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Counties of Nova Scotia
Victoria County
Location of Victoria County in Nova Scotia.
County Statistics
Area	2870.89 km²
Population	7,960 *
Population_Density	2.8/km²*
Average_Earnings	$35,333 +
Government
Warden/Mayor	Wayne Budge
Governing Body	Victoria County Municipal Council
Incorporated Towns & Municipalities
none
Other Information
Website	http://www.countyvictoria.ns.ca
Adjacent Counties
NORTH
none
WEST	EAST
Inverness	none
SOUTH
Cape Breton, Richmond
Footnotes
* According to StatCan Census Year 2001
+ Average Household Income
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Victoria County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Named after Queen Victoria, it was established by statute in 1851. Cape Breton County was divided into two counties in that year, with Victoria County being subdivided at that time. The shire town and largest municipality is the village of Baddeck.

Contents 1 Regions 2 Demographics 3 Economy 4 Government and politics 5 Features 6 External links

There are several distinctive geographic regions in Victoria county: north of Smokey Mountain, south of Smokey Mountain, St. Ann's Bay, Boularderie Island, Baddeck, Middle River and the Washabuck Peninsula. The county is 2,768 square kilometers in size, 80% of which is covered by forest and the remainder largely by water.

The county's population was 7,962 in 2001. It has slowly declined over the last ten years and has also aged, with all age groups under the age of 65 experiencing net out-migration. Half of the county's labor force does not have a high school diploma, and only 5% have college educations. The federal Electoral Riding is Sydney—Victoria.

71% of the workforce is employed in the services sector. An additional 18% are employed in the primary resources industry, a category that includes both forestry and fishing. Just 11% are employed in manufacturing, less than half of the levels seen in the 1960s.

The county is administered by a county government which is incorporated as the Municipality of the County of Victoria. The county is governed by eight councillors and a warden who oversee the work of a Chief Administrative Officer.

Victoria County contains the eastern half of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, as well as the Cabot Trail, whereas Inverness County contains the western half of these features. The county also contains St. Paul Island, known as the "Graveyard of the Gulf of St. Lawrence" for its many shipwrecks during the age of sail.

• Victoria County website
• Victoria County strategic plan
• Visit Victoria County website

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• Victoria County Hospice Society
• Village of Baddeck
• Photographs of historic monuments in Victoria County

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Counties	Annapolis · Antigonish · Cape Breton · Colchester · Cumberland · Digby · Guysborough · Halifax · Hants · Inverness · Kings · Lunenburg · Pictou · Queens · Richmond · Shelburne · Victoria · Yarmouth
Regional Municipalities	Cape Breton · Halifax · Queens
Municipal Districts	Argyle · Barrington · Chester · Clare · Digby · East Hants · Guysborough · Lunenburg · Shelburne · St. Mary's · West Hants · Yarmouth
Towns	Amherst · Annapolis Royal · Antigonish · Berwick · Bridgetown · Bridgewater · Canso · Clark's Harbour · Digby · Hantsport · Kentville · Lockeport · Lunenburg · Mahone Bay · Middleton · Mulgrave · New Glasgow · Oxford · Parrsboro · Pictou · Port Hawkesbury · Shelburne · Springhill · Stellarton · Stewiacke · Trenton · Truro · Westville · Windsor · Wolfville · Yarmouth
Incorporated Villages	Aylesford  · Baddeck  · Bible Hill  · Canning  · Chester  · Cornwallis Square  · Dover  · Freeport  · Greenwood  · Havre Boucher  · Hebbville  · Kingston  · Lawrencetown  · New Minas  · Port Williams  · Pugwash  · River Hebert  · St. Peter's  · Tatamagouche  · Tiverton  · Westport  · Weymouth
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v • d • e Largest and smallest census divisions of Canada
Province / Territory		Area (km²)						Population (2001)
		Largest			Smallest			Largest			Smallest
Alberta		Division No. 17	192,055.15		Division No. 8	9,908.36		Div. No. 6 (Calgary)	1,021,060		Division No. 4	11,300
British Columbia		Stikine Region	132,496.21		Nanaimo	2,034.94		Gtr. Vancouver	1,986,965		Stikine Region	1,316
Manitoba		Division No. 23	242,016.21		Division No. 11	572.12		Division No. 11	621,451		Division No. 23	8,989
New Brunswick		North'land Cnty.	12,112.44		St. John Cnty.	1,462.43		Westmorland Cnty.	124,688		Queens County	11,862
Newf'land & Labrador		Division No. 10	269,073.30		Division No. 2	6,099.04		Division No. 1	242,875		Division No. 3	19,370
Northwest Territories		Fort Smith Rgn.	618,360.38		Inuvik Region	522,747.99		Fort Smith Rgn.	28,824		Inuvik Region	8,536
Nova Scotia		Halifax Reg. Mun.	5,495.54		Richmond Cnty.	1,244.28		Halifax Reg. Mun.	359,183		Victoria County	7,962
Nunavut		Baffin Region	1,023,570.49		Keewatin Rgn.	444,680.40		Baffin Region	14,372		Kitikmeot Rgn.	4,816
Ontario		Kenora District	407,167.33		Toronto Div.	629.91		Toronto Div.	2,481,494		Manitoulin Dist.	12,679
Prince Edward Island		Queens County	2,020.17		Kings County	1,684.35		Queens County	71,619		Kings County	19,180
Quebec		Nord-du-Québec	747,719.86		Laval	247.07		Montreal	1,812,723		L'Île-d'Orléans	6,779
Saskatchewan		Division No. 18	268,498.80		Division No. 10	12,223.73		Division No. 11	237,629		Division No. 4	11,714
Largest and smallest areas and populations in italics. Yukon (area 474,706.97 km²; 2001 population 28,674) is treated as a single census division.