Global InformationMunicipality of the District of East Hants information
East Hants | |
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District municipality | |
| Municipality of the District of East Hants | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: Home of The World's Highest Recorded Tides | |
 Location of District of the Municipality of East Hants | |
| Coordinates: 45°03′N 63°45′W / 45.05°N 63.75°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| County | Hants |
| Incorporated | April 14, 1879 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Kings—Hants |
| Provincial | Hants East |
| Government | |
| • Type | East Hants Municipal Council |
| • Municipal Seat | Elmsdale |
| • Warden | Eleanor Roulston |
| Area [1] | |
| • Land | 1,786.56 km2 (689.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 22,453 |
| • Change 2011-16 |  1.5% |
| • Census ranking | 185 of 4,870 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 902 |
| Dwellings | 8,753 |
| Median Income* | $56,591 CDN |
| Website | Official website |
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East Hants, officially named the Municipality of the District of East Hants, is a district municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
With its administrative seat in Elmsdale, the district municipality occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants Regional Municipality. It was made in 1861 from the former townships of Uniacke, Rawdon, Douglas, Walton, Shubenacadie and Maitland. Its most settled area is in the Shubenacadie Valley.
- ^ Hants&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Custom&Custom=1000,7000,8000 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: East Hants Municipal District, Nova Scotia
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.