Inverness County, Nova Scotia

Established as the County of Juste au Corps in 1835, Inverness County was given its present name in 1837. It was named after Sir Cameron Inverness of Scotland, the land from which many of the early settlers came.[4] Agriculture and fishing dominated the economy with exports of butter and cattle to Newfoundland and Halifax for most of the nineteenth century.[5] The construction of the Inverness and Richmond Railway in 1901, and the subsequent opening of coal mines at Port Hood, Mabou, and Inverness, created the "only home market" local farmers had ever had.[6]

The boundaries of Inverness County had been previously defined when Cape Breton Island was divided by statute into three districts in 1823. In 1996, the county was amalgamated into a single municipality with the exception of Port Hawkesbury.

Inverness County was established within the boundaries of the Northwestern District of Cape Breton Island.

As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Inverness County recorded a population of 17,235 living in 7,351 of its 9,876 total private dwellings, a change of -4% from its 2011 population of 17,947. With a land area of 3,831.17 km² (1,479.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.5/km² (11.7/sq mi) in 2016.[7]

Forming the majority of the Inverness County census division, the Municipality of the County of Inverness recorded a population of 13,190 living in 5,740 of its 8,052 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of -4.3% from its 2011 population of 13,781. With a land area of 3,815.59 km² (1,473.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km² (9.0/sq mi) in 2016.[8]

Population trend[9][10] Census Population Change (%) 2016 17,235 4.0% 2011 17,947 5.7% 2006 19,036 4.5% 2001 19,937 4.7% 1996 20,918 3.2% 1991 21,620 1.5% 1986 21,946 1.8% 1981 22,337 N/A 1941 20,573 1931 21,055 1921 23,808 1911 25,571 1901 24,353 1891 25,779 1881 25,651 1871 23,415 N/A

Native language (2011)[2] Language Population Pct (%) English only 14,360 81.31% French only 2,315 13.11% Non-official languages 825 4.67% Multiple responses 165 0.93%

Ethnic groups (2006)[11] Ethnic Origin Population Pct (%) Scottish 9,365 49.9% Canadian 6,460 34.5% French 4,620 24.6% English 3,880 20.7% Irish 3,680 19.6% Acadian 1,180 6.3% North American Indian 910 4.9% German 580 3.1% Dutch (Netherlands) 555 3.0%

Towns

• Port Hawkesbury

Reserves

• Whycocomagh 2.

County municipality and county subdivisions

• Municipality of the County of Inverness
  • Inverness, Subd. A
  • Inverness, Subd. B
  • Inverness, Subd. C

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[12]

Parks:

• Cape Breton Highlands National Park
• Long Point Provincial Park

GOLF - in issue 1-2020 of Golf Digest magazine's rating of the top 100 golf courses in the world, CABOT CLIFFS was rated number 11 and CABOT LINKS was rated 35th

• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
• Black Lake listings within Nova Scotia.

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