Windsor is a populated place located in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an incorporated town until 2020.
Windsor | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Birthplace of Hockey | |
| Motto(s): | |
  Windsor 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 | West Hants Regional Municipality |
| Founded | 1685 |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1878 |
| Amalgamated | April 1, 2020 |
| Government | |
| • MLA | Melissa Sheehy-Richard (PC) |
| • MP | Kody Blois (L) |
| Area | |
| • City | 9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10.56 km2 (4.08 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 3,425 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,514 |
| • Urban density | 520/km2 (1,400/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* | $54,800 |
| NTS Map | 21A16 Windsor |
| GNBC Code | CBPAK |
| *Median household income, 2020 ($) (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- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census Windsor [Population centre], Nova Scotia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- ↑ "2021 Census in the former Town of Windsor". Statistics Canada. 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
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.
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