Carleton Corner is located in Nova Scotia
Carleton Corner
Carleton Corner in Nova Scotia

Carleton Corner is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County adjacent to Bridgetown.[1] It is a designated place with a population of 99 in 2021.[2] It is on Nova Scotia Route 201.[1]

This village was the site of the Battle of Bloody Creek (1711) and the Battle of Bloody Creek (1757). The Morse cemetery is a private family cemetery created in 1790, and is now designated a provincial heritage property. It is surrounded by a vintage wrought iron fence, and the graves of descendants of New England Planters Abner and Anna Morse bear grave markers from the period 1793 to 1924.[3]

44°49′0″N 65°17′0″W / 44.81667°N 65.28333°W / 44.81667; -65.28333 (Carleton Corner, Nova Scotia)

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carleton Corner had a population of 99 living in 44 of its 47 total private dwellings, a change of -6.6% from its 2016 population of 106. With a land area of 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 150.0/km2 (388.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Carleton Corner". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Carleton Corner". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ Morse Cemetery. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.


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