Municipality of the District of Digby


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 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 from its 2011 population of 7,463. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
LanguagePopulationPct
English only7,55594.73%
French only2853.58%
Other languages1101.38%
Both English and French250.31%

Ethnic OriginPopulationPct
Canadian4,33054.3%
English2,90536.4%
French1,82022.8%
Scottish1,50518.9%
Irish1,26015.8%
German83010.4%
North American Indian4856.1%
Dutch 4005.0%
Métis2753.4%
Acadian1702.1%

Communities

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