List of municipalities in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is the seventh-most populous province in Canada with 969,383 residents as of the 2021 Census of Population, and the second-smallest province in land area at . Nova Scotia's 49 municipalities cover  of the territory's land mass, and are home to  of its population.

 List of municipalities 

 Municipal type!scope="col" rowspan=2| Incorporationdate
!scope="col" colspan=5| 2021 Census of Population
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!scope="col"| Population(2021)
!scope="col"| Population(2016)
!scope="col"| Change
!scope="col"| Land area(km²)
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Populationdensity Cape Breton  Regional municipality         Halifax  Regional municipality         Queens  Regional municipality         West Hants  Regional municipality         Annapolis  County municipality         Antigonish  County municipality         Colchester  County municipality         Cumberland  County municipality         Inverness  County municipality         Kings  County municipality         Pictou  County municipality         Richmond  County municipality         Victoria  County municipality        
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|scope="row"| Argyle || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Barrington || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Chester || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Clare || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Digby || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| East Hants || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Guysborough || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Lunenburg || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Shelburne || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| St. Mary's || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center| 
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|scope="row"| Yarmouth || District municipality ||align=center|  ||  ||align=center|  ||align=center|  Amherst  Town         Annapolis Royal  Town         Antigonish  Town         Berwick  Town         Bridgewater  Town         Clark's Harbour  Town         Digby  Town         Kentville  Town         Lockeport  Town         Lunenburg  Town         Mahone Bay  Town         Middleton  Town         Mulgrave  Town         New Glasgow  Town         Oxford  Town         Pictou  Town         Port Hawkesbury  Town         Shelburne  Town         Stellarton  Town         Stewiacke  Town         Trenton  Town         Truro  Town         Westville  Town         Wolfville  Town         Yarmouth  Town         Total regional municipalities — —  Total county municipalities — — |- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;" style="background: #f2f2f2;"
|align=left| Total district municipalities —|align=center| —
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|align=center| Total towns — —  Total municipalities — —   Province of Nova Scotia — —  

References

Notes

Municipalities
Nova Scotia