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District municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Argyle, officially named the Municipality of the District of Argyle, is a district municipality in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
Argyle | |
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Municipality of the District of Argyle Municipalité du district d'Argyle | |
Motto: Industry | |
Location of the Municipality of the District of Argyle | |
Coordinates: 43°48′N 65°51′W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
County | Yarmouth |
Incorporated | April 17, 1879 |
Electoral Districts Federal | West Nova |
Provincial | Argyle |
Government | |
• Type | Argyle Municipal Council |
• Municipal Seat | Tusket |
• Warden | Danny Muise |
• Deputy Warden | Nicole Albright |
• Councillors | List of Members
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Area | |
• Land | 1,528.17 km2 (590.03 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,899 |
• Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-16 | ![]() |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code | 902 |
Dwellings | 3,821 |
Median Income* | $49,898 CDN |
Website | www |
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The district municipality occupies the eastern portion of the county and is one of three municipal units - the other two being the Town of Yarmouth and the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth. Argyle is a bilingual community, in which native speakers of English and French each account for about half of the population. As of 2016, 60% of the population speaks both French and English, one of the highest rates of bilingualism in Canada.[3]
Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, it was called "Bapkoktek".[4] In 1766, after his service in the French and Indian Wars, Lt. Ranald MacKinnon was given a land grant of 2,000 acres (8.1 km2). He called it Argyle (Argyll) because he was reminded of his previous home in the Highlands of Scotland.[4] The township was granted in 1771.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Argyle had a population of 7,870 living in 3,455 of its 3,818 total private dwellings, a change of -0.4% from its 2016 population of 7,899. With a land area of 1,526.07 km2 (589.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.2/km2 (13.4/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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English only | 4,295 | 52.28% |
French only | 3,725 | 45.34% |
Both English and French | 160 | 1.95% |
Other languages | 35 | 0.43% |
Religion | Population | Pct (%) |
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Catholic | 5,435 | 67.06% |
No religious affiliation | 965 | 11.91% |
Baptist | 925 | 11.41% |
Other Christian | 500 | 6.17% |
Anglican | 140 | 1.73% |
United Church | 70 | 0.86% |
Pentecostal | 70 | 0.86% |
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