Stellarton
title: "Stellarton" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communities-in-pictou-county", "towns-in-nova-scotia", "mining-communities-in-nova-scotia"] topic_path: "general/communities-in-pictou-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarton" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Stellarton |
| other_name | |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Foord Street, Stellarton.jpg |
| image_caption | Foord Street in July 2009 |
| image_flag | FlagStellarton.svg |
| nickname | Stelly |
| motto | "Spirit, People, Pride" |
| pushpin_map | Nova Scotia |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Stellarton in Nova Scotia |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_type2 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name1 | Nova Scotia |
| subdivision_name2 | Pictou County |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1790s |
| established_title1 | Incorporated |
| established_date1 | October 22, 1889 |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Darren Stroud |
| leader_title1 | Governing body |
| leader_name1 | Stellarton Town Council |
| total_type | |
| area_footnotes | (2021) |
| area_total_km2 | 8.99 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- |
| elevation_min_m | 19 |
| population_total | 4007 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_density_km2 | 445.6 |
| population_demonym | Stellartonian |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | B0K 1S0 |
| area_code | 902 |
| website | |
| leader_title2 | MLA |
| leader_name2 | Danny MacGillivray (PC) |
| leader_title3 | MP |
| leader_name3 | Sean Fraser (L) |
| elevation_max_m | 65 |
| timezone | AST |
| utc_offset | -4 |
| timezone_DST | ADT |
| utc_offset_DST | -3 |
| blank_name | Telephone Exchanges |
| blank_info | 301, 331, 419, 507, 513, 600, 601, 616, 695, 752, 753, 754, 755, 759, 771, 921, 928, 931, 934, 952, 967 |
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| name = Stellarton | official_name = | native_name = | other_name = Gaelic: Méinnean Na h-Albann (Albion Mines in english) | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Foord Street, Stellarton.jpg | image_caption = Foord Street in July 2009 | image_flag = FlagStellarton.svg | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | nickname = Stelly | motto = "Spirit, People, Pride" | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Nova Scotia | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Stellarton in Nova Scotia | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = Nova Scotia | subdivision_name2 = Pictou County | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1790s | established_title1 = Incorporated | established_date1 = October 22, 1889 | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Darren Stroud | leader_title1 = Governing body | leader_name1 = Stellarton Town Council | total_type = | area_footnotes = (2021) | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 8.99 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = tags-- | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = 19 | population_total = 4007 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = 445.6 | population_demonym = Stellartonian | population_note = | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = B0K 1S0 | area_code = 902 | website = | leader_title2 = MLA | leader_name2 = Danny MacGillivray (PC) | leader_title3 = MP | leader_name3 = Sean Fraser (L) | elevation_max_m = 65 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = ADT | utc_offset_DST = -3 | blank_name = Telephone Exchanges | blank_info = 301, 331, 419, 507, 513, 600, 601, 616, 695, 752, 753, 754, 755, 759, 771, 921, 928, 931, 934, 952, 967
Stellarton (Scottish Gaelic: Meinnean na h-Albann) is a town in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is adjacent and to the south of the larger town of New Glasgow. In pioneer times the area was called Coal Mines Station, and from 1833 until 1889, it was known as Albion Mines. The town was incorporated as Stellarton in 1889 and owes its name to a specific type of torbanite which came to be known as "stellarite" because of the "stars of fire" given off by its sparky flame.
History
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In the 1820s, the mines were taken over by the General Mining Association, which intensified production with new technology, including the first steam engine in Nova Scotia for pumping and in 1839 Samson, the oldest railway locomotive in Canada which carried coal to waiting ships.
Samson is now preserved at the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry in Stellarton.
Demographics
|1871|1750 |1881|1599 |1891|2410 |1901|2335 |1911|3910 |1921|5312 |1931|5002 |1941|5351 |1951|5575 |1956|5445 |1961|5327 |1981|5433 |1986|5259 |1991|5237 |1996|4968 |2001|4809 |2006|4717 |2011|4485 |2016|4208 |2021|4007 | footnote =
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stellarton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 8.99 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Major businesses
The town is still home to coal mining operations. The Stellarton Surface Coal Mine has been operated by Pioneer Coal since 1980.
The Canadian grocery chain Sobeys is based out of Stellarton, and its corporate offices and grocery subsidiaries provides a fair percentage of the town's employment. Sobeys subsidiaries based in Stellarton include Big 8 Beverages, TRA Cash and Carry, Eastern Sign-Print and Regional Distribution Centre.
A former local business was the Clairtone factory, founded by Peter Munk and David Gilmour with the encouragement of local businessman and politician Frank H. Sobey.[[File:MuseumofIndustry-winter.jpg|thumb|220px|The [[Nova Scotia Museum of Industry]] in Stellarton|left]]
Attractions
Stellarton is home to the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry, part of the Nova Scotia Museum system. Stellarton is noted for its painted fire hydrants, each adorned with a costumed representative of a town inhabitant or profession.
Stellarton Memorial Ice Rink
The Stellarton Memorial Ice Rink was constructed in 1945 to remember the soldiers that died in World War I and World War II. It is still standing today but has not been used for several years.
Notable people
- James Peter Robertson (1883–1917), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Leo McKay Jr. (born 1964), novelist
- Blayre Turnbull (born 1993), Olympic gold and silver medalist in ice hockey, forward and captain for the Toronto Sceptres, and member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team
References
References
- "The News".
- (February 9, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census Stellarton, Town [Census subdivision], Nova Scotia". [[Statistics Canada]].
- "History of Stellarton". Town of Stellarton website.
- (1870). "Report of Progress - Geological Survey of Canada". Google Books.
- *[http://www.parl.ns.ca/samson/index.htm “The Saga Of The Samson: Canada's Oldest Locomotive” ''Pictou County Historical Society'' (1968) digitized by Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library]
- [http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1942-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1942/194201570095_p.%2095.pdf], Censuses 1871-1941
- Canada, Statistics. "Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection".
- "I:\ecstats\Agency\BRIAN\census2".
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nova Scotia". [[Statistics Canada]].
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