TABLE 10

MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE RATES BY COUNTY
NOVA SCOTIA, 2001

COUNTY

POPULATION

MARRIAGES

RATE *

Annapolis

22,389

109

4.9

Antigonish

20,262

120

5.9

Cape Breton

113,154

564

5.0

Colchester

51,064

250

4.9

Cumberland

33,634

172

5.1

Digby

20,625

127

6.2

Guysborough

10,017

45

4.5

Halifax

370,998

1,847

5.0

Hants

42,666

181

4.2

Inverness

21,080

124

5.9

Kings

61,794

388

6.3

Lunenburg

49,602

304

6.1

Pictou

49,473

271

5.5

Queens

12,213

68

5.6

Richmond

10,733

54

5.0

Shelburne

16,937

66

3.9

Victoria

8,477

56

6.6

Yarmouth

27,573

152

5.5

TOTAL

942,691

4,898

5.2

* Rate per 1,000 population