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Land Use Planning - Statements of Provincial Interest
Provincial Interest Statements
Agricultural Land Map Overview
  • Agricultural lands are identified by:
    • Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Agricultural Land Map

See Table of Contents for detailed mappimg.
  • The major concentrations are:
    • Northumberland Strait (35% of total)
    • Annapolis Valley/Franch Shore (32% of total)
    • Cobequid - Musquodoboit (20% of total)
Regional Clusters of Agricultural Land








Regional Cluster Total Percent of Number of Percent Ave. Field

Area (sq. km.) Total Fields of Total Size (sq. km.)


Area
Fields






Northumberland Strait 820.8 34.8% 9,924 33.4% 0.08
AnnapolisValley /French Shore 753.1 31.9% 9,447 31.8% 0.08
Cobequid - Musquodoboit 473.5 20.1% 5,101 17.2% 0.09
Cape Breton 219.3 9.3% 3,080 10.4% 0.07
South Shore Drumlins 87.1 3.7% 1,867 6.3% 0.05
South Shore Barrens 6.9 0.3% 269 0.9% 0.03






Total 2360.7 100.0% 29,688 100.0% 0.08


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