Guysborough_County,_Nova_Scotia
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
County in Nova Scotia, Canada
Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Guysborough County | |
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Location of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 45.3°N 61.8°W / 45.3; -61.8 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| District municipalities | Guysborough / St. Mary's |
| Towns | Mulgrave |
| Established | 1836 |
| Divided into District Municipalities | April 17, 1879 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Central Nova / Cape Breton—Canso |
| Provincial | Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie |
| Area | |
| • Land | 4,037.16 km2 (1,558.76 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,373 |
| • Density | 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-21 |  3.3% |
| • Census Rankings - District municipalities Guysborough St. Mary's - Town Mulgrave | 4,681 (721 of 5,008) 2,587 (1,110 of 5,008) 879 (2,234 of 5,008) |
| 2021 | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 902 |
| Dwellings | 5,377 |
| Median Income* | $34,894 |
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Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County (Antigonish County) was divided in 1836.
Guysborough County has had a large Black population since 1784.[3] The Black Nova Scotian community in Guysborough is unique in that they descend almost entirely from Black Loyalists. In 1872, there were 918 residents of African ancestry in Guysborough.[4]
In 1840, Guysborough County was subdivided into two districts for court sessisonal purposes – Guysborough and St. Mary's. In 1863, the boundary between Halifax County and Guysborough County was altered and a polling district was added to Guysborough County. In 1879, the two districts were incorporated as district municipalities.
The last racially segregated school in Canada closed in 1983 in Guysborough County.[5]
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Guysborough County had a population of 7,373 living in 3,559 of its 4,897 total private dwellings, a change of -3.3% from its 2016 population of 7,625. With a land area of 4,037.16 km2 (1,558.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
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Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[11]
- Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
- "Black Loyalists of Guysborough County". guyscogene.net. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- Rawlyk, G. A. (1968). "The Guysborough Negroes: A Study in Isolation".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Racial Segregation of Black Students in Canadian Schools | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
- "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 56, 70-73, 83
