Cape Breton Regional Municipality
| Cape Breton Regional Municipality | |||
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| Location in Nova Scotia | |||
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| Province : | Nova Scotia | ||
| Regional Municipality : | Halifax | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 0 ′ N , 60 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 2 433.35 km² | ||
| Residents : | 102,250 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 42 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Website : | www.cbrm.ns.ca | ||
Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) is an amalgamation of several cities in the province of Nova Scotia in Canada to form an administrative unit and includes part of Cape Breton Island .
The administrative unit, which currently has around 97,000 inhabitants, was passed on August 1, 1995 in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Act and is now the second largest in the province after the Halifax Regional Municipality . In 2006 there were 4,670 (i.e., approximately 4.6%) residents of North American Indians .
Former cities and towns
- Sydney
- Dominion
- Glace Bay
- New Waterford
- North Sydney
- Sydney Mines
- Louisbourg
- Municipality of the County of Cape Breton
Individual evidence
- ^ Statistics Canada. 2012. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (Code 1217030) and Prince Edward Island (Code 11) (table). . www12.statcan.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ Nova Scotia Department of Finance: 2006 Census of Canada - Nova Scotia Perspective: Release # 5, Aboriginal Peoples, January, 2008
Web links
Commons : Cape Breton Regional Municipality - Collection of images, videos and audio files
