Victoria County, Nova Scotia
| Victoria County | |
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| County | |
 Location of Victoria County, Nova Scotia |
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| Coordinates: 46°24′N 60°36′W / 46.4°N 60.6°WCoordinates: 46°24′N 60°36′W / 46.4°N 60.6°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| Founded | 1851 |
| Incorporated | April 17, 1879 |
| Electoral Districts Federal |
Sydney—Victoria |
| Provincial | Victoria-The Lakes |
| Government | |
| • Type | Victoria County Municipal Council |
| • Warden | Bruce J. Morrison |
| Area | |
| • Land | 2,870.85 km2 (1,108.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 7,089 |
| • Density | 2.5/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-16 |
 0.4% |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Dwellings | 4,437 |
| Median Income* | $44,134 CDN |
| Unemployment rate | 26.3% |
| Website | www.victoriacounty.com |
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Victoria County is a county in Nova Scotia, Canada. The shire town and largest municipality is the village of Baddeck.
Named after Queen Victoria, it was established by statute in 1851.Cape Breton County was divided into two counties in that year, with Victoria County being subdivided at that time.
There are several distinctive geographic regions in Victoria county: north of Smokey Mountain, south of Smokey Mountain, St. Ann's Bay, Boularderie Island, Baddeck, Middle River and the Washabuck Peninsula. The county is 2,768 square kilometers in size, 80% of which is covered by forest and the remainder largely by water.
As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Victoria County recorded a population of 7,089 living in 3,101 of its 4,437 total private dwellings, a change of −0.4% from its 2011 population of 7,115. With a land area of 2,857.74 km2 (1,103.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.5/km2 (6.4/sq mi) in 2016.
Forming the majority of the Victoria County census division, the Municipality of the County of Victoria recorded a population of 6,552 living in 2,943 of its 4,271 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of −0.7% from its 2011 population of 6,597. With a land area of 2,854.01 km2 (1,101.94 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi) in 2016.
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The county's population has slowly declined over the last ten years and has also aged, with all age groups under the age of 65 experiencing net out-migration. Half of the county's labour force does not have a high school diploma, and only 5% have college educations.
71% of the workforce is employed in the services sector. An additional 18% are employed in the primary resources industry, a category that includes both forestry and fishing. Just 11% are employed in manufacturing, less than half of the levels seen in the 1960s.
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