Chester Municipal District, Nova Scotia

This article is about the municipal district. For the village, see Chester, Nova Scotia.

Chester
Municipal district
Official seal of Chester Seal
Location of Chester Municipal District
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Lunenburg
Founded	1759
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts     Federal	South Shore—St. Margaret's
Provincial	Chester-St. Margaret's / Lunenburg
Government
• Type	Chester Municipal Council
• Municipal Seat	Chester
• Warden	Allen Webber
Area
• Land	1,122.22 km2 (433.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	10,599
• Density	9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Change 2006-11	1.3%
• Census Ranking	376 of 5,008
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	902 - 275
Dwellings	6,161
Median Income*	$42,776 CDN
Website	www.chester.ca
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

The Municipality of the District of Chester is a municipal district in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Occupying the northeastern half of Lunenburg County, the district's administrative seat is the village of Chester.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	10,230	—
1986	10,579	+3.4%
1991	10,762	+1.7%
1996	10,602	−1.5%
2001	10,781	+1.7%
2006	10,741	−0.4%
2011	10,599	−1.3%

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	10,145	95.40%
Other languages	365	3.43%
French only	110	1.03%
Both English and French	15	0.14%

Communities

2

See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia

External links

• Municipality of the District of Chester website