Westport, Nova Scotia is a village in

Digby County, Nova Scotia Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby, who dispatched HMS ''Atalanta'' to convey Loyalists from New York City in ...

and it is located on

Brier Island Brier Island is an island in the Bay of Fundy in Digby County, Nova Scotia. Geography The island is the westernmost part of Nova Scotia and the southern end of the North Mountain ridge with Long Island lying immediately northeast; both islands ...

in the Bay of Fundy. As of 2021, the population was 193.2016 census
Statistics Canada

History

The settlement began with the arrival of David Welch and his family in 1769, as well as the Morrells. This was followed by the arrival of several more

United Empire Loyalist United Empire Loyalists (or simply Loyalists) is an honorific title which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec, and Governor General of The Canadas, to American Loyalists who resettled in British North America du ...

families in 1783. The village was incorporated in 1946. A ferry service connects the village with

Freeport, Nova Scotia Freeport is a village in Digby County, Nova Scotia and it is located on Long Island in the Bay of Fundy. At the end of Digby Neck on Long Island, Freeport is a working fishing village nestled around tidal basin. This area is great for bird watch ...

on Long Island. A second ferry runs from

Digby Neck Digby Neck is a Canadian peninsula extending into the Bay of Fundy in Digby County, Nova Scotia. Digby Neck is the western extension of the North Mountain range from the Annapolis Valley and is made of two thick lava flows. It is separated from ...

to Long Island. Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail solo around the world, grew up in Westport, where his mother was born. A monument in his memory was built on the southern end of the village. Mathematician Roland Richardson was the principal of Westport's high school from 1899 to 1902.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Westport had a population of 193 living in 94 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 218. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

C. Bruce Fergusson, "Westport", ''Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia'' Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 727"Brier Island" ''The Davis Family'' online family history
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