A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km2.[1]
The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.
In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed 37 population centres in the province of Nova Scotia.
| Rank | Population centre | Size group | Population (2021) | Population (2016) | Change | Land area | Population density | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sq mi | /km2 | /sq mi | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Large urban | 238.29disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN348634 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Medium | 30.91disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN30960 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 31.52disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN23583 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 29.82disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN19316 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 31.19disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN16915 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 27.98disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN14905 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 18.11disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN12353 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 12.38disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN9548 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 13.63disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN8790 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 16.81disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN7848 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 17.22disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN7118 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 9.23disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN6723 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 11.67disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN6583 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 5.88disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN5620 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 10.56disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN5514 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 6.46disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN5057 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 8.23disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN3379 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 5disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2998 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 4.84disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2654 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 4.35disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2643 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 5.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2575 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 3.59disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2546 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 4.31disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2455 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 3.35disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2405 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 4.76disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2365 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 3.89disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2332 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 3.16disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN2001 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 2.89disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1542 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 2.81disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1439 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 2.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1439 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 2.72disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1429 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 3.23disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1371 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 2.73disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1228 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 2.36disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1159 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 1.67disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1106 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 1.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1044 | ||||||
| scope=row align=center | Small | 1.92disp=tableNaNdisp=table | NaN1030 | ||||||