Census Households by Size and Type for Nova Scotia Geographies

Community Counts data provides household composition statistics from the Census of Population. The dataset is archived and not maintained, with users directed to Statistics Canada for current information. It is published by the Government of Nova Scotia under an open license.

Use Cases

• Analyze household size distribution across different community types.
• Compare household composition between various administrative geographies like municipalities and electoral districts.
• Study historical demographic patterns for reference and record-keeping purposes.

Strengths

• Covers multiple geographic levels including provinces, counties, municipalities, and health districts.
• Available in several machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.
• Published under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Limitations

• Data is explicitly archived and not maintained or updated; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Census of Population

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:26:53.323306; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada (provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, community health boards, economic regions, police districts, school boards, municipal electoral districts, provincial electoral districts, federal electoral districts, regional development authorities, watersheds)