Clare, Nova Scotia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Clare is a municipal

Municipality

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district

District

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in western Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada

Canada

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Primarily an Acadian

Acadian

The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...

region, Clare occupies the western half of Digby County

Digby County, Nova Scotia

Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.Taking its name from the Township of Digby , which had been named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby who dispatched HMS Atlanta to convey loyalists from New York City in the spring of 1783 to Conway, which became known as Digby,...

. Most of the municipality's settled areas are located along St. Marys Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine

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. The municipality is mainly inhabited by Acadians and conducts its business in both English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

and French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, although the most commonly used language is French. The Municipality of Clare holds the oldest and largest Annual Acadian Festival.

Demographics

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	8,813	2.8%
2001	9,067	2.5%
1996	9,298	3.7%
1991	9,654	N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	5,690	65.78%
English only	2,745	31.74%
Both English and French	130	1.50%
Other languages	85	0.98%

Ethnic Groups (2006)

Race	Population	Pct (%)
White	8,555	98.90%
Black	85	0.98%
Latin American	10	0.12%

Communities

Bangor
Bangor, Nova Scotia
Bangor is a community in the Municipality of Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada which is known for having an old wooden-made sawmill. Jacques Lombard is the current serving Mayor of Bangor.-External links:* history...
Bear Cove
Beaver River
Belliveaus Cove
Briar Lake
Briar Lake, Nova Scotia
Briar Lake is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare .-References:*...
Cape St. Mary's
Cape St. Mary's, Nova Scotia
Cape St. Mary's is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:**...
Church Point
Church Point, Nova Scotia
Pointe-de-l'Église , is a village located on Saint Mary's Bay in the District of Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is home to Université Sainte-Anne and is known primarily for the tallest wooden church in North America, Église Sainte-Marie, which is located just north of the...
Comeauville
Comeauville, Nova Scotia
Comeauville is an Acadian community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare ....
Concession
Concession, Nova Scotia
Concession is a small rural residential village located in the Clare District of DigbyCounty, Nova Scotia, Canada. It encompasses a sprawling forested area featuring many lakes and streams...
Corberrie
Corberrie, Nova Scotia
Corberrie is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County.According to the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management's Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia : is approximately two miles south-east of Porcupine Lake...
Easton
Easton, Nova Scotia
Easton is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare .-References:*...
Grosses Coques
Hassett
Hassett, Nova Scotia
Hassett is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...
Havelock
Havelock, Nova Scotia
Havelock is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...
Hectanooga
Hectanooga, Nova Scotia
Hectanooga is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...
Lake Doucette
Little Brook
Little Brook, Nova Scotia
Little Brook is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Clare Municipal District in Digby County.The village has a postmaster, but no post office, which closed in 1988.-References:*...
Mavillette
Mavillette, Nova Scotia
Mavillette is an Acadian community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located near Yarmouth. Home of some of the best scallop diving in the province. It's also famous for Bar Clams and other shellfish. It is also known for the Cape View Restaurant that overlooks Mavillette Beach...
Maxwellton Station
Maxwellton Station, Nova Scotia
Maxwellton Station is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County.-References:*...
Mayflower

Meteghan
Meteghan, Nova Scotia
Meteghan is an unincorporated Acadian fishing community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.Meteghan, which draws its name from the Mi'kmaq term "Mitihikan" meaning blue rocks, was founded in 1785 by Prudent Robichaud, Joseph LeBlanc, and other Acadian families...
Meteghan River
Meteghan River, Nova Scotia
Meteghan River is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .It's the home town of Alexandre Arthur Bilodeau. He is well known for his role in the band named Radio Radio....
Meteghan Station
Meteghan Station, Nova Scotia
Meteghan Station is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare .-References:**...
Moody's Corner
Moody's Corner, Nova Scotia
Moody's Corner is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County ....
New Edinburgh
New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia
New Edinburgh is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County. The community was founded by British Loyalists Samuel Gouldsbury and Anthony Stewart in 1783 following the American Revolutionary War....
New Tusket
New Tusket, Nova Scotia
New Tusket is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...
Richfield
Richfield, Nova Scotia
Richfield is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...
Salmon River
Salmon River, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Salmon River is a small Canadian rural community in Digby County, located on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia....
Saulnierville
Saulnierville, Nova Scotia
Saulnierville is a rural Acadian fishing village that was founded in 1785. It contains the French Shore's largest fish processing plant, Comeau Sea Foods, which has been in operations since 1946. Also Saulnierville has one of the oldest churches in the region, Sacré Coeur Church, was built in 1880...
Saulnierville Station
Saulnierville Station, Nova Scotia
Saulnierville Station is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:**...
Southville
Southville, Nova Scotia
Southville is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of Digby in Digby County .-References:*...
St. Alphonse de Clare
St. Alphonse de Clare, Nova Scotia
Saint Alphonse de Clare is an Acadian community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County . Formerly Chéticamp-de-Clare, the name was changed because there exists a Chéticamp in Nova-Scotia in Cape Breton. This was creating confusion for postal and...
St. Benoni
St. Benoni, Nova Scotia
St. Benoni is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:**...
St. Bernard
St. Bernard, Nova Scotia
St. Bernard is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:**...
St. Joseph
St. Joseph, Digby, Nova Scotia
St. Joseph is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...
St. Martin de Clare
St. Martin de Clare, Nova Scotia
St. Martin de Clare is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...
Weaver Settlement
Weaver Settlement, Nova Scotia
Weaver Settlement is a small community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Prior to 1934 it was known as "Harlem". It is located on Highway 340, just outside of Weymouth. Municipal jurisdiction is split between the District of Clare and the Municipality of the District of Digby....
Woodvale
Woodvale, Nova Scotia
Woodvale is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:*...

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the district, including external routes that start or finish at the district limits:

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Culture

Musical groups from the area include:

Grand Dérangement
Grand Dérangement (band)
Grand Dérangement is an Acadian folk band from southwestern Nova Scotia whose style shows influence of Acadian, American, Celtic, and French music. The band's name, literally, "great disturbance", comes from the French name for the Great Expulsion of the Acadians by the British in 1755, a major...
BeauPhare
Blou
Blou (band)
Blou is a band from Meteghan, Nova Scotia. The group claims a unique style of music which they call "Acadico" – a mix of Acadian, Cajun and Zydeco styles...
Radio Radio
Radio Radio (band)
Radio Radio is a Canadian electro hip-hop band formed in 2007 from Clare, Nova Scotia, Canada. The trio rap in Acadian French.-History:Radio Radio released their first EP entitled Télé-Télé in 2007...
DPS
Sweet Tuesday

The song M'en allant par Saulnierville Station by Suroît is a song about the local community of Saulnierville Station

Saulnierville Station, Nova Scotia

Saulnierville Station is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County .-References:**...

External links

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