Richmond County Siorramachd Richmond (Gaelic)
—  County  —
Location of Richmond County, Nova Scotia
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts       Federal	Cape Breton—Canso
Provincial	Richmond
Government
- Type	Richmond County Municipal Council
- Warden	John H. Boudreau
Area [1]
- Land	1,244.24 km2 (480.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1][2]
- Total	9,740
- Density	7.8/km2 (20.2/sq mi)
- Change 2001-06	▼4.7%
- Census Rankings  - Census divisions  Subdivision A  Subdivision B  Subdivision C  - Reserves  Chapel Island 5	4,072 (795 of 5,008) 1,769 (1,433 of 5,008) 3,455 (904 of 5,008) 444 (3,171 of 5,008)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
- Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	902
Dwellings	22,951
Median Income*	$40,188 CDN
Website	www.richmondcounty.ca
*Median household income, 2005 (all households)

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Richmond County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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

[edit] History

Named in honour of Sir Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, who was Governor General of British North America 1818-1819, Richmond County was created in 1835.

Richmond County comprises that territory known as the Southern District which was established in 1824 at the time of the dividing of Cape Breton Island into three districts. The boundaries of the Southern District were defined at the time of its establishment. Those same boundaries were determined to be the boundaries of Richmond County by statute in 1847.

[edit] Demographics

Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2006 9,740 ▼4.7% 2001 10,225 ▼7.2% 1996 11,022 ▼2.1% 1991 11,260 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[1] Language Population Pct (%) English only 6,915 71.81% French only 2,205 22.90% Other languages 365 3.79% Both English and French 145 1.50%

Ethnic Groups (2006)[1] Race Population Pct (%) White 9,600 99.64% Black 20 0.21% Arab 10 0.10%

[edit] Communities

Indian Reserves in Richmond County include Chapel Island 5.

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

For a list of communities in Richmond 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 104 (TCH)

Trunk Routes Trunk 4

Collector Routes: Route 206 Route 247 Route 320 Route 327

External Routes: None

[edit] See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia
• Central Nova Tourist Association — Tourism Association Representing Colchester County.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Municipality of Richmond County Website

	Inverness County	Bras d'Or Lake
	Guysborough County		Cape Breton Regional Municipality
		Richmond County
	Chedabucto Bay	Atlantic Ocean

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Coordinates: 45°38′56″N 60°51′58″W / 45.649°N 60.866°W / 45.649; -60.866

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