West Hants Regional Municipality
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = West Hants
| official_name = West Hants Regional Municipality
Municipality of the District of West Hants (1879-2020)
Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality (2020)
| settlement_type = Regional municipality
| motto = Windsor/West Hants Together
| image_map = West Hants Municipal District - Nova Scotia.PNG
| mapsize = 275px
| map_caption = Location of West Hants Regional Municipality
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Nova Scotia
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Hants
| seat_type = Electoral Districts
Federal
| seat =
Kings—Hants
| parts_type = Provincial
| parts = Hants West
| government_type = West Hants Municipal Council
| leader_title = Municipal Seat
| leader_name = Windsor
| leader_title1 = Mayor
| leader_name1 = Abraham Zebian
| established_title = Incorporated
| established_date = April 17, 1879
| established_title2 = Amalgamated
| established_date2 = April 1, 2020
| established_title3 = Name change
| established_date3 = October 6, 2020
| area_land_km2 = 1244.09
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_total = 15368
| population_density_km2 = 12.4
| population_blank1_title = Change {{small|2011-16}}
| population_blank1 = {{profit}}0.3%
| population_blank2_title = Census ranking
| population_blank2 = 275 of 4,870
| timezone = AST
| utc_offset = −04:00
| timezone_DST = ADT
| utc_offset_DST = −03:00
| coordinates = {{coord|44|58|N|64|06|W|region:CA-NS|display=inline,title}}
| area_code = 902
| blank_name = Dwellings
| blank_info = 6,101
| blank1_name = Median Income*
| blank1_info = $46,036 CAD
| website = {{official website|http://www.westhants.ca}}
| footnotes = *Median household income, 2005 (all households)
}}
West Hants, officially named the West Hants Regional Municipality, is a regional municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
It occupies the western half of Hants County, running from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the Municipality of the District of East Hants.
The Municipality of the District of West Hants amalgamated with Windsor on April 1, 2020, becoming the Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality.{{Cite web |title=Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality Act |url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/region%20of%20windsor%20and%20west%20hants%20municipality.pdf |access-date=February 3, 2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}} It was renamed as West Hants Regional Municipality on October 6, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/oic/view.asp?oicID=19295|title=Orders in Council | novascotia.ca}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the West Hants Regional Municipality had a population of {{nts|19509}} living in {{nts|8374}} of its {{nts|9136}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:19509-19016}}|19016|1}} from its 2016 population of {{nts|19016}}. With a land area of {{convert|1250.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|19509|1250.5|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000212 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nova Scotia | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
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| Language
! Population ! Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only
| 13,520 | 97.51% |
| Other languages
| 225 | 1.62% |
| French only
| 105 | 0.76% |
| Both English and French
| 15 | 0.11% |
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Famous people
The poet George Elliot Clarke is from West Hants. His poem, "West Hants County" tells of the difficult condition of black workers in the gypsum mines at one time in its history.
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.westhants.ca}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Municipality of the District of West Hants
| North = Minas Basin
| Northeast =
| East = Municipality of the District of East Hants
| Southeast =
| South = Halifax Regional Municipality
| Southwest =
| West = Municipality of the District of Chester
| Northwest = Municipality of the County of Kings
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