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municipalities" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Nova_Scotia_municipalities_2020.png/250px-Nova_Scotia_municipalities_2020.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Nova_Scotia_municipalities_2020.png/375px-Nova_Scotia_municipalities_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Nova_Scotia_municipalities_2020.png/500px-Nova_Scotia_municipalities_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of Nova Scotia's 49 municipalities by municipal status type; villages are not shown as they are subdivisions of county or district municipalities</figcaption></figure> <p>The Canadian province of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> is divided into 49 municipalities, of which there are three types: regional (4), town (25), and county or district municipality (20).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A municipality's purposes is to provide services<sup id="cite_ref-mga_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as drinking water, planning, recreation, and fire protection.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Demographics have been a catalyst of change, with population growth occurring only in Halifax and Hants, and the viability of depopulated areas threatened.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1995 about 15 municipalities have been dissolved and their territory merged with larger municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-tce_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tce-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Canada" title="Constitution of Canada">Constitution of Canada</a> gives provinces exclusive jurisdiction over municipalities<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in Nova Scotia these are defined by the Municipal Government Act.<sup id="cite_ref-mga_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Areas outside of standard municipal jurisdiction include <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a> military bases, <a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">Indian reserves</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Parks_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parks of Canada">national parks</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial_parks_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of provincial parks in Nova Scotia">provincial parks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_Wildlife_Area" title="National Wildlife Area">national wildlife areas</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_municipalities">Regional municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Regional municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Governed by an elected council, one councillor being elected for each district, and an <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> mayor. There are four: <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Regional_Municipality" title="Cape Breton Regional Municipality">Cape Breton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Regional Municipality">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Region_of_Queens_Municipality" title="Region of Queens Municipality">Queens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Hants_Regional_Municipality" title="West Hants Regional Municipality">West Hants</a>. Regional municipalities are incorporated via the merger of existing municipalities. In 1992 the provincial government decided to reduce the number of municipalities in the province<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and forced amalgamations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rural_municipalities">Rural municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rural municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>County and district municipalities are often described collectively as rural municipalities. Governed by an elected council, one councillor being elected for each district, one of whom is selected by the councillors to take a leading role as warden. A county municipality typically covers the area of its eponymous historical county, minus any incorporated towns<sup id="cite_ref-2014MuniStats_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014MuniStats-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a district municipality may be based on a former subdivision of a county. </p><p>The county municipalities are: <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_County_of_Antigonish" title="Municipality of the County of Antigonish">Antigonish</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_the_County_of_Colchester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of the County of Colchester (page does not exist)">Colchester</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_the_County_of_Cumberland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of the County of Cumberland (page does not exist)">Cumberland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_County_of_Inverness" title="Municipality of the County of Inverness">Inverness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_County_of_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of the County of Kings">Kings</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_the_County_of_Pictou&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of the County of Pictou (page does not exist)">Pictou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_County_of_Richmond" title="Municipality of the County of Richmond">Richmond</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_County_of_Victoria" title="Municipality of the County of Victoria">Victoria</a>. </p><p>The district municipalities are: <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Argyle" title="Municipality of the District of Argyle">Argyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Barrington" title="Municipality of the District of Barrington">Barrington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Chester" title="Municipality of the District of Chester">Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Clare" title="Municipality of the District of Clare">Clare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Digby" title="Municipality of the District of Digby">Digby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_East_Hants" title="Municipality of the District of East Hants">East Hants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Guysborough" title="Municipality of the District of Guysborough">Guysborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Lunenburg" title="Municipality of the District of Lunenburg">Lunenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Shelburne" title="Municipality of the District of Shelburne">Shelburne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_St._Mary%27s" title="Municipality of the District of St. Mary's">St. Mary's</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_District_of_Yarmouth" title="Municipality of the District of Yarmouth">Yarmouth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villages">Villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villages exist within some rural municipalities to provide additional services and governance in built-up areas.