Municipality of the District of Digby

District municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada

Digby
District municipality
Municipality of the District of Digby
Location of the Municipality of the District of Digby
Coordinates: 44°22′N 65°42′W / 44.367°N 65.700°W / 44.367; -65.700Coordinates: 44°22′N 65°42′W / 44.367°N 65.700°W / 44.367; -65.700
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Digby
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts      Federal	West Nova
Provincial	Digby-Annapolis
Government
• Type	Digby Municipal Council
• Warden	Jimmy MacAlpine[1]
Area [2]
• Land	1,657.33 km2 (639.90 sq mi)
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	7,107
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Change 2011-16	4.8%
• Census Ranking	509 of 5,008
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Dwellings	4,048
Median Income*	$38,062 CDN
Website	Official website
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Digby, officially named the Municipality of the District of Digby, is a district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.

The district municipality forms the eastern part of Digby County. It is one of three municipal units in the county, the other two being the Town of Digby and the Municipality of the District of Clare.

Contents

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  1 Demographics
  


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  2 Communities
  


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  3 Access routes
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Demographics

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Digby recorded a population of 7,107 living in 3,264 of its 4,048 total private dwellings, a change of −4.8% from its 2011 population of 7,463. With a land area of 1,657.33 km² (639.90 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.2884.3/km² (11.10611.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[3]

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1981 9,496 —     1986 9,543 +0.5% 1991 9,230 −3.3% 1996 8,926 −3.3% 2001 8,281 −7.2% 2006 7,986 −3.6% 2011 7,463 −6.5% 2016 7,107 −4.8% [4]

Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 7,555 94.73% French only 285 3.58% Other languages 110 1.38% Both English and French 25 0.31%

Ethnic Groups (2006)^[6]

Ethnic Origin	Population	Pct (%)
Canadian	4,330	54.3%
English	2,905	36.4%
French	1,820	22.8%
Scottish	1,505	18.9%
Irish	1,260	15.8%
German	830	10.4%
North American Indian	485	6.1%
Dutch (Netherlands)	400	5.0%
Métis	275	3.4%
Acadian	170	2.1%

Communities

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• Bear River


• Brier Island


• Digby Neck


• Gilberts Cove


• Little River, Digby, Nova Scotia


• Long Island


• Morganville


• Plympton


• 
  Pointe-de-l'Église / Church Point


• Smith's Cove


• Sandy Cove

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the district municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the municipal boundary:^[7]

Highways Hwy 101

Trunk Routes Trunk 1

Collector Routes: Route 217 Route 303

External Routes: None

See also

• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia

References

1. 
   ^ "New warden for Digby municipality - Jimmy MacAlpine succeeds Linda Gregory as council chair". Digby Courier. November 7, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


2. 
   ^ ^ab 2011 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Digby Municipal District, Nova Scotia
   


3. 
   ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
   


4. 
   ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
   


5. 
   ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Digby Municipal District, Nova Scotia
   


6. 
   ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Digby Municipal District, Nova Scotia
   


7. 
   ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
   ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 76-77, 84-85
   

External links

• Official website

Places adjacent to Municipality of the District of Digby
Bay of Fundy Municipality of the District of Clare Municipality of the District of Digby Municipality of the County of Annapolis Municipality of the District of Argyle Municipality of the District of Shelburne Region of Queens Municipality

v t e Subdivisions of Nova Scotia
Historical counties	Annapolis Antigonish Cape Breton Colchester Cumberland Digby Guysborough Halifax Hants Inverness Kings Lunenburg Pictou Queens Richmond Shelburne Victoria Yarmouth
Economic regions	Annapolis Valley Cape Breton Island Halifax Regional Municipality North Shore Southern Nova Scotia
Regional municipalities	Cape Breton Halifax Queens
County municipalities	Annapolis Antigonish Colchester Cumberland Inverness Kings Pictou Richmond Victoria
District municipalities	Argyle Barrington Chester Clare Digby East Hants Guysborough Lunenburg Shelburne St. Mary's West Hants Yarmouth
Towns	Amherst Annapolis Royal Antigonish Berwick Bridgewater Clark's Harbour Digby Hantsport Kentville Lockeport Lunenburg Mahone Bay Middleton Mulgrave New Glasgow Oxford Parrsboro Pictou Port Hawkesbury Shelburne Stellarton Stewiacke Trenton Truro Westville Windsor Wolfville Yarmouth
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