A village is a type of community in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia that has a commission established under the Municipal Government Act for the purpose of providing municipal services to a defined area within a larger county or district municipality.
Nova Scotia has 21 villages. According to available population data, Nova Scotia's largest and smallest villages are Bible Hill and River Hebert with populations of 8,913 and 1,296 respectively.
List
| Name | Historical county | Rural municipality | Population (2011) | Population (2006) | Change (%) |
|---|
| Aylesford | Kings | KingsMunicipality of the County of Kings | 2,408 | 2,445 | −1.5 |
| Baddeck | Victoria | VictoriaMunicipality of the County of Victoria | 1,988 | 2,154 | −8.4 |
| Bible Hill | Colchester | ColchesterMunicipality of the County of Colchester | 8,913 | 8,480 | 5.1 |
| Canning | Kings | KingsMunicipality of the County of Kings | 2,589 | 2,760 | −6.6 |
| Chester | Lunenburg | ChesterMunicipality of the District of Chester | 2,348 | 2,294 | 2.4 |
| Cornwallis Square | Kings | KingsMunicipality of the County of Kings | 1,877 | 1,941 | −3.4 |
| Dover | Guysborough | GuysboroughMunicipality of the District of Guysborough | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Freeport | Digby | DigbyMunicipality of the District of Digby | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Greenwood | Kings | KingsMunicipality of the County of Kings | 5,369 | 5,289 | 1.5 |
| Hebbville | Lunenburg | LunenburgMunicipality of the District of Lunenburg | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kingston | Kings | KingsMunicipality of the County of Kings | 5,174 | 5,176 | −0.0 |
| Lawrencetown | Annapolis | AnnapolisMunicipality of the County of Annapolis | 1,739 | 1,793 | −3.1 |
| New Minas | Kings | KingsMunicipality of the County of Kings | 5,135 | 5,055 | 1.2 |
| Port Williams | Kings | KingsMunicipality of the County of Kings | 1,703 | 1,766 | −3.7 |
| Pugwash | Cumberland | CumberlandMunicipality of the County of Cumberland | 1,420 | 1,513 | −6.5 |
| River Hebert | Cumberland | CumberlandMunicipality of the County of Cumberland | 1,296 | 1,330 | −2.6 |
| St. Peter's | Richmond | RichmondMunicipality of the County of Richmond | 1,492 | 1,453 | 2.7 |
| Tatamagouche | Colchester | ColchesterMunicipality of the County of Colchester | 2,037 | 2,070 | −1.6 |
| Tiverton | Digby | DigbyMunicipality of the District of Digby | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Westport | Digby | DigbyMunicipality of the District of Digby | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Weymouth | Digby | DigbyMunicipality of the District of Digby | 1,773 | 1,839 | −3.7 |
| Total villages | — | — | 48,754 | 48,873 | −0.2 |
Former villages
Nova Scotia has recognized at least four other villages in its history. The villages of Brooklyn and Milton dissolved on April 1, 1996 upon the amalgamation of the Municipality of the County of Queens with the Town of Liverpool to form the Region of Queens Municipality. On the same date, the villages of Uplands Park and Waverley dissolved upon the amalgamation of the Municipality of the County of Halifax with the cities of Dartmouth and Halifax and the Town of Bedford to form the Halifax Regional Municipality. Havre Boucher was dissolved in 2018.
See also