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These elect commissioners (but not a warden or mayor), and can levy property taxes, and spend money on some local services. A village provides municipal services to a defined area within a larger county or district municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-2014MuniStats_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014MuniStats-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nova Scotia has 21 villages: <a href="/wiki/Aylesford,_Nova_Scotia" title="Aylesford, Nova Scotia">Aylesford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baddeck,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Baddeck, Nova Scotia">Baddeck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bible_Hill,_Nova_Scotia" title="Bible Hill, Nova Scotia">Bible Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canning,_Nova_Scotia" title="Canning, Nova Scotia">Canning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Nova_Scotia" title="Chester, Nova Scotia">Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwallis_Square,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornwallis Square, Nova Scotia">Cornwallis Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dover,_Nova_Scotia" title="Dover, Nova Scotia">Dover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Nova_Scotia" title="Freeport, Nova Scotia">Freeport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Nova_Scotia" title="Greenwood, Nova Scotia">Greenwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hebbville,_Nova_Scotia" title="Hebbville, Nova Scotia">Hebbville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Nova_Scotia" title="Kingston, Nova Scotia">Kingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrencetown,_Annapolis_County" title="Lawrencetown, Annapolis County">Lawrencetown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Minas" title="New Minas">New Minas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Williams,_Nova_Scotia" title="Port Williams, Nova Scotia">Port Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pugwash,_Nova_Scotia" title="Pugwash, Nova Scotia">Pugwash</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Hebert,_Nova_Scotia" title="River Hebert, Nova Scotia">River Hebert</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s,_Nova_Scotia" title="St. Peter's, Nova Scotia">St. Peter's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tatamagouche" title="Tatamagouche">Tatamagouche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiverton,_Nova_Scotia" title="Tiverton, Nova Scotia">Tiverton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westport,_Nova_Scotia" title="Westport, Nova Scotia">Westport</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Nova_Scotia" title="Weymouth, Nova Scotia">Weymouth</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns">Towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A town is an incorporated area governed by an elected council, one councillor being elected for each district, and an <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> mayor. </p><p>Nova Scotia has 26 towns: <a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Nova_Scotia" title="Amherst, Nova Scotia">Amherst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Royal" title="Annapolis Royal">Annapolis Royal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antigonish,_Nova_Scotia" title="Antigonish, Nova Scotia">Antigonish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berwick,_Nova_Scotia" title="Berwick, Nova Scotia">Berwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_Nova_Scotia" title="Bridgewater, Nova Scotia">Bridgewater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clark%27s_Harbour" title="Clark's Harbour">Clark's Harbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digby,_Nova_Scotia" title="Digby, Nova Scotia">Digby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentville" title="Kentville">Kentville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockeport" title="Lockeport">Lockeport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lunenburg,_Nova_Scotia" title="Lunenburg, Nova Scotia">Lunenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahone_Bay,_Nova_Scotia" title="Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia">Mahone Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middleton,_Nova_Scotia" title="Middleton, Nova Scotia">Middleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mulgrave,_Nova_Scotia" title="Mulgrave, Nova Scotia">Mulgrave</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Glasgow,_Nova_Scotia" title="New Glasgow, Nova Scotia">New Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Nova_Scotia" title="Oxford, Nova Scotia">Oxford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pictou" title="Pictou">Pictou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Hawkesbury" title="Port Hawkesbury">Port Hawkesbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelburne,_Nova_Scotia" title="Shelburne, Nova Scotia">Shelburne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stellarton" title="Stellarton">Stellarton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stewiacke" title="Stewiacke">Stewiacke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_Nova_Scotia" title="Trenton, Nova Scotia">Trenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia" title="Truro, Nova Scotia">Truro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westville,_Nova_Scotia" title="Westville, Nova Scotia">Westville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wolfville" title="Wolfville">Wolfville</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_divisions_of_the_province">Other divisions of the province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other divisions of the province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census_areas">Census areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Census areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Census Canada divides the province into census divisions and subdivisions, <a href="/wiki/List_of_population_centres_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of population centres in Nova Scotia">population centres</a>, and economic regions (<a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Nova_Scotia)" title="North Shore (Nova Scotia)">North Shore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Valley" title="Annapolis Valley">Annapolis Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Nova_Scotia" title="Southern Nova Scotia">Southern</a>, and Halifax). