Queens County, Nova Scotia

County in Nova Scotia, Canada

44°12′N 65°00′W / 44.2°N 65.0°W / 44.2; -65.0CountryCanadaProvinceNova ScotiaMunicipalityRegion of Queens MunicipalityEstablishedJuly 21, 1762IncorporatedApril 17, 1879AmalgamatedApril 1, 1996Electoral Districts
Federal
South Shore—St. Margarets ProvincialQueens-ShelburneArea

• Total2,398.63 km² (926.12 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total10,960 • Density4.6/km² (12/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)Area code902Median Earnings*$39,972Websiteregionofqueens.com

Median household income, 2000 ($) (all households)

Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Queens County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

History

Liverpool, the county seat of Queens County, was founded in 1759 by the New England Planters. Founded for the most part by New England settlers, Liverpool maintained strong ties with the American colonies until the sudden outbreak of the American Revolution.

On July 21, 1762 the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Nova Scotia declared that "the Townships of Liverpool, Barrington and Yarmouth together with the intermediate lands should be erected into a county by the name of Queens County". Parts of the new county were taken from Lunenburg County, which now lies to the northeast.

In 1784, Shelburne County was formed in part from southwestern portions of Queens County. The new county boundaries were established by an Order-in-Council dated December 16, 1785.

Queens County contains substantial portions of Kejimkujik National Park, including the main body of the park inland north of Caledonia and the Seaside Adjunct near Port Joli and Port Mouton.

In 1996, the county's municipal government merged with the town of Liverpool to form the Region of Queens Municipality, thus the county is contiguous with the boundaries of the regional municipality, minus First Nations reserves.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of 10,501 living in 5,005 of its 6,705 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 10,351. With a land area of 2,393.44 km² (924.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.4/km² (11.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Population trend^[2]^[3]
Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	10,351	5.6%
2011	10,960	2.2%
2006	11,212	4.4%
2001	11,723	5.6%
1996	12,417	4.1%
1991	12,923	1.6%
1986	13,125	0.0%
1981	13,126	N/A
1941	12,028
1931	10,612
1921	9,944
1911	10,106
1901	10,226
1891	10,610
1881	10,577
1871	10,554	N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)^[4]
Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	10,570	97.69%
French only	80	0.74%
Non-official languages	150	1.39%
Multiple responses	20	0.18%

Ethnic Groups (2006)^[5]

Ethnic Origin	Population	Pct (%)
Canadian	5,255	47.6%
German	3,110	28.1%
English	3,010	27.2%
Scottish	2,225	20.1%
Irish	1,740	15.7%
French	1,205	10.9%
Dutch (Netherlands)	915	8.3%
North American Indian	870	7.9%

Communities

Regional municipalities

Region of Queens Municipality

Towns

Liverpool

Villages

Reserves

References

^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
^ Censuses 1871-1941
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
^ Statistics Canada: 2011 census
^ 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Queens County, Nova Scotia