New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

New Glasgow

*Glaschu Ùr* (Scottish Gaelic)
New Glasgow Glaschu Ùr (Scottish Gaelic)
Town
	The George Street Bridge joins the two halves of New Glasgow separated by the East River
	Coat of arms
	Nickname: "NG"
	Motto: Let New Glasgow Flourish
	New Glasgow Location of New Glasgow in
	Coordinates: 45°35′33″N 62°38′44″W / 45.59256°N 62.645458°W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Pictou
Founded	1776
Incorporated	May 6, 1875
Government
• Type	New Glasgow Council
• Mayor	Nancy Dicks
• MLA	Pat Dunn (PC)
• MP	Sean Fraser (L)
Area (2016)
• Land	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
• Urban	39.52 km2 (15.26 sq mi)
• Metro	2,066.66 km2 (797.94 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (2016)
• Town	9,075
• Density	911.6/km2 (2,361/sq mi)
• Urban	20,609
• Urban density	521.5/km2 (1,351/sq mi)
• Metro	35,809
• Metro density	17.3/km2 (45/sq mi)
• Change 2011–16	5.1%
• Census Ranking	445 of 5,162
Demonym	New Glaswegian
Time zone	UTC– 04:00 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC– 03:00 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	B2H
Area code	902 301 331 419 507 513 600 601 616 695 752 753 754 755 759 771 921 928 931 934 952 967;
Dwellings	4,343
Median Income*	$39,979 CDN
Website	www.newglasgow.ca
	Median household income, 2005 (all households);

New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait.

The town's population was 9,075 in the 2016 census. New Glasgow is at the centre of the province's fourth largest urban area; the population of the New Glasgow census agglomeration in the 2016 census was 34,487. The New Glasgow census agglomeration includes the smaller adjacent towns of Stellarton, Westville, and Trenton as well as adjacent rural areas of the county.^[5]

^ "SaltWire".
^ "Town of New Glasgow". Newglasgow.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
^ ^a ^b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
^ "About Us – Town of New Glasgow". Newglasgow.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
^ ""New Glasgow" Census subdivisions". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-03-15.

[1] "SaltWire".

[2] "Town of New Glasgow". Newglasgow.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-09.

[2016censusNSmunis-3] "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

[4] "About Us – Town of New Glasgow". Newglasgow.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-09.

[5] ""New Glasgow" Census subdivisions". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-03-15.

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