Municipality of the County of Kings - Kings County Statistics

Employment by Sector - 2016 Census Data	Kings County	Nova Scotia	Kings County	Nova Scotia
Accommodation & food service	2170	38130	6.6%	7%
Administrative, waste management and remediation services	1460	25355	4.5%	5%
Agriculture - Farms	1870	20240	5.7%	4%
Agriculture - forestry, fishing, hunting	115	11600	0.4%	2%
Arts, entertainment & recreation	545	11430	1.7%	2%
Construction	2270	36535	6.9%	7%
Educational Services	2590	39420	7.9%	7%
Finance & insurance	755	16155	2.3%	3%
Health care & social assistance	4625	69765	14.1%	13%
Information & cultural industries	360	10135	1.1%	2%
Management of companies	30	680	0.1%	0%
Manufacturing	2860	35155	8.7%	7%
Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas Extraction	150	4450	0.5%	1%
Other Services (except public administration)	1345	21450	4.1%	4%
Professional, scientific & technical services	1210	28490	3.7%	5%
Public Administration	3355	44380	10.2%	8%
Real estate & rental & leasing	365	7615	1.1%	1%
Retail trade	4595	65865	14.0%	13%
Transportation & warehousing	1085	21535	3.3%	4%
Utilities	70	3070	0.2%	1%
Wholesale Trade	950	14220	2.9%	3%
Total:	32,775	525,675	100.0%	100.0%

Kings County¹ Population
1986 - 2016²
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016	% Change	% Change
								2011-2016	1986-2016
Kings County	53,275	56,315	59,193	58,866	60,035	60,589	60,600	0.1%	13.7%
Municipality of Kings	42,662	45,095	47,486	47,159	47,814	47,569	47,404	-0.3%	11.1%
Subdivision A	20,122	21,250	22,700	22,430	22,161	22,103	22,234	0.5%	10.4%
Subdivision B	10,636	11,075	11,490	11,619	12,033	11,990	11,858	-1.1%	11.4%
Subdivision C	6,813	7,500	8,049	7,943	8,121	8,275	8,093	-2.1%	18.7%
Subdivision D	5,091	5,270	5,247	5,167	5,499	5,201	5,219	0.3%	2.5%
Indian Reserves	65	93	128	157	180	203	221	8.8%	240%
Town of Berwick	2,058	2,150	2,195	2,282	2,454	2,454	2,509	2.2%	21.9%
Town of Kentville	5,208	5,510	5,551	5,610	5,815	6,094	6,271	3.9%	20.4%
Town of Wolfville	3,277	3,475	3,833	3,658	3,772	4,269	4,195	-1.7%	28.0%
Nova Scotia	873,199	899,940	909,282	908,007	913,462	921,727	945,842	2.6%	8.3%

¹Kings County consists of: The Municipality of Kings; Towns of Berwick, Kentville and Wolfville; Cambridge Reserve; Glooscap Reserve
²Population figures based on Statistics Canada Census.

Growth Centre¹ Population
1986 - 2016²
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016	% Change	% Change
Growth Centre³								2011-2016	1986-2016
Aylesford	710	748	766	807	829	845	913	8%	28%
Cambridge	424	508	563	723	737	758	764	0.8%	8%
Canning	781	742	745	811	831	775	712	-8%	-8%
Centreville	627	906	997	1,047	1,046	973	1,064	0%	67%
Coldbrook	1,168	1,838	2,026	2,189	2,234	2,328	2,347	0.8%	100%
Greenwood⁴	1,488	1,548	1,849	1,901	1761	1662	1,980	19%	33%
Hants Border	528	485	452	515	515	553	543	-2%	3%
Kingston	2,263	2,293	2,935	3,009	3,023	3,039	3,093	2%	36%
New Minas	4,120	4,240	4,432	4,289	4,082	4,273	4,231	-1%	3%
North Kentville	2,454	2,961	3,151	3,212	3,282	3,787	3,423	-9%	39%
Port Williams	787	852	856	931	993	1,018	930	-8%	18%
Waterville	975	899	873	808	856	846	893	5%	-8%
Total	16,325	18,020	19,645	20,242	20,189	20,857	20,893	0.17%	15%

¹Growth Centres are sewer serviced (some also have water services) communities within the Municipality of Kings where urban densities of development are encouraged.
²Population figures based on Statistics Canada Census data
³Census geography in 2006 changed from previous years and data for Cambridge, Waterville and Cambridge were extrapolated using 2001 Census data, 2006 ppd (persons per dwelling) data and Municipality of Kings building permit records.
⁴Population estimates for Greenwood for census periods 1996, 2001 and 2006 erroneously included Clements Park military housing. Data has been corrected, and adjusted, in this release.