List of designated places in Nova Scotia

A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.[1] It is usually a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre).[2] Designated places are created by provinces and territories, in cooperation with Statistics Canada, to provide data for submunicipal areas.[2]

As of the 2011 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia had 65 designated places.[3] Nova Scotia’s largest designated place in 2016 was Fall River with a population of 2,337.[4][5]

List

The following is a list of designated places in Nova Scotia.

Name [4]	Type [4]	Population (2016) [5]	Population (2011) [4]	Population (2006) [4]	Area (km^2) [4]
Alder Point	Class IV area	484	539	271	5.14
Aylesford	Class IV area	833	892	829	4.24
Baddeck	Class IV area	826	769	873	2.08
Black Point	Class IV area	452	453	480	1.48
Boutlier's Point	Class IV area	765	780	777	2.6
Bras D'Or	Class IV area	104	101	114	1.01
Brookfield	Class IV area	445	529	416	1.29
Brooklyn	Class IV area	916	970	1,030	9.58
Cambridge	Class IV area	867	694	656	3.6
Canning	Class IV area	731	761	798	1.86
Carleton Corner	Class IV area	106	101	68	0.65
Centreville	Class IV area	1,129	1,073	1,046	2.31
Coldbrook part A	Class IV area	240	225	190	2.29
Coldbrook part B	Class IV area	1,025	1,062	1,030	4.59
Cornwallis Park	Class IV area	479	433	435	2.11
Cow Bay	Class IV area	1,257	1,255	1,219	5.78
Donkin	Class IV area	524	573	708	9.5
Edwardsville	Class IV area	267	313	378	8.08
Elmsdale	Class IV area	360	354	351	2.99
Enfield	Class IV area	37	33	32	0.12
Fall River	Class IV area	2,337	1,887	2,137	15.03
Falmouth	Class IV area	1,368	1,213	1,179	5.22
Freeport	Class IV area	223	243	291	7.57
Granville Ferry	Class IV area	110	142	161	0.84
Greenwood	Class IV area	0	0	0	0.44
Groves Point	Class IV area	258	252	458	7.63
Guysborough	Class IV area	363	403	428	3.08
Hants Border	Class IV area	293	377	317	1.28
Havre Boucher	Class IV area	309	289	340	2.7
Hebbville	Class IV area	802	765	780	15.78
Hillside	Class IV area	149	157	188	1.38
Hubbards	Class IV area	364	395	401	2.27
Lantz	Class IV area	2,229	1,533	1,626	2.97
Lawrencetown	Class IV area	516	625	668	5.62
Lequille	Class IV area	222	229	129	0.75
Lingan	Class IV area	261	247	290	4.25
Little Bras D'Or	Class IV area	135	112	232	3.78
Little Pond	Class IV area	183	209	507	4.35
Louisbourg	Class IV area	877	946	988	3.3
Masstown	Class IV area	164	164	153	0.93
Mill Creek	Class IV area	430	473	288	7.27
Milton	Class IV area	999	1,091	1,057	7.18
Milton Highlands	Class IV area	343	339	331	1.47
New Germany	Class IV area	458	447	464	2.49
Point Aconi	Class IV area	134	144	420	10.1
Port Caledonia	Class IV area	214	206	352	10.04
Port Hastings	Class IV area	89	106	120	0.85
Port Williams	Class IV area	1,186	1,050	1,079	2.8
Priestville	Class IV area	163	117	176	0.88
Prime Brook	Class IV area	183	220	46	6.77
Pugwash	Class IV area	736	744	784	9.83
River Hebert	Class IV area	453	545	543	6.03
River Ryan	Class IV area	238	240	248	4.73
Sandy Point	Class IV area	347	346	315	2.45
Shubenacadie part A	Class IV area	735	715	779	3.99
Shubenacadie part B	Class IV area	187	110	107	2.07
St. Margaret's Bay	Class IV area	782	800	824	2.5
Sydney River	Class IV area	267	344	506	6.61
Tatamagouche	Class IV area	755	752	689	8.04
Terrence Bay	Class IV area	749	757	824	3.37
Tower Road	Class IV area	272	307	749	9.07
Upper North Sydney	Class IV area	406	383	594	11.21
Waterville	Class IV area	747	931	928	1.92
Waverley	Class IV area	813	806	807	2.9
Wedgeport	Class IV area	1,061	1,180	1,207	9.72
Westport	Class IV area	218	234	249	11.68

See also

• List of census agglomerations in Atlantic Canada
• List of population centres in Nova Scotia

References

1. "2006 Census Dictionary, Figure 20: Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination, 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
2. "Census Dictionary: Designated place (DPL)". Statistics Canada. 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
3. "Census Dictionary: Table 1 – Geographic units by province and territory, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
4. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
5. "Search results for 'Designated place nova scotia')". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-08-25.