West Hants, officially named the West Hants Regional Municipality, is a regional municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
It occupies the western half of Hants County, running from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the Municipality of the District of East Hants.
The Municipality of the District of West Hants amalgamated with Windsor on April 1, 2020, becoming the Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality. It was renamed as West Hants Regional Municipality on October 6, 2020.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the West Hants Regional Municipality had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
+ Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census Census Population Change (%) 2016 15,368 0.3% 20112011 Census 14,165 2.1% 20062006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: West Hants Municipal District, Nova ScotiaStatistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data 13,881 0.7% 2001 13,780 0.1% 1996 13,792 1.3% 1991 13,611 N/A
+ Mother tongue language (2006) Language Population Pct (%) English only 13,520 97.51% Other languages 225 1.62% French only 105 0.76% Both English and French 15 0.11%
Famous people The poet George Elliot Clarke is from West Hants. His poem, "West Hants County" tells of the difficult condition of black workers in the gypsum mines at one time in its history.
See also List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
References
External links
West Hants Historical Society