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Queens County, Nova Scotia

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On July 21, 1762 the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Nova Scotia declared that "the Townships of Liverpool, Barrington and Yarmouth together with the intermediate lands should be erected into a county by the name of Queens County". Parts of the new county were taken from
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was formed in part from southwestern portions of Queens County. The new county boundaries were established by an Order-in-Council dated December 16, 1785.
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2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Queens County, Nova Scotia
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In 1996, the county's municipal government merged with the town of Liverpool to form the
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total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of
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Median household income, 2000 ($ ) (all households)
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Index

Location of Queens County, Nova Scotia
44°12′N 65°00′W / 44.2°N 65.0°W / 44.2; -65.0
Province
Nova Scotia
Region of Queens Municipality
Federal
South Shore—St. Margarets
Provincial
Queens-Shelburne
Time zone
UTC-4
AST
Area code
902
regionofqueens.com
Places in Nova Scotia
county
Canadian province
Nova Scotia
Liverpool
New England Planters
American Revolution
Lunenburg County
Shelburne County
Kejimkujik National Park
Region of Queens Municipality
regional municipality
First Nations
census division
2021 Census of Population

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