Windsor, Nova Scotia
town in Nova Scotia, Canada
Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Windsor, Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Nickname: Birthplace of Hockey | |
| Motto(s): | |
  Windsor, Nova Scotia Location within Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 44°58′49″N 64°7′45″W / 44.98028°N 64.12917°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | Hants County |
| Founded | 1685 |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1878 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Anna Allen |
| • Governing Body | Windsor Town Council |
| • MLA | Chuck Porter (L) |
| • MP | Scott Brison (L) |
| Area (2016) | |
| • Total | 9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 3,648 |
| • Density | 400.6/km2 (1,038/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Postal code | B0N 2T0 |
| Area code | 902 |
| Telephone Exchanges | 306 321 472 790 791 792 798 799 |
| Median Earnings* | $24,502 |
| NTS Map | 021A16 |
| GNBC Code | CBPAK |
| Website | windsor.ns.ca |
| *Median household income, 2000 ($) (all households) | |
Notable residents change
- Thomas R. Bennett
- Scott Brison
- George Elliott Clarke
- Rufus Curry
- Amor De Cosmos
- Benjamin DeWolf (Windsor merchant)
- George Henry Emerson (Twillingate and Fogo)
- James Fraser (businessman)
- Henry Goudge
- Monson Henry Goudge (son)
- Allen Haley
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
- Lewis Herbert Martell
- Richard McHeffy
- Alden Nowlan (from nearby Stanley, Nova Scotia)
- Percy Paris
- Daniel McNeill Parker
- Silas Tertius Rand
- Gerald Regan
- Geoff Regan
- Avon Saxon
- Jennifer Rosanne States
- Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- Peter Togni
- Benjamin Wier (nearby Brooklyn)
- Charles Smith Wilcox
- Lewis Morris Wilkins (speaker)
- Lewis Morris Wilkins (son)
References change
Other websites change
- Town of Windsor Archived 2019-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Sketch of the Old Parish Burying Ground of Windsor, Nova Scotia By Henry Youle Hind. 1888.
