Official Name: | North Shore, Nova Scotia |
Other Name: | Northern Nova Scotia |
Settlement Type: | Economic Region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Antigonish County Colchester County Cumberland County Guysborough County Pictou County |
Area Land Km2: | 16254.41 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 151264 |
Population Density Km2: | 9.3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-16 |
Population Blank1: | 2.8% |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Area Code: | 902 |
Blank Name: | Dwellings |
Blank Info: | 81,380 |
The North Shore is a region of Nova Scotia, Canada. Although it has no formal identity and is variously defined by geographic, county and other political boundaries, it is defined by Statistics Canada as an economic region, composed of Antigonish County, Colchester County, Cumberland County, Guysborough County, and Pictou County.