The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, is a district municipality in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.

Lunenburg surrounds the towns of Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay, which are incorporated separately and not part of the district municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg had a population of 25,545 living in 11,502 of its 14,233 total private dwellings, a change of 2.7% from its 2016 population of 24,863. With a land area of 1,757.79 km (678.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.5/km (37.6/sq mi) in 2021.

Ethnicity

Panethnic groups in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (2001−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011		2006		2001
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European	24,140	95.08%	23,720	95.97%	24,305	97.36%	24,620	98.36%	24,970	98.25%
Indigenous	860	3.39%	760	3.08%	475	1.9%	345	1.38%	215	0.85%
African	155	0.61%	105	0.42%	60	0.24%	30	0.12%	115	0.45%
East Asian	75	0.3%	40	0.16%	55	0.22%	0	0%	45	0.18%
South Asian	60	0.24%	10	0.04%	0	0%	25	0.1%	10	0.04%
Southeast Asian	45	0.18%	15	0.06%	35	0.14%	0	0%	25	0.1%
Middle Eastern	35	0.14%	10	0.04%	0	0%	10	0.04%	40	0.16%
Latin American	15	0.06%	35	0.14%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Other/multiracial	15	0.06%	20	0.08%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total responses	25,390	99.39%	24,715	99.4%	24,965	99.39%	25,030	99.47%	25,415	99.39%
Total population	25,545	100%	24,863	100%	25,118	100%	25,164	100%	25,570	100%
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	24,510	97.92%
Other languages	275	1.10%
French only	225	0.90%
Both English and French	20	0.08%

See also

• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia