Municipality of the District of East Hants

East Hants
District municipality
Municipality of the District of East Hants
Flag Seal
Motto:  Home of The World's Highest Recorded Tides
Location of District of the Municipality of East Hants
Coordinates: 45°03′N 63°45′W / 45.05°N 63.75°W / 45.05; -63.75
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Hants
Incorporated	April 14, 1879
Electoral Districts     Federal	Kings—Hants
Provincial	Hants East
Government
• Type	East Hants Municipal Council
• Municipal Seat	Elmsdale
• Warden	Eleanor Roulston
Area [1]
• Land	1,786.56 km2 (689.79 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	22,453
• Change 2011-16	1.5%
• Census ranking	185 of 4,870
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	8,753
Median Income*	$56,591 CDN
Website	Official website
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

East Hants, officially named the Municipality of the District of East Hants, is a district municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.

With its administrative seat in Elmsdale, the district municipality occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants Regional Municipality. It was made in 1861 from the former townships of Uniacke, Rawdon, Douglas, Walton, Shubenacadie and Maitland. Its most settled area is in the Shubenacadie Valley.