West Hants Regional Municipality

West Hants
District municipality
Municipality of the District of West Hants
Motto:  Where all Roads Lead You
Location of West Hants Municipal District
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Hants
Founded	1685
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts     Federal	Kings—Hants
Provincial	Hants West
Government
• Type	West Hants Municipal Council
• Municipal Seat	Windsor
• Warden	Richard Dauphinee
Area
• Land	1,238.12 km2 (478.04 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,165
• Density	11.2/km2 (29/sq mi)
• Change 2001-06	0.7%
• Census Ranking	272 of 5,008
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	6,101
Median Income*	$46,036 CDN
Website	westhants.ca
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

West Hants, officially named the Municipality of the District of West Hants, is a district municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.

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.

West Hants entirely surrounds the incorporated Town of Windsor.

Demographics

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	14,165	2.1%
2006	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

External links

• Municipality of the District of West Hants