Windsor, Nova Scotia

Windsor
Nickname: 
Birthplace of Hockey
Motto(s): 
"E Terra Abundantia"  (Latin)
"From the Land, Abundance"
Windsor
Location within Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°58′49″N 64°7′45″W / 44.98028°N 64.12917°W / 44.98028; -64.12917
CountryCanada
ProvinceNova Scotia
MunicipalityWest Hants Regional Municipality
Founded1685
IncorporatedApril 4, 1878
AmalgamatedApril 1, 2020
Government
 • MLAMelissa Sheehy-Richard (PC)
 • MPKody Blois (L)
Area
 (2016)[1][2]
 • City9.11 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
 (2021)[3][2]
 • City3,425
 • Density380/km2 (970/sq mi)
 • Urban
5,514
 • Urban density520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
Postal code
B0N 2T0
Area code902
Telephone Exchanges306 321 472 790 791 792 798 799
Median Earnings*$54,800
NTS Map21A16 Windsor
GNBC CodeCBPAK
*Median household income, 2020 ($) (all households)

Windsor is a populated place located in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an incorporated town until 2020.

Notable residents

  • 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

  1. ↑ "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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census Windsor [Population centre], Nova Scotia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2021 Census in the former Town of Windsor". Statistics Canada. 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024.

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