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_authorities">Health authorities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Health authorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Health_Authority" title="Nova Scotia Health Authority">Nova Scotia Health Authority</a> divides the province into four areas:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Annapolis Valley, South Shore and South West Nova Scotia</li> <li>Cape Breton, Guysborough and Antigonish</li> <li>Colchester-East Hants, Cumberland and Pictou</li> <li>Halifax, Eastern Shore and West Hants</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protected_areas">Protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Parks_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parks of Canada">National Parks of Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial_parks_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of provincial parks in Nova Scotia">provincial parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Heritage_Rivers_System" title="Canadian Heritage Rivers System">Canadian Heritage Rivers System</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Shelburne_River" title="Shelburne River">Shelburne</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Margaree_River" title="Margaree River">Margaree</a>, and provincial protected beaches</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wildlife_Area" title="National Wildlife Area">National Wildlife Areas</a> and National Migratory Bird Sanctuaries administered by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Wildlife_Service" title="Canadian Wildlife Service">Canadian Wildlife Service</a>; and provincial nature reserves, game sanctuaries, nature reserves, and wildlife management areas</li> <li>Provincial Wilderness Areas regulated by the Wilderness Areas Protection Act under the responsibility of Nova Scotia Environment and are areas where resource extraction, development, use of vehicles and similar activities are prohibited. Hunting, trapping and fishing are permitted.<sup id="cite_ref-WAPa_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAPa-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_reserves">Indian reserves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Indian reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 39 <a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_reserves_in_Nova_Scotia" title="Category:Indian reserves in Nova Scotia">Indian reserves in Nova Scotia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canadian_Forces_bases">Canadian Forces bases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Canadian Forces bases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 11 <a href="/wiki/Category:Canadian_Forces_bases_in_Nova_Scotia" title="Category:Canadian Forces bases in Nova Scotia">Canadian Forces bases in Nova Scotia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_counties">Historical counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Historical counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1759 the Nova Scotia peninsula is divided into counties.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though no longer relevant politically, many of their borders continue to be used as <a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Canada">census divisions</a>, and their names continue as the names of county and district municipalities derived from them. In 1879 the County Incorporation Act created 24 rural municipalities run by elected councils.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Timeline: </p> <ul><li>1759: the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_peninsula" title="Nova Scotia peninsula">Nova Scotia peninsula</a> was divided into five counties: <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Annapolis County">Annapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Cumberland County, Nova Scotia">Cumberland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax County, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kings_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Kings County, Nova Scotia">Kings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia">Lunenburg</a>.</li> <li>1765: the colonies of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia were merged, and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_County,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia">Cape Breton County</a> was added.</li> <li>1762-1836: <a href="/wiki/Queens_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Queens County, Nova Scotia">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelburne_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Shelburne County, Nova Scotia">Shelburne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yarmouth_County,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia">Yarmouth</a> separated from Lunenburg.</li> <li>1781: <a href="/wiki/Hants_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Hants County, Nova Scotia">Hants</a> separated from Kings.</li> <li>1835-1863: <a href="/wiki/Colchester_County" title="Colchester County">Colchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pictou_County,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pictou County, Nova Scotia">Pictou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guysborough_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Guysborough County, Nova Scotia">Guysborough</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Antigonish_County" title="Antigonish County">Antigonish</a> separated from Halifax.</li> <li>1835-1851: <a href="/wiki/Inverness_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Inverness County, Nova Scotia">Inverness</a> <a href="/wiki/Richmond_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Richmond County, Nova Scotia">Richmond</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Victoria County, Nova Scotia">Victoria</a> separated from Cape Breton.</li> <li>1837: <a href="/wiki/Digby_County,_Nova_Scotia" title="Digby County, Nova Scotia">Digby</a> separated from Annapolis.</li> <li>1841: the first elected local government is established in Halifax.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1879: local government was established and the 18 counties lost their administrative function.<sup id="cite_ref-CountyBoundaries_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CountyBoundaries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Nova Scotia lists: <a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of communities in Nova Scotia">communities</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_designated_places_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of designated places in Nova Scotia">designated places</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of counties of Nova Scotia">counties</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of municipalities in Nova Scotia">municipalities</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_population_centres_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of population centres in Nova Scotia">population centres</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of protected areas of Nova Scotia">protected areas</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of towns in Nova Scotia">towns</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Nova_Scotia" title="List of villages in Nova Scotia">villages</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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