Top 10 Maritime Counties by Percentage Population Decline (2002-2013)
- Guysborough (NS)…………-19.3%
- Victoria (NS)………….………-15.9%
- Shelburne (NS)……….…….-13.9%
- Inverness (NS)………………-13.6%
- Restigouche (NB)…….…….-12.6%
- Digby (NS)…………………….-11.9%
- Queens (NB)……….…………-10.6%
- Richmond (NS)…………..……-9.8%
- Victoria (NB)…………………..-9.6%
- Cape Breton (NS)……………-9.2%
Personal note -
Wow; rural Nova Scotia is really hollowing out quickly. By this metric, the last person in Guysborough County will be packing up and leaving by about 2075.
Five of the eighteen counties in NS (nearly 1/3rd of the total) have had population declines in excess of 10% in the last decade. Richmond County just barely avoided the 10% threshold.