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New Minas

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New Minas is a village located in the eastern part of Kings County in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. As of 2001, the population was 4,299.

New Minas borders the town of Kentville to the west and the unincorporated community of Greenwich to the east. The town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia is further east on the other side of Greenwich. New Minas is approximately 100 km northwest of Halifax.

The village is located on the south bank of the Cornwallis River and was originally part of Acadia. Acadians were responsible for the construction of dykes to drain the land of waters from the river and the nearby Minas Basin. Following the transfer to British control under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 the area became part of Horton Township.

New Minas was predominantly a farming and agriculture community until construction of the Highway 101 expressway in the 1970s. As it was located between the population centres of Kentville and Wolfville, New Minas soon saw a shopping centre and numerous big box retail outlets and fast food shops established to make the village the retail centre for the eastern Annapolis Valley. The village is also serviced by the Windsor and Hantsport Railway and has several food processing and agricultural businesses.

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