Father of Confederation Nora Bernard, Mi'kmaq activist Cory Bowles, actor/dancer/musician Jenny Brine, retired CWHL ice hockey player Matt Brouwer, gospel singer guitarist Lyle Carter, retired National Hockey League goaltender (originally from Brookfield) Bob Champoux, retired National Hockey League goaltender Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, French language instructor who established the École acadienne de Truro, but was shot and killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre Glenn V. Davidson, Retired Naval Officer. Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws from University Kings College. Martin Henry Dawson, led pioneering research into DNA and penicillin, found the cure for Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Fred Dickson, Harper appointed member of the Senate of Canada (originally from Glace Bay) Art Dorrington, first Black hockey player to sign an NHL contract Jeff Douglas, actor (Joe of I Am Canadian) and broadcast presenter John Gray, playwright Harry Hampton, Scottish-American golf professional A. J. B. Johnston, historian and novelist Burnley "Rocky" Jones, political activist Jeremiah "Jerry" Jones, soldier Chet Koneczny, professional lacrosse player Brett Lauther, CFL player Mary Florence MacDonald, curator Lewis MacKenzie, retired Major-General Sandy MacKenzie, professional (ice) hockey player Greg Maddison, deputy Chief of the Defence Staff Jon McIsaac, professional (ice) hockey referee Leo McKay Jr., Novelist Justin Palardy, professional Canadian football player Doug Rogers, Olympian and flag bearer for Canada at the 1972 Olympics. Melissa Ann Shepard, Criminal Zach Sill, professional (ice) hockey player George Isaac Smith, 18th Premier of Nova Scotia (1967-1970); Trudeau appointed member of the Senate of Canada (originally from Stewiacke, Nova Scotia) Barry Stagg, singer-songwriter/playwright/musician Robert Stanfield, politician Bill White, composer/politician/social activist Jack White, labour union activist / politician Johan Edlund, vocalist and guitarist of Tiamat (band) Portia White, singer William A. White, church minister and father to Bill, Jack and Portia Lenore Zann, actress and politician Joey Mullen, "The king of DIY" fishkeeping YouTuber Climate Truro has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) similar to the vast majority of The Maritimes with warm, wet summers and cold, snowy winters. The highest temperature ever recorded in Truro was on 19 August 1935 and 15 August 1944. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 22 January 1934. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Truro had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.