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{{About|the historical county|the modern municipality|Municipality of the County of Inverness}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Inverness County<br /><small>{{native name|fr|Comté d'Inverness}}<br>{{native name|gd|Siorramachd Inbhir Nis}}</small>
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|settlement_type        = [[List of counties of Nova Scotia|County]]
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|image_skyline          = Cabot trail 2009k.JPG
|image_caption          = Cabot Trail seen from the Skyline Trail
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|map_caption            = Location of Inverness County, Nova Scotia
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|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Canada]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Nova Scotia]]
|subdivision_type2      =  Towns
|subdivision_name2      = [[Port Hawkesbury]]
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|seat_type              =Electoral&nbsp;Districts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>[[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal]]
|seat                   =<br>[[Cape Breton—Canso]] / [[Sydney—Victoria]]
|parts_type             =[[List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts|Provincial]]
|parts                  =[[Inverness (provincial electoral district)|Inverness]]
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|government_type        =[[Municipality of the County of Inverness]]
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|established_title      = Established as Juste au Corps
|established_date       = 1835
|established_title2     = Renamed Inverness
|established_date2      = 1837
|established_title3     = Incorporated
|established_date3      = 17 April, 1879
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|area_footnotes =<ref name="SC2006">[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=1215&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=invern&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Custom&Custom=1000,7000,8000 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Inverness County, Nova Scotia]</ref>
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|area_land_km2            = 3831.17
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|population_as_of               = 2021
|population_footnotes =<ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=inverness&DGUIDlist=2021A00031215&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0/ Statistics Canada] Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 census - 100% data</ref>
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|population_total               = 17,346
|population_density_km2         = 4.5
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|population_blank1_title        = Change&nbsp;<small>2016-21</small>
|population_blank1              = {{gain}}0.6%
|population_blank2_title = Census rankings<br> – ''Census&nbsp;divisions''<br> Subdivision A<br> Subdivision B<br> Subdivision C<br> - ''Towns''<br>[[Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia|Port Hawkesbury]]<br> - ''Reserves'' <br> &nbsp;[[Whycocomagh 2, Nova Scotia|Whycocomagh 2]]
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|timezone               = [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|AST]]
|utc_offset             = -4
|timezone_DST           = [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|ADT]]
|utc_offset_DST         = -3
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|area_code              = [[Area code 902|902]]
|blank_name             =Dwellings
|blank_info             =9,876
|blank1_name            =Median Income*
|blank1_info            =$45,687 [[Canadian dollar|CDN]]
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|footnotes              = *Median household income, 2005 (all households)
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'''Inverness County''' is an historical county and [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]] of [[Nova Scotia]], Canada located on [[Cape Breton Island]]. Local government is provided by the [[Municipality of the County of Inverness]], the town of [[Port Hawkesbury]] and the Whycocomagh 2 [[Waycobah First Nation]] reserve.

==History==
Established as the County of Juste au Corps in 1835, Inverness County was given its present name in 1837. It was named after Sir Cameron Inverness of Scotland, the land from which many of the early settlers came.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nova Scotia Statutes|date=1837|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislature|page=26|url=http://0-nsleg-edeposit.gov.ns.ca.legcat.gov.ns.ca/deposit/Statutes/1837.pdf|access-date=3 May 2018|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714140916/http://0-nsleg-edeposit.gov.ns.ca.legcat.gov.ns.ca/deposit/Statutes/1837.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Agriculture and fishing dominated the economy with exports of butter and cattle to Newfoundland and Halifax for most of the nineteenth century.<ref>Robert A. MacKinnon, "The Historical Geography of Agriculture in Nova Scotia, 1851-1951", Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1991.</ref> The construction of the Inverness and Richmond Railway in 1901, and the subsequent opening of coal mines at Port Hood, Mabou, and Inverness, created the "only home market" local farmers had ever had.<ref>Canada, House of Commons, ''Official Report of Evidence taken During Session of 1921 Respecting the Future Fuel Supply of Canada'' (Ottawa, 1921), 643-644.</ref>

The boundaries of Inverness County had been previously defined when [[Cape Breton Island]] was divided by statute into three districts in 1823. In 1996, the county was amalgamated into a single municipality with the exception of Port Hawkesbury.

