Inverness County Siorramachd Inbhir Nis (Gaelic)
—  County  —
Location of Inverness County, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 46°02′55″N 61°25′08″W / 46.048611°N 61.418889°W / 46.048611; -61.418889
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Towns	Port Hawkesbury
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts       Federal	Cape Breton—Canso / Sydney—Victoria
Provincial	Inverness
Government
- Type	Inverness County Municipal Council
- Warden	Duart MacAulay
Area [1]
- Land	3,830.40 km2 (1,478.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1][2]
- Total	19,036
- Density	5.0/km2 (12.9/sq mi)
- Change 2001-06	▼4.5%
- Census Rankings  - Census divisions  Subdivision A  Subdivision B  Subdivision C  - Towns  Port Hawkesbury  - Reserves  Whycocomagh 2	5,859 (601 of 5,008) 5,369 (649 of 5,008) 3,668 (870 of 5,008) 3,517 (893 of 5,008) 623 (2,718 of 5,008)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
- Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	902
Dwellings	9,633
Median Income*	$45,687 CDN
Website	www.invernesscounty.ca
*Median household income, 2005 (all households)

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Inverness County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Its territory is almost contiguous with the Municipality of Inverness County, which only excludes the town of Port Hawkesbury.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Communities 4 Access Routes 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

Established as the County of Juste au Corps in 1835, Inverness County was given its present name in 1837. It was named after Inverness in Scotland, the land from which many of the early settlers came. 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.

[edit] Demographics

Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2006 19,036 ▼4.5% 2001 19,937 ▼4.7% 1996 20,918 ▼3.2% 1991 21,620 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[1] Language Population Pct (%) English only 14,845 79.15% French only 2,755 14.69% Other languages 1,080 5.76% Both English and French 75 0.40%

Ethnic Groups (2006)[1] Race Population Pct (%) White 18,495 98.64% Black 120 0.64% Asian 115 0.61% Other 35 0.19%

[edit] Communities

Indian Reserves in Inverness County include Whycocomagh 2.

• Census Subdivisions
  • Inverness, Subd. A
  • Inverness, Subd. B
  • Inverness, Subd. C

For a list of communities in Inverness County, see List of communities.

[edit] Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:^[4]

Highways Hwy 105 (TCH)

Trunk Routes Trunk 4 Trunk 19 Trunk 30

Collector Routes: Route 219 Route 223 Route 252 Route 395

External Routes: None

[edit] See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Photographs of historic monuments in Inverness County

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Coordinates: 46°02′55″N 61°25′08″W / 46.04861°N 61.41889°W / 46.04861; -61.41889

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