| Official Name: | Richmond County |
| Native Name: | |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Mapsize: | 275px |
| Coordinates: | 45.7°N -60.8°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1835 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1879 |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Cape Breton—Canso |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Cape Breton-Richmond |
| Government Type: | Municipality of the County of Richmond |
| Leader Title: | Warden |
| Leader Name: | Jason MacLean[1] |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Land Km2: | 1246.08 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 8914 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 7.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
| Population Blank1: | 0.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Census Rankings - Census divisions Subdivision A Subdivision B Subdivision C - Reserves Chapel Island 5 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 902 |
| Blank Name: | Dwellings |
| Blank Info: | 5,122 |
| Blank1 Name: | Median income* |
| Blank1 Info: | CA$40,188 |
| Footnotes: |
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Richmond County is an historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the Municipality of the County of Richmond.
Named in honour of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, who was Governor General of British North America 1818–1819, Richmond County was created in 1835.
Richmond County comprises that territory known as the Southern District which was established in 1824 at the time of the dividing of Cape Breton Island into three districts. The boundaries of the Southern District were defined at the time of its establishment. Those same boundaries were determined to be the boundaries of Richmond County by statute in 1847.
The main centre is Arichat, located on Isle Madame.
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[4]
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Richmond County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1246.08km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
Forming the majority of the Richmond County census division, the Municipality of the County of Richmond, including its Subdivisions A, B, and C, had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1240.46km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8,914 | 0.6% | |
| 2016 | 8,964 | 3.5% | |
| 2011 | 9,293 | 4.6% | |
| 2006 | 9,740 | 4.7% | |
| 2001 | 10,225 | 7.2% | |
| 1996 | 11,022 | 2.1% | |
| 1991 | 11,260 | 5.2% | |
| 1986 | 11,841 | 8.3% | |
| 1981 | 12,824 | N/A | |
| 1941 | 10,853 | ||
| 1931 | 11,098 | ||
| 1921 | 12,464 | ||
| 1911 | 13,273 | ||
| 1901 | 13,515 | ||
| 1891 | 14,399 | ||
| 1881 | 15,121 | ||
| 1871 | 14,268 | N/A |
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only | 6,620 | 72.19% | |
| French only | 2,085 | 22.74% | |
| Non-official languages | 285 | 3.11% | |
| Multiple responses | 180 | 1.96% |
| Ethnic Origin | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 4,895 | 50.8% | |
| Canadian | 3,920 | 40.7% | |
| Scottish | 2,310 | 24.0% | |
| English | 2,060 | 21.4% | |
| Irish | 1,590 | 16.5% | |
| Acadian | 710 | 7.4% | |
| 685 | 7.1% | ||
| German | 440 | 4.6% |