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

With its administrative seat in Elmsdale, the district municipality occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants Regional Municipality. It was made in 1861 from the former townships of Uniacke, Rawdon, Douglas, Walton, Shubenacadie and Maitland. Its most settled area is in the Shubenacadie Valley.

History

The Municipality of East Hants was established in 1861 via the division of Hants County into two districts.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of East Hants 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.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Population trend

|-

! Census

! Population

! Change (%)

|-

| 2016

| 22,453

| 1.5%

|-

| 2011

| 22,111

| N/A (redefined boundaries)

|-

| 2006

| 23,387

| 2.7%

|-

| 2001

| 20,821

| 5.3%

|-

| 1996

| 19,767

| 6.5%

|-

| 1991

| 18,560

| N/A

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Mother tongue language (2006)

Notable people

  • Hip hop artist Buck 65 is from Mount Uniacke, East Hants. Born Richard Terfry, he is also a radio host on CBC Radio.
  • Luke Boyd, international recording artist better known as Classified, was born in Enfield, East Hants.

Education

  • Riverside Educational Centre middle school is located in Milford Station
  • Elmsdale District School is located in Elmsdale
  • Kennetcook District Elementary is located in Kennetcook
  • Uniacke District School is located in Mount Uniacke
  • Hants East Rural High School is located in Milford Station
  • Hants North Rural High School is located in Kennetcook
  • Cobequid District School is located in Noel
  • Rawdon District School is located in Rawdon
  • Shubenacadie District Elementary is an elementary schooled located in Shubenacadie

Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education is the school district for East Hants.

See also

  • East Hants Aquatic Centre
  • List of municipalities in Nova Scotia

References

  • East Hants Historical Society