Riding Profile

Electoral District Number: 12007

Population: 87,895, with 68,172 electors on Elections Canada list

Area: Covers 10,086 km2 and includes major census subdivisions (municipalities) of Truro, Amherst, Springhill, and parts of Halifax region. This is a mostly rural riding on the south coast of the Northumberland Strait. It borders New Brunswick in the northwest and contains Cumberland and Colchester counties and part of the regional municipality of Halifax. Amherst, Truro, Springhill and Bible Hill are important centres. The Millbrook First Nation community is also in the riding.

About CCMV:

A penitentiary is in Springhill, along with a Canadian Forces base. Much of the rest of the riding’s economy consists of small businesses and textile manufacturing.

Just over 96 per cent of the population cites English as the mother tongue. The total immigrant population is less than four per cent, according to the 2006 census. The average family income is $58,555 and unemployment is nine per cent.

In 2004, North Nova was created out of 100 per cent of Cumberland-Colchester and six per cent of Sackville-Musquodoboit Valley-Eastern Shore. The name was changed to Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley in 2004. The riding was established in 1867 as Cumberland. In 1966, it was renamed Cumberland-Colchester North, and in 1976, Cumberland-Colchester.

Sources: Elections Canada and http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/014/