	806	911	−11.5	5.42	148.8
Dominion	April 1, 1995[7]	1,193	2,022	−3.4
Glace Bay	April 1, 1995[7]	19,076	19,968	−4.7	35.15	542.7
Hantsport	July 1, 2015[8]	1,159	1,191	−2.7	2.13	544.6
Inverness	[source?]	1,387	1,464	−5.5
Joggins	1949[9]
Liverpool	April 1, 1996[7]	2,653	2,759	−3.8	3.48	761.6
Louisbourg	April 1, 1995[7]	946	988	−4.3	3.3	286.8
New Waterford	April 1, 1995[7]	8,942	9,661	−7.4	20.81	429.7
North Sydney	April 1, 1995[7]	6,048	6,552	−7.7
Parrsboro	November 1, 2016[10]	1,305	1,401	−6.9	14.88	87.7
Port Hood	August 1946[11]
Springhill	April 1, 2015[8]	3,868	3,941	−1.9	11.15	346.8
Sydney Mines	April 1, 1995[7]	14,135	15,500	−9.6
Wedgeport	December 22, 1947[12]	1,180	1,207	−2.2	9.72	121.4
Windsor	April 1, 2020[13]	3,785	3,709	2.0	9.06	417.8