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.
Demographics
In 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
- Bear River
- Gilberts Cove
- Little River, Digby, Nova Scotia
- Marshalltown
- Jordantown
- Conway
- Acaciaville
- Hillgrove
- North Range
- Brighton
- Barton
- Weymouth
- Sissiboo Falls
- Weymouth Falls
- Doucetteville
- Ashmore
- Morganville
- Plympton
- Smith's Cove
- Culloden
- Bayview
- Rossway
- Sandy Cove
- Centreville
- Mink Cove
- Tiddville
- Whale Cove
- East Ferry
- Tiverton
- Central Grove
- Freeport
- Westport
- Seabrook
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the district municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the municipal boundary:[7]
See also
References
- ^ "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
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