| Lunenburg | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of the District of Lunenburg |
| Settlement Type: | District municipality |
| Mapsize: | 275px |
| Coordinates: | 44.4333°N -64.5992°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lunenburg |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Established Date: | April 17, 1879 |
| Seat Type: | Municipal Seat |
| Seat: | Bridgewater |
| Government Type: | Lunenburg Municipal Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Claudette Garland[1] |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Land Km2: | 1759.59 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 24863 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
| Population Blank1: | 1.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Census ranking |
| Population Blank2: | 173 of 4,870 |
| Demographics Type1: | Electoral districts |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Federal |
| Demographics1 Info1: | South Shore—St. Margarets |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Provincial |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Lunenburg / Lunenburg West |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | −04:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −03:00 |
| Blank Name: | Dwellings |
| Blank Info: | 13,392 |
| Blank1 Name: | Median Income* |
| Blank1 Info: | $45,088 CDN |
| Footnotes: |
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The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, is a district municipality in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
Lunenburg surrounds the towns of Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay, which are incorporated separately and not part of the district municipality.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1757.79km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
| 2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | 2006[8] | 2001[9] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 24,140 | 23,720 | 24,305 | 24,620 | 24,970 | ||||||
| Indigenous | 860 | 760 | 475 | 345 | 215 | ||||||
| African | 155 | 105 | 60 | 30 | 115 | ||||||
| East Asian | 75 | 40 | 55 | 0 | 45 | ||||||
| South Asian | 60 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 45 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 35 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 40 | ||||||
| Latin American | 15 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other/multiracial | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total responses | 25,390 | 24,715 | 24,965 | 25,030 | 25,415 | ||||||
| Total population | 25,545 | 24,863 | 25,118 | 25,164 | 25,570 | ||||||
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only | 24,510 | 97.92% | |
| Other languages | 275 | 1.10% | |
| French only | 225 | 0.90% | |
| Both English and French | 20 | 0.08% |