List of counties of Nova Scotia

This is a list of the 18 counties of Nova Scotia, shown with their county seats, land areas and populations at the 2011 Census.

Distribution of Nova Scotia's 18 historical counties by municipal status

Counties of Nova Scotia (1862) with township subdivisions

County	County Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2011)
Annapolis	Annapolis Royal	3,184.97	20,756
Antigonish	Antigonish	1,457.82	19,589
Cape Breton^a	Sydney	2,470.62	101,619
Colchester	Truro	3,627.69	50,968
Cumberland	Amherst	4,271.14	31,353
Digby	Digby	2,515.23	18,036
Guysborough	Guysborough	4,044.22	8,143
Halifax^b	Halifax	5,495.54	390,328
Hants	Windsor	3,049.08	42,304
Inverness	Port Hood	3,830.40	17,947
Kings	Kentville	2,122.18	60,589
Lunenburg	Lunenburg	2,907.93	47,313
Pictou	Pictou	2,845.26	45,643
Queens^c	Liverpool	2,392.36	10,960
Richmond	Arichat	1,244.24	9,293
Shelburne	Shelburne	2,464.65	14,496
Victoria	Baddeck	2,870.85	7,115
Yarmouth	Yarmouth	2,123.25	25,275

^a county boundaries contiguous with municipal unit Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
^b county boundaries contiguous with municipal unit Halifax Regional Municipality.
^c county boundaries contiguous with municipal unit Region of Queens Municipality.

Subdivisions of Nova Scotia

Counties	Annapolis Antigonish Cape Breton Colchester Cumberland Digby Guysborough Halifax Hants Inverness Kings Lunenburg Pictou Queens Richmond Shelburne Victoria Yarmouth

Economic Regions	Annapolis Valley Cape Breton Island Halifax Regional Municipality North Shore Southern Nova Scotia

Regional municipalities	Cape Breton Halifax Queens

Municipal districts	Argyle Barrington Chester Clare Digby East Hants Guysborough Lunenburg Shelburne St. Mary's West Hants Yarmouth

Towns	Amherst Annapolis Royal Antigonish Berwick Bridgewater Clark's Harbour Digby Hantsport Kentville Lockeport Lunenburg Mahone Bay Middleton Mulgrave New Glasgow Oxford Parrsboro Pictou Port Hawkesbury Shelburne Stellarton Stewiacke Trenton Truro Westville Windsor Wolfville Yarmouth

Incorporated villages	Aylesford Baddeck Bible Hill Canning Chester Cornwallis Square Dover Freeport Greenwood Havre Boucher Hebbville Kingston Lawrencetown New Minas Port Williams Pugwash River Hebert St. Peter's Tatamagouche Tiverton Westport Weymouth

Lists	List of communities in Nova Scotia List of people from Nova Scotia

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Provinces	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan

Territories	Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon

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