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The Municipality of the County of Inverness is pleased to welcome to this site our constituents, the business community, tourists and those considering relocating to our world renowned beautiful county. This web site is designed to communicate information on Inverness County to residents and non-residents.

Inverness County, Canada’s Musical Coast, comprises the entire western coastline of Cape Breton Island, including the world famous Cabot Trail and reaches inland as far as the beautiful Bras d’Or Lakes. Canada’s Musical Coast is a string of beautiful communities and majestic coastline vistas bound together by musical traditions.

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Read the Participaper online!

Cape Breton's best loved municipal periodical now has an online home at ...

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Upcoming recycling facility closure

The Municipal recycling facility located at 15109 Route 19, Strathlorne, NS B0E 1N0 will be closed for 2 weeks fr...

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No tax rate increase for Inverness County property owners

At its regular meeting last Thursday, council adopted the 2024-25 budget for the Municipality of Inverness County...

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Municipal Elections 2024

  Municipal elections will be held in all Nova Scotian municipalities on October 19, 2024...

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Municipal elections | Saturday, October 19, 2024
Voter participation update on Wednesday, October 16, 2024
District 1: Chéticamp / Pleasant Bay / Meat Cove
Eligible voters 2,140
Votes cast 999
Percent 46.7%

District 5: Port Hood / Mabou
Eligible voters 2,135
Votes cast 537
Percent 25.2%

District 6: Port Hastings / Judique / West Bay
Eligible voters 2,227
Votes cast 645
Percent 29.0%

Voting in the upcoming municipal elections in Inverness County will be by telephone and internet only.
Voter assistance locations will be available at the following locations on election day, Saturday, October 19, 2024 between 8 am-7 pm AST.

District 1 | Les Trois Pignons, 15584 Cabot Trail Road, Chéticamp
District 5 | Municipal administration building, 375 Main Street, Port Hood
District 6 | Port Hastings VFD, 15 Old Victoria Road, Port Hastings

If you believe you are eligible to vote, but you have not yet received your voter instruction letter with your unique PIN code, please contact the help desk on 902-787-2274.
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1 day ago
Municipal elections | Saturday, October 19, 2024
Voter participation update on Wednesday, October 16, 2024
District 1: Chéticamp / Pleasant Bay / Meat Cove 
Eligible voters 2,140 
Votes cast 999 
Percent            46.7%

District 5: Port Hood / Mabou 
Eligible voters 2,135 
Votes cast 537 
Percent            25.2%

District 6: Port Hastings / Judique / West Bay 
Eligible voters 2,227 
Votes cast 645 
Percent            29.0%

Voting in the upcoming municipal elections in Inverness County will be by telephone and internet only. 
Voter assistance locations will be available at the following locations on election day, Saturday, October 19, 2024 between 8 am-7 pm AST. 

District 1 | Les Trois Pignons, 15584 Cabot Trail Road, Chéticamp 
District 5 | Municipal administration building, 375 Main Street, Port Hood 
District 6 | Port Hastings VFD, 15 Old Victoria Road, Port Hastings

If you believe you are eligible to vote, but you have not yet received your voter instruction letter with your unique PIN code, please contact the help desk on 902-787-2274.

*Waste collection update | Judique area*

Due to a mechanical failure with waste collection contractor GFL, the collection route today, Wednesday October 16 could not be completed.

Collections that would normally have occurred today in the south of Judique area now take place tomorrow.

Apologies to those affected for this unavoidable inconvenience, and thanks for your cooperation.
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1 day ago
*Waste collection update | Judique area*

Due to a mechanical failure with waste collection contractor GFL, the collection route today, Wednesday October 16 could not be completed. 

Collections that would normally have occurred today in the south of Judique area now take place tomorrow.

Apologies to those affected for this unavoidable inconvenience, and thanks for your cooperation.
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Upcoming
Meetings & Events

Oct 17

Committee of the Whole; 9:30 am

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Hours of Operation

Municipal Administrative Building

375 Main Street, Port Hood

Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:00pm

Municipal Recycling Facility

15109 Route 19, Strathlorne

Monday - Friday: 7:00am – 4:00pm

Saturday: 7:00am - 12:00pm

Kenloch Transfer Station

420 West Lake Ainslie Road

Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm

Saturday: 8:30am - 12:00pm