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.
Digby | |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | Linda Gregory[1] |
| Area | |
| • 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 |
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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.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Digby had a population of 7,242 living in 3,427 of its 4,099 total private dwellings, a change of 1.9% from its 2016 population of 7,107. With a land area of 1,654.59 km2 (638.84 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.4/km2 (11.3/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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Communities
edit- Acaciaville
- Ashmore
- Barton
- Bayview
- Bear River
- Brier Island
- Brighton
- Central Grove
- Centreville
- Conway
- Culloden
- Doucetteville
- East Ferry
- Freeport
- Gilberts Cove
- Hillgrove
- Jordantown
- Little River, Digby, Nova Scotia
- Marshalltown
- Mink Cove
- Morganville
- North Range
- Plympton
- Rossway
- Sandy Cove
- Seabrook
- Sissiboo Falls
- Smith's Cove
- Tiddville
- Tiverton
- Westport
- Weymouth
- Weymouth Falls
- Whale Cove
Access routes
editHighways and numbered routes that run through the district municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the municipal boundary:[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "New warden for Digby municipality - Jimmy MacAlpine succeeds Linda Gregory as council chair". Digby Courier. November 7, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Digby Municipal District, Nova Scotia
- ^ 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nova Scotia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Digby Municipal District, Nova Scotia
- ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Digby Municipal District, Nova Scotia
- ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 76-77, 84-85