Queens County, Nova Scotia

Liverpool, the county seat of Queens County, was founded in 1759 by the New England Planters. Founded for the most part by New England settlers, Liverpool maintained strong ties with the American colonies until the sudden outbreak of the American Revolution.

On July 21, 1762 the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Nova Scotia declared that "the Townships of Liverpool, Barrington and Yarmouth together with the intermediate lands should be erected into a county by the name of Queens County". Parts of the new county were taken from Lunenburg County, which now lies to the northeast.

In 1784, Shelburne County was formed in part from southwestern portions of Queens County. The new county boundaries were established by an Order-in-Council dated December 16, 1785.

Queens County contains substantial portions of Kejimkujik National Park, including the main body of the park inland north of Caledonia and the Seaside Adjunct near Port Joli and Port Mouton.

In 1996, the county's municipal government merged with the town of Liverpool to form the Region of Queens Municipality, thus the county is contiguous with the boundaries of the regional municipality, minus First Nations reserves.

As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County recorded a population of 10,351 living in 4,764 of its 6,608 total private dwellings, a change of -5.6% from its 2011 population of 10,960. With a land area of 2,398.51 km² (926.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.3/km² (11.2/sq mi) in 2016.[1]

Population trend[2][3] Census Population Change (%) 2016 10,351 5.6% 2011 10,960 2.2% 2006 11,212 4.4% 2001 11,723 5.6% 1996 12,417 4.1% 1991 12,923 1.6% 1986 13,125 0.0% 1981 13,126 N/A 1941 12,028 1931 10,612 1921 9,944 1911 10,106 1901 10,226 1891 10,610 1881 10,577 1871 10,554 N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)[4] Language Population Pct (%) English only 10,570 97.69% French only 80 0.74% Non-official languages 150 1.39% Multiple responses 20 0.18%

Ethnic Groups (2006)[5] Ethnic Origin Population Pct (%) Canadian 5,255 47.6% German 3,110 28.1% English 3,010 27.2% Scottish 2,225 20.1% Irish 1,740 15.7% French 1,205 10.9% Dutch (Netherlands) 915 8.3% North American Indian 870 7.9%

Regional municipalities

• Region of Queens Municipality

Towns

• Liverpool

Villages

• Caledonia
• Greenfield

Reserves

• Ponhook Lake 10
• Wildcat 12

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