Everything about Cape Breton County Nova Scotia totally explained
Cape Breton County is a
county in the
Canadian province of
Nova Scotia, on
Cape Breton Island.
Taking its name from Cape Breton, the most easterly point of the island which was called after the
Bretons of
Brittany, this municipality has what is probably the oldest surviving
European name to have been used to designate part of
North America.
By proclamation of
October 17,
1763 after termination of the
Seven Years' War, Cape Breton Island was formally annexed to Nova Scotia. For a time thereafter Cape Breton Island was part of
Halifax County. On
December 10,
1765 Cape Breton Island was set apart as a separate county.
From
1784 to
1820 Cape Breton Island was a separate colony with a Lieutenant Governor and a nominated Council, but without an elected house of assembly. Not until after Cape Breton was reannexed to Nova Scotia in
1820 did it receive representation in an elected legislature.
Although subdivided into three districts in
1824, Cape Breton County was co-extensive with Cape Breton Island from
1820 to
1835 when the county was divided into three separate and distinct counties - Cape Breton (Northeastern District),
Richmond (Southern District) and Juste au Corps (Northwest District) later called
Inverness.
In
1851 Victoria County was formed out of part of Cape Breton County and a year later, in
1852, the boundaries of Cape Breton County were redefined.
In
August 1995, after the provincial government conducted a study that reported back to them that 60-some municipalities was too many for such a small province, the result was that the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton was amalgamated with other incorporated municipalities in the county to form a single municipal government. The resulting
Cape Breton Regional Municipality's (CBRM) boundary includes all of Cape Breton County except for the Eskasoni and Membertou First Nations. Also amalgamated was
Halifax County and it's municipalities into one single
Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Following was the amalgamation of Queens County, the only difference was that Queens County chose to amalgamate, while Halifax and Cape Breton Counties did not.
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