Wolfville is a small town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in the Annapolis Valley

Annapolis Valley

The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy.-Geography:...

, Kings County

Kings County, Nova Scotia

Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.Kings County is located in central Nova Scotia on the shore of the Bay of Fundy with its northeastern part also forming the western shore of the Minas Basin....

, 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...

, Canada

Canada

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, located about 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. As of 2006, the population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 was 3,772.

Wolfville is home to Acadia University

Acadia University

Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level...

, Landmark East School

Landmark East School

Landmark East is an independent boarding and day school for students with language and learning difficulties, including attention deficit disorder, dyslexia and non-verbal learning disabilities in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Since 1979 it has helped hundreds of domestic and international...

 and the Acadia Cinema Cooperative, a non-profit organization that runs the local movie/performance house. The town also operates a small library and C@P

Nova Scotia C@P

Nova Scotia Community Access Program is a Government of Canada initiative, administered by Industry Canada, which aims to provide Nova Scotians with affordable public access to the Internet and the skills they need to use it effectively...

 site.

Wolfville is a popular tourist destination for the scenery of the nearby Bay of Fundy

Bay of Fundy

The Bay of Fundy is a bay on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine...

 and Gaspereau Valley, as well as for the many cultural attractions which are offered by the university and town.