Canning, Nova Scotia
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  Canning Location of Canning, Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates:45°09′28.5″N64°25′27″W/ 45.157917°N 64.42417°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| County | Kings |
| Established | 1760 |
| Government | |
| • Village committee | The village community committee |
| • MLA | John Lohr(PC) |
| • MP | Kody Blois(L) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 716 |
| • Density | 384.2/km2(995/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4(AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3(ADT) |
| Postal code | B0P 1H0 |
| Area code | 902 |
| Telephone Exchange | 582 |
| NTSMap | 021H01 |
| GNBCCode | CAGBD |
| Website | canning.ca |
Canningis a village in northeasternKings County,Nova Scotialocated at the crossroads ofRoute 221andRoute 358.
History[edit]
The area was originally settled byAcadianswho were expelled in 1755 during theAcadian Expulsion.After the Acadians, Canning - first calledApple Tree Landingand laterHabitant Corner- was settled in 1760 byNew England Plantersand by the Dutch followingWorld War II.The present name was adopted in honour of British prime ministerGeorge Canning.[2]
Though much diminished in importance in recent years, Canning was once a majorshipbuilding centreandshippingandrail hubfor farmers in Kings County. Canning merchants and farmers founded theCornwallis Valley Railwaywhich ran from 1889 to 1961, connecting the village to theDominion Atlantic Railwaymainline inKentville, Nova Scotia.[3]The village suffered three major fires, in 1866, 1868 and 1912.
The Canadian parliamentarian SirFrederick William Bordenhad a home in Canning. A cousin of SirRobert Borden,Sir Frederick was Minister of Militia prior to theFirst World War.Canning has a prominent statue to the most famous Canadian casualty of theSecond Boer War,Harold Lothrop Borden,a son of Sir Frederick.[4]He died in theBattle of Witpoort.
Canning was also the home of country singerWilf Carter.He was made an honorary citizen of Canning, Nova Scotia in 1978. Carter was born inPort Hilford, Nova Scotia,but spend a great deal of his childhood working in and visiting the village and its surrounding farmland.
The village is home to Glooscap Elementary School, with a student population of over 200, andNortheast Kings Education Centre(NKEC), a middle school/high school with a student population of around 1000 students and 80 staff. NKEC is the first AP Capstone designated school in Nova Scotia and the first in the world to offer the virtual AP Capstone Program.
The Canning Lighthouse was built in 1904 to serve the port at Borden's Wharf.[5]It was restored in the 1990s, after more than 50 years of disuse and abandonment, and was used by the village as atourist information centre.[5]It was moved in 2003 to a new waterfront site on the Habitant River behind the village's small museum, where its top section was rebuilt by NKEC students.[5]Canning is on the rise but is facing gentrification of the once affordable village.
Demographics[edit]
In the2021 Census of Populationconducted byStatistics Canada,Canning had a population of 716 living in 311 of its 327 total private dwellings, a change of-2.1% from its 2016 population of 731. With a land area of 1.86 km2(0.72 sq mi), it had a population density of384.9/km2(997.0/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
Library and natural attractions[edit]
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- Merritt Gibson Memorial Library
- Bigelow Trail
- Blomidon Look-off Provincial Park
- Bruce Spicer Park
- Scots Bay Provincial Park
References[edit]
- ^"Browse Data by Community Profile, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)".Government of Nova Scotia.December 18, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 29,2013.
- ^Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967)."Canning".Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia.Nova Scotia Archives. p. 101.
- ^"Canning",Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Initiative
- ^Goldi, John (2015)."Lt. Harold Borden, Canning, NS".Canadian Anglo-Boer War Museum.Goldi Media Corp. Archived fromthe originalon 2017-09-25.
- ^abc"Canning Lighthouse".Fieldwood Heritage Society.March 27, 2008.
- ^"Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places".Statistics Canada.February 9, 2022.RetrievedMay 9,2022.
External links[edit]
Media related toCanning, Nova Scotiaat Wikimedia Commons- Canning Village(official website)
- Canning, Nova Scotia
- Fieldwood Heritage Society
- Harold Borden monument
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