Digby County, Nova Scotia

Digby County Comté de Digby (French)
County
Location of Digby County, Nova Scotia
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipal district (s)	Clare / Digby
Towns	Digby
Established	1837
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts       Federal	West Nova
Provincial	Digby-Annapolis / Clare
Area
• Land	2,515.23 km2 (971.14 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,036
• Density	7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Change 2006-11	5.0%
• Census Rankings  - Municipal districts  Clare  Digby  - Towns  Digby  - Reserves  Bear River 6	8,813 (431 of 5,008) 7,986 (458 of 5,008) 2,092 (2,074 of 5,008) 101 (4,415 of 5,008)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	9,905
Median Income*	$38,284 CDN
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Taking its name from the Township of Digby [1], which had been named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby who dispatched HMS Atalanta to convey loyalists from New York City in the spring of 1783 to Conway, which became known as Digby, Digby County was established in 1837. Previously, from August 17, 1759, when Nova Scotia was first divided into counties, this area had been part of Annapolis County.

In 1861, Digby County was divided into two districts: the District of Digby and the District of Clare.

In addition to these two districts, the county contains the town of Digby and part of the Bear River Indian reserve. Also, there is Digby Neck leading into the Bay of Fundy to Long Island and Brier Island.

Demographics

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	18,036	5.0%
2006	18,992	2.8%
2001	19,548	4.6%
1996	20,500	3.8%
1991	21,195	3.1%
1986	21,852	0.8%
1981	21,689	N/A
1941	19,472
1931	18,353
1921	19,612
1911	20,167
1901	20,322
1891	19,987
1881	19,981
1871	17,037	N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	11,850	66.65%
French only	5,430	30.54%
Non-official languages	190	1.07%
Multiple responses	305	1.72%

Ethnic Groups (2006)

Ethnic Origin	Population	Pct (%)
Canadian	9,265	49.5%
French	6,795	36.3%
English	5,000	26.7%
Scottish	2,655	14.2%
Irish	2,295	12.3%
Acadian	2,150	11.5%
German	1,235	6.6%
North American Indian	1,035	5.5%
Métis	830	4.4%
Dutch (Netherlands)	635	3.4%

Communities

See List of communities in Digby County, Nova Scotia

Town

• • Digby

District municipalities

• • DM of Clare
  • DM of Digby

Villages

• • Freeport
  • Tiverton
  • Westport
  • Weymouth

Native reserve

• • Bear River 6

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the district, including external routes that start or finish at the district limits:

• Highways
  • Hwy 101

• Trunk Routes
  • Trunk 1

• Collector Routes:
  • Route 217
  • Route 303
  • Route 340

• External Routes:
  • None

Museums

The county's history is preserved at the Admiral Digby Museum as well as several community museums.

Notable people

• Coline Campbell
• Joseph Willie Comeau
• Phil Comeau
• Alfred Gilpin Jones
• Herbert Ladd Jones
• William M. Jones
• Sam Langford
• John Elkanah Morton
• George Nowlan
• Henri M. Robicheau
• Adam Smith
• Pop Smith
• Robert Thibault
• Martin Welch

See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia