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- ↑ "Municipal Statistics Annual Report: 2018" (PDF). Department of Municipal Affairs. Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Browse Data by Community Profile, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Government of Nova Scotia. December 18, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- "Nova Scotia Annual Report of Municipal Statistics for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015" (PDF). Department of Municipal Affairs. 2015. pp. 12, 126. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ↑ LeBlanc, Corey. "Antigonish County waiting for infrastructure funding to begin 'shovel ready' projects | The Casket". www.thecasket.ca. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