== Demographics ==
As a [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]] in the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Inverness County had a population of {{nts|17346}} living in {{nts|7693}} of its {{nts|9737}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:17346-17235}}|17235|1}} from its 2016 population of {{nts|17235}}. With a land area of {{convert|3817.61|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|17346|3817.61|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref>

Forming the majority of the Inverness County census division, the Municipality of the County of Inverness, including its Subdivisions A, B, and C, had a population of {{val|13239|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|5989|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|7914|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:13239-13170}}|13170|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|13170|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|3795.34|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|13239|3795.34|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCSD>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000212 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nova Scotia | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref>

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'''Population trend'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160819104757/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1943-44-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1943-44%2F194301510081_p.%2081.pdf Censuses 1871-1941]</ref><ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] census</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Census
! Population
! Change (%)
|-
| 2021
|  17,346
| {{gain}}0.6%
|-
| 2016
|  17,235
| {{loss}}4.0%
|-
| 2011
|  17,947
| {{loss}}5.7%
|-
| 2006
|  19,036
| {{loss}}4.5%
|-
| 2001
|  19,937
| {{loss}}4.7%
|-
| 1996
|  20,918
| {{loss}}3.2%
|-
| 1991
|  21,620
| {{loss}}1.5%
|-
| 1986
|  21,946
| {{loss}}1.8%
|-
| 1981
|  22,337
| N/A
|-
| 1941
|  20,573
| 
|-
| 1931
|  21,055
|  
|-
| 1921
|  23,808
|  
|-
| 1911
|  25,571
|  
|-
| 1901
|  24,353
|  
|-
| 1891
|  25,779
| 
|-
| 1881
|  25,651
| 
|-
| 1871
|  23,415
| N/A
|}

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'''Native language (2011)'''<ref name="SC2006"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Language
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| English only
|  14,360
| 81.31%
|-
| French only
|  2,315
| 13.11%
|-
| Non-official languages
|  825	
| 4.67%
|-
| Multiple responses
|  165
| 0.93%
|}

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'''Ethnic groups (2006)'''<ref name="SC2006-Ethnicity">[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CD&Code=1215&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Inverness County, Nova Scotia]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ethnic origin
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| [[Scottish Canadian|Scottish]]
|  9,365
| 49.9%
|-
| [[Canadians|Canadian]]
|  6,460
| 34.5%
|-
| [[French Canadian|French]]
|  4,620
| 24.6%
|-
| [[English Canadian|English]]
|  3,880
| 20.7%
|-
| [[Irish Canadian|Irish]]
|  3,680
| 19.6%
|-
| [[Acadians|Acadian]]
|  1,180
| 6.3%
|-
| [[First Nations in Canada|North American Indian]] 
|  910
| 4.9%
|-
| [[Canadians of German ethnicity|German]]
|  580
| 3.1%
|-
| [[Canadians of Dutch descent|Dutch (Netherlands)]]
|  555
| 3.0%
|}
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==Transport==
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*'''Highways'''
**{{jct|state=NS|TCH|105}}
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*'''Trunk routes'''
**{{jct|state=NS|Trunk|4}}
**{{jct|state=NS|Trunk|19}}
**[[Cabot Trail]]
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*'''Collector routes:'''
**{{jct|state=NS|Route|219}}
**{{jct|state=NS|Route|223}}
**{{jct|state=NS|Route|252}}
**{{jct|state=NS|Route|395}}
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==See also==
{{Portal|Canada|Nova Scotia}}
*[[Cabot Trail]]: scenic route which passes through the area
*[[:Category:Communities_in_Inverness_County,_Nova_Scotia|Communities in Inverness County]]
*[[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia]]
*[[:Category:People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia|People from Inverness County]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category inline}}

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | Centre =  Inverness County
 | North =   ''[[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]''
 | Northeast = 
 | East =   [[Victoria County, Nova Scotia|Victoria County]]
 | Southeast = ''[[Bras d'Or Lake]]''
 | South =   [[Richmond County, Nova Scotia|Richmond County]]
 | Southwest = [[Guysborough County, Nova Scotia|Guysborough County]]
 | West =    [[Antigonish County, Nova Scotia|Antigonish County]]
 | Northwest = ([[Kings County, Prince Edward Island]] {{flagicon|PE}})
}}
{{NSInverness}}
{{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia}}
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[[Category:Inverness County, Nova Scotia| ]]
[[Category:Counties of Nova Scotia]]