Pictou

**Pictou** ( ; Scottish Gaelic: _Baile Phiogto_) is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

## Notable people

- Sir William Dawson, born in Pictou in 1820. He resided in Pictou until 1840, when he travelled to Scotland to complete his education in geology and natural history at the University of Edinburgh. He returned to Nova Scotia in 1842 and served as superintendent of education from 1850 to 1853. In 1855, he moved to Montreal, Quebec, to become the principal of McGill University, a position he held with distinction until 1893.
- Christie MacDonald, American stage actress & singer (1875–1962)
- Peter Crerar, civil engineer, came to Pictou from Scotland in 1817. Designed and built the Albion Mines Railway, the first standard gauge railroad in North America.
- Carmen MacDonald, an ice hockey goaltender for the St. Lawrence Saints, a university team from New York State. She won a gold medal as part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago.
- Joey MacDonald, a former NHL goaltender
- Arthur Stanley Mackenzie
- James Drummond MacGregor, first published abolitionist in Canada

## Other websites

- Official website of the Town of Pictou
- Town of Pictou Tourism

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Pictou
- **other name**: Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk: _Piktuk_ Canadian Gaelic: _Baile Phiogto_
- **settlement type**: Town
- **image skyline**: Pictou _20060708_1436.jpg
- **image caption**: Pictou
- **nickname**: Birthplace of New Scotland
- **motto**: "As constant as the northern star"
- **pushpin map**: Nova Scotia
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin mapsize**: 275
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of Pictou
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Canada
- **subdivision type1**: Province
- **subdivision type2**: Municipality
- **subdivision name1**: Nova Scotia
- **subdivision name2**: Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Pictou County
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1767
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: Apr 30, 1873
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Jim Ryan
- **leader title1**: Governing Body
- **leader name1**: Pictou Town Council
- **area footnotes**:  (2021)
- **area total km2**: 7.99
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **population total**: 3107
- **population as of**: Canada 2021 Census, 2021
- **population density km2**: 388.7
- **population demonym**: Pictonian
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: List of B Postal Codes of Canada, B0K
- **area code**: Area code 902, 902
- **footnotes**: *Median household income, 2020 ($) (all households)
- **leader title2**: MLA
- **leader name2**: Marco MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, (PC)
- **leader title3**: MP
- **leader name3**: Sean Fraser (politician), Sean Fraser Liberal Party of Canada, (L)
- **timezone**: Atlantic Standard Time, AST
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Atlantic Daylight Time, ADT
- **utc offset dst**: -3
- **elevation max m**: 54
- **blank name**: Telephone Exchange
- **blank info**: 485
- **blank1 name**: Median Earnings*
- **blank1 info**: $55,600
- **blank2 name**: National Topographic System, NTS Map
- **blank3 name**: Geographical Names Board of Canada, GNBC Code
- **blank3 info**: CBDPK