Annapolis County, Nova Scotia


Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal.

History

Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from the town of Annapolis Royal which had been named in honour of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. It was near the previous site of Port Royal, the chief Acadian settlement in the area. The Acadians had been forcibly removed by British government officials in the 1755 Grand Dérangement.
In 1817 the population of the county was 9,817, and that had grown to 14,661 by 1827. At that time, the county was divided into six townships: Annapolis, Granville, Wilmot, Clements, Digby and Clare.
By 1833, a number of reasons had been advanced for making two counties out of Annapolis County. Two petitions were presented to the House of Assembly in that year requesting that the county be divided. However, it was not until 1837 that Annapolis County was divided into two distinct and separate counties - Annapolis and Digby.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Annapolis County recorded a population of 20,591 living in 9,377 of its 11,391 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 20,756. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
Forming the majority of the Annapolis County census division, the Municipality of the County of Annapolis recorded a population of 18,252 living in 8,188 of its 10,047 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of from its 2011 population of 18,526. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
201620,5910.8%
201120,7563.2%
200621,4381.5%
200121,7732.5%
199622,3245.5%
199123,6300.2%
198623,5894.7%
198122,522N/A
194117,692
193116,297
192118,153
191118,581
190118,842
189119,350
188120,598
187118,121N/A

Mother tongue language
LanguagePopulationPct
English only19,55595.58%
French only4502.20%
Non-official languages3851.88%
Multiple responses700.34%

Ethnic Groups
Ethnic OriginPopulationPct
Canadian9,49544.9%
English8,42539.8%
Scottish4,93523.3%
German3,46516.4%
Irish3,38516.0%
French3,09514.6%
Dutch 1,5657.4%
North American Indian1,0805.1%
Welsh4902.3%

There are 10,404 households out of which 26.06% have children living with them, 36.50% are married couples living together, 25.46% are one-person households, and 11.98% are other household types.

Communities

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: