TABLE 12

MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE RATES FOR INCORPORATED
URBAN PLACES OF 1,000 POPULATION AND OVER,
NOVA SCOTIA, 2001

Cities, Towns, Villages
and Municipality

Population

Marriages

Rate*

Amherst

9,718

76

7.8

Antigonish

4,857

54

11.1

Bedford

16,603

60

3.6

Berwick

2,191

31

14.1

Bridgetown

1,000

10

10.0

Bridgewater

7,778

68

8.7

Canso

1,019

7

6.9

Cape Breton RGM

109,641

563

5.1

Dartmouth

65,975

421

6.4

Digby

2,151

26

12.1

Halifax

118,095

799

6.8

Hantsport

1,248

16

12.8

Kentville

5,536

83

15.0

Liverpool

3,047

23

7.5

Lunenburg

2,511

41

16.3

Middleton

1,847

18

9.7

New Glasgow

10,060

72

7.2

Oxford

1,322

11

8.3

Parrsboro

1,596

7

4.4

Pictou

4,024

33

8.2

Port Hawkesbury

3,775

26

6.9

Shelburne

2,040

13

6.4

Springhill

4,055

19

4.7

Stellarton

4,865

30

6.2

Stewiacke

1,489

0

0.0

Trenton

3,035

8

2.6

Truro

12,264

111

9.1

Westville

3,851

23

6.0

Windsor

3,933

36

9.2

Wolfville

4,194

67

16.0

Yarmouth

7,565

89

11.8

Total

421,285

2,841

6.7

* Rate per 1,000 population