Annapolis County
| Annapolis County, Nova Scotia | |||
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| Motto: Primus et Princeps | |||
 Location of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia |
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| Coordinates: 44°42′N 65°12′W / 44.7°N 65.2°WCoordinates: 44°42′N 65°12′W / 44.7°N 65.2°W | |||
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| Towns | Annapolis Royal / Middleton | ||
| Established | August 17, 1759 | ||
| Incorporated | April 17, 1879 | ||
| Electoral Districts Federal |
West Nova |
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| Provincial | Annapolis | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Annapolis County Municipal Council | ||
| • Warden | Timothy Habinski | ||
| • MLA | Stephen McNeil (L) | ||
| • MP | Colin Fraser (L) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Land | 3,184.97 km2 (1,229.72 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 20,591 | ||
| • Change 2006-11 |
 3.2% |
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| • Census Rankings - Census Divisions Subdivision A Subdivision B Subdivision C Subdivision D - Towns Annapolis Royal Middleton - Reserves Bear River (part) 6 Bear River 6B |
6,342 (574 of 5,008) 3,707 (685 of 5,008) 5,085 (864 of 5,008) 3,007 (987 of 5,008) 444 (3,171 of 5,008) 972 (2,086 of 5,008) 1,829 (1,403 of 5,008) 42 (4,694 of 5,008) 10 (4,889 of 5,008) |
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| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) | ||
| Area code(s) | 902 | ||
| Dwellings | 11,038 | ||
| Median Income* | $37,024 CDN | ||
| Website | annapoliscounty.ca | ||
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Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal.
Established August 17, 1759 by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from the town of Annapolis Royal which had been named in honour of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. It was near the previous site of Port Royal, the chief Acadian settlement in the area. The Acadians had been forcibly removed by British government officials in the 1755 Grand Dérangement.
By 1833, a number of reasons had been advanced for making two counties out of Annapolis County. Two petitions were presented to the House of Assembly in that year requesting that the county be divided. However, it was not until 1837 that Annapolis County was divided into two distinct and separate counties - Annapolis and Digby.
As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Annapolis County recorded a population of 20,591 living in 9,377 of its 11,391 total private dwellings, a change of −0.8% from its 2011 population of 20,756. With a land area of 3,189.14 km2 (1,231.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.5/km2 (16.7/sq mi) in 2016.
Forming the majority of the Annapolis County census division, the Municipality of the County of Annapolis recorded a population of 18,252 living in 8,188 of its 10,047 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of −1.5% from its 2011 population of 18,526. With a land area of 3,178.21 km2 (1,227.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.7/km2 (14.9/sq mi) in 2016.
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