Windsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor is a populated place located in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an incorporated town until 2020.
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| Coordinates: 44°58′49″N 64°7′45″W / 44.98028°N 64.12917°WCoordinates: 44°58′49″N 64°7′45″W / 44.98028°N 64.12917°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | West Hants Regional Municipality |
| Founded | 1685 |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1878 |
| Amalgamated | April 1, 2020 |
| Government | |
| • MLA | Melissa Sheehy-Richard (PC) |
| • MP | Kody Blois (L) |
| Area | |
| • City | 9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10.56 km2 (4.08 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 3,425 |
| • Density | 375.96/km2 (973.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,514 |
| • Urban density | 522.16/km2 (1,352.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Postal code | B0N 2T0 |
| Telephone Exchanges | 306 321 472 790 791 792 798 799 |
| Median Earnings* | $54,800 |
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| GNBC Code | CBPAK |
| *Median household income, 2020 ($) (all households) | |
Notable residents
- Thomas R. Bennett
- Scott Brison
- George Elliott Clarke
- Rufus Curry
- Amor De Cosmos
- Benjamin DeWolf (Windsor merchant)
- George Henry Emerson (Twillingate and Fogo)
- James Fraser (businessman)
- Henry Goudge
- Monson Henry Goudge (son)
- Allen Haley
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
- Lewis Herbert Martell
- Richard McHeffy
- Alden Nowlan (from nearby Stanley, Nova Scotia)
- Percy Paris
- Daniel McNeill Parker
- Silas Tertius Rand
- Gerald Regan
- Geoff Regan
- Avon Saxon
- Jennifer Rosanne States
- Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- Peter Togni
- Benjamin Wier (nearby Brooklyn)
- Charles Smith Wilcox
- Lewis Morris Wilkins (speaker)
- Lewis Morris Wilkins (son)
Windsor, Nova Scotia Media
Fort Edward - oldest remaining blockhouse in North America (established during Father Le Loutre's War)
Railway bridge over the Avon River,1897
St. John's Roman Catholic Church, designed by William Critchlow Harris
Hants Community Hospital in Windsor NS
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References
- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census Windsor [Population centre], Nova Scotia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- ↑ "2021 Census in the former Town of Windsor". Statistics Canada. 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
Other websites
- Town of Windsor Archived 2019-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Sketch of the Old Parish Burying Ground of Windsor, Nova Scotia By Henry Youle Hind. 1888.
