Port Caledonia

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Port Caledonia
Gàidhlig: An Port Cailleannach
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Port Caledonia in 2022
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Port Caledonia in Nova Scotia

Port Caledonia (also known as Big Glace Bay) is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. It is located on the Donkin Highway, between the town of Glace Bay and the village of Donkin.

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It currently has one gas station/convenience store as well as a public beach, known as the Big Glace Bay Beach.

The community received media attention in 2011 when resident Shirley Sampson appeared on the reality television program Canada's Worst Driver 7 , ultimately being named the worst driver in Canada. [1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Port Caledonia had a population of 212 living in 92 of its 101 total private dwellings, a change of

References

  1. ↑ "Beep, beep! Shirley Sampson is the worst of the worst behind the wheel". Cape Breton Post. December 13, 2011. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

46°10′53″N59°54′38″W / 46.18139°N 59.91056°W / 46.18139; -59.91056 (Port Caledonia, Nova Scotia)


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