Municipality of the District of Guysborough

This article is about the municipality. For the community, see Guysborough, Nova Scotia (community).

Guysborough, officially the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a Canadian district municipality in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

Guysborough
District municipality
Municipality of the District of Guysborough
Flag Seal
Location of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough
Coordinates: 44°26′00″N 064°35′57″W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Guysborough
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Government
• Type	Council of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough
• Municipal Seat	Guysborough
• Warden	Vernon Pitts
Area [1]
• Land	2,116.86 km2 (817.32 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	4,670
• Change 2011-16	6.5%
• Census ranking	751 of 4,870
Electoral districts
• Federal	Cape Breton—Canso
• Provincial	Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	2,889
Median Income*	$34,987 CDN
Website	www.municipality.guysborough.ns.ca
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

The municipality is home to the Boylston and Salsman Provincial Parks. The parks are located between Boylston and Guysborough.^{[citation needed]}

History

The area was originally called Chedabouctou and was the site of one of a fishing post of Nicolas Denys. In 1682, a permanent settlement was started by Clerbaud Bergier. A group cleared land and spent the winter with the first crops being planted in 1683. Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval landed at Chedabouctou in 1687 when arriving to take up his position as governor of Acadia. The community is named after Sir Guy Carleton.^[3]

Geography

Occupying the eastern half of Guysborough County, the district municipality's administrative centre is the community of Guysborough. The district completely surrounds the Town of Mulgrave and it borders the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's to the west, the Municipality of the County of Antigonish to the north and the Strait of Canso to the east.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough had a population of 4,585 living in 2,220 of its 3,043 total private dwellings, a change of -1.8% from its 2016 population of 4,670. With a land area of 2,115.25 km² (816.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.2/km² (5.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Population trend[5] Census Population Change (%) 2016 4,670 revised boundaries 2011[6] 4,189 10.6% 2006 4,681 9.4% 2001 5,165 13.1% 1996 5,942 7.0% 1991 6,389 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[1] Language Population Pct (%) English only 4,485 96.04% Other languages 70 1.50% French only 105 2.25% Both English and French 10 0.21%

See also

• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia