Richmond County, Nova Scotia

Richmond County Comté de Richmond (French)
County
Official seal of Richmond County Seal
Location of Richmond County, Nova Scotia Location of Richmond County, Nova Scotia
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Established	1835
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts       Federal	Cape Breton—Canso
Provincial	Cape Breton-Richmond
Government
• Type	Richmond County Municipal Council
• Warden	Steve Sampson
Area
• Land	1,244.24 km2 (480.40 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,293
• Density	7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Change 2006-11	4.6%
• Census Rankings  - Census divisions  Subdivision A  Subdivision B  Subdivision C  - Reserves  Chapel Island 5	4,072 (795 of 5,008) 1,769 (1,433 of 5,008) 3,455 (904 of 5,008) 444 (3,171 of 5,008)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	902
Dwellings	22,951
Median Income*	$40,188 CDN
Website	www.richmondcounty.ca
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Richmond County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. For a list of communities in Richmond County, see the eponymous page.

History

Named in honour of Sir Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, who was Governor General of British North America 1818-1819, Richmond County was created in 1835.

Richmond County comprises that territory known as the Southern District which was established in 1824 at the time of the dividing of Cape Breton Island into three districts. The boundaries of the Southern District were defined at the time of its establishment. Those same boundaries were determined to be the boundaries of Richmond County by statute in 1847.

The shire town of Richmond Country is Arichat, located on Isle Madame. The community was threatened with closure of its local Court system in June 2015.

Communities

Incorporated communities

Villages

• St. Peter's

Native reserves'

• Chapel Island 5

Census Subdivisions

• • Richmond, Subd. A
  • Richmond, Subd. B
  • Richmond, Subd. C

Access Routes

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

• Highways
  • Hwy 104

• Trunk Routes
  • Trunk 4

• Collector Routes:
  • Route 206
  • Route 247
  • Route 320
  • Route 327

• External Routes:
  • None

Demographics

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	9,293	4.6%
2006	9,740	4.7%
2001	10,225	7.2%
1996	11,022	2.1%
1991	11,260	5.2%
1986	11,841	8.3%
1981	12,824	N/A
1871	14,268	N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	6,620	72.19%
French only	2,085	22.74%
Non-official languages	285	3.11%
Multiple responses	180	1.96%

Ethnic Origins (2006)

Ethnic Origin	Population	Pct (%)
French	4,895	50.8%
Canadian	3,920	40.7%
Scottish	2,310	24.0%
English	2,060	21.4%
Irish	1,590	16.5%
Acadian	710	7.4%
North American Indian	685	7.1%
German	440	4.6%

See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia
• Central Nova Tourist Association – Tourism Association Representing Colchester County.

External links

• Municipality of Richmond County Website