Municipality of the County of Richmond | |
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County municipality | |
 Location of Richmond County, Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 45°42′N 60°48′W / 45.7°N 60.8°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| Established | 1835 |
| Incorporated | 1879 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Cape Breton—Canso |
| Provincial | Cape Breton-Richmond |
| Government | |
| • Type | Richmond County Municipal Council |
| • Warden | Jason MacLean[1] |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1,249.33 km2 (482.37 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,964 |
| • Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-16 |  3.5% |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 902 |
| Dwellings | 5,122 |
| Median Income* | $40,188 CDN |
| Website | www |
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The Municipality of the County of Richmond is a county municipality on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to the eponymous historical county, except for the Chapel Island 5 reserve. The municipality also contains the village of St. Peter's. Municipal office are at Arichat. It is the site of St. Peters Canal.[4]
It was named for a Governor General of British North America, Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, and created in 1835, having formerly been part of Cape Breton County.
- ^ "MacLean chosen as new warden of Richmond County". Cape Breton Post. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ a b 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Richmond County, Nova Scotia
- ^ Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
- ^ "St. Peter's Canal National Historic Site". Retrieved 30 July 2021.