Country Canada Established 1836 Area 4,044 km² Province Nova Scotia | Towns Mulgrave Time zone AST (UTC-4) Capital Guysborough Area code 902 | |
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District
municipalities Guysborough / St. Mary's Electoral Districts
Federal Central Nova / Cape Breton—Canso Points of interest Sherbrooke Village, Guysborough Historical Society, Port Bickerton Lighthouse, Salsman Provincial Park, Canso Islands National | ||
Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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Map of Guysborough County, NS, Canada
History
Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County (Antigonish County) was divided in 1836.
In 1840, Guysborough County was subdivided into two districts for court sessisonal purposes – Guysborough and St. Mary's. In 1863, the boundary between Halifax County and Guysborough County was altered and a polling district was added to Guysborough County. In 1879, the two districts were incorporated as district municipalities.
Demographics
As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Guysborough County recorded a population of 7,625 living in 3,549 of its 5,190 total private dwellings, a change of 2999360009999999999♠−6.4% from its 2011 population of 8,143. With a land area of 4,044.15 km2 (1,561.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi) in 2016.
Communities
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: