Middle Sackville is a suburban community located in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

's Halifax Regional Municipality.

Middle Sackville is located immediately north of Lower Sackville

Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Lower Sackville is a suburban community located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of the urban area of Halifax ....

 and south of Upper Sackville

Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia

Upper Sackville is a Canadian suburban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.It is situated in the Sackville River valley immediately north of Middle Sackville and south of Mount Uniacke on Trunk 1. Upper Sackville is approximately 23 kilometres driving distance from downtown...

. It is one of several communities situated in Census Subdivision C, which experienced a 7% population growth rate between 1996-2001.

As a result of its unincorporated status until 1996, Middle Sackville and adjacent unincorporated communities such as Lower Sackville

Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Lower Sackville is a suburban community located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of the urban area of Halifax ....

 and Upper Sackville

Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia

Upper Sackville is a Canadian suburban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.It is situated in the Sackville River valley immediately north of Middle Sackville and south of Mount Uniacke on Trunk 1. Upper Sackville is approximately 23 kilometres driving distance from downtown...

 did not benefit from appropriate planning and are an example of urban sprawl

Urban sprawl

Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to low-density and auto-dependent development on rural land, high segregation of uses Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a...

.

The first black

Black Canadian

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settlement in Nova Scotia was located in Middle Sackville at Maroon Hill.