Editing Digby County, Nova Scotia

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|subdivision_name2      = [[Municipality of the District of Clare|Clare]] / [[Municipality of the District of Digby|Digby]]
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|parts                  = [[Digby-Annapolis]] / [[Clare (electoral district)|Clare]]
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|established_date       = 1837
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|extinct_date           = April 17, 1879
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|population_blank1_title        = Change&nbsp;<small>2011-16</small>
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|population_blank2_title        = [[Census]]&nbsp;Rankings<br />&nbsp;- ''[[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities|District municipalities]]''<br />&nbsp;[[Clare, Nova Scotia|Clare]]<br />&nbsp;[[Digby (municipal district), Nova Scotia|Digby]]<br />&nbsp;- ''Towns''<br />&nbsp;[[Digby, Nova Scotia|Digby]]<br />&nbsp;- ''Reserves''<br />&nbsp;[[Bear River 6, Nova Scotia|Bear River 6]]
|population_blank2              = &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />8,813 (431 of 5,008)<br />7,986 (458 of 5,008)<br /><br />2,092 (2,074 of 5,008)<br /><br />101 (4,415 of 5,008)
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'''Digby County''' is a [[List of counties of Nova Scotia|county]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Nova Scotia]].

==History==
It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral [[Robert Digby (admiral)|Robert Digby]], who dispatched [[HMS Atalanta (1775)|HMS ''Atalanta'']] to convey Loyalists from [[New York City]] in the spring of 1783 to Conway, which became known as Digby, as part of their evacuation and resettlement following the American Revolutionary War. The Crown resettled thousands of Loyalists in Nova Scotia and other areas of Canada.  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, Nova Scotia|Annapolis County]].

In 1861, Digby County was divided into two sessional districts: [[Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district)|Digby]] and [[Clare, Nova Scotia|Clare]]. These were eventually incorporated as [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities|district municipalities]] in 1879.

In addition to these two district municipalities, the county contains the [[Digby, Nova Scotia|Town of Digby]] and part of the [[Bear River 6, Nova Scotia|Bear River]] Indian (First Nations) reserve. Also, there is [[Digby Neck]] leading into the [[Bay of Fundy]] to [[Long Island, Nova Scotia|Long Island]] and [[Brier Island]].

== Demographics ==
As a [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]] in the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Digby County had a population of {{nts|17062}} living in {{nts|8117}} of its {{nts|9681}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:17062-17323}}|17323|1}} from its 2016 population of {{nts|17323}}. With a land area of {{convert|2512.28|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|17062|2512.28|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref>

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'''Population trend'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160819104757/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1943-44-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1943-44%2F194301510081_p.%2081.pdf Censuses 1871-1941]</ref><ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] census</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Census
! Population
! Change (%)
|-
| 2021
| 17,062
| {{loss}}1.5%
|-
| 2016
|  17,323
| {{loss}}4.0%
|- 
| 2011
|  18,036	
| {{loss}}5.0%
|-
| 2006
|  18,992   	
| {{loss}}2.8%
|-
| 2001
|  19,548
| {{loss}}4.6%
|-
| 1996
|  20,500
| {{loss}}3.8%
|-
| 1991
|  21,195
| {{loss}}3.1%
|-
| 1986
|  21,852
| {{gain}}0.8%
|-
| 1981
|  21,689
| {{gain}}11.4%
|-
| 1941
|  19,472
| {{gain}}6.1%
|-
| 1931
|  18,353
| {{loss}}6.8%
|-
| 1921
|  19,612
| {{loss}}2.8%
|-
| 1911
|  20,167
| {{loss}}0.8%
|-
| 1901
|  20,322
| {{gain}}1.7%
|-
| 1891
|  19,987
| {{gain}}0.03%
|-
| 1881
|  19,981
| {{gain}}17.3%
|-
| 1871
|  17,037
| N/A
|}

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'''Mother tongue language (2011)'''<ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! 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%
|}

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'''Ethnic groups (2006)'''<ref name="SC2006-Ethnicity">[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CD&Code=1203&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All 2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Digby County, Nova Scotia]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ethnic Origin
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| [[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]]
|  9,265
| 49.5%
|-
| [[French Canadian|French]]
|  6,795
| 36.3%
|-
| [[English Canadian|English]]
|  5,000
| 26.7%
|-
| [[Scottish Canadian|Scottish]]
|  2,655
| 14.2%
|-
| [[Irish Canadian|Irish]]
|  2,295
| 12.3%
|-
| [[Acadians|Acadian]]
|  2,150
| 11.5%
|-
| [[Canadians of German ethnicity|German]]
|  1,235
| 6.6%
|-
| [[First Nations in Canada|North American Indian]] 
|  1,035
| 5.5%
|-
| [[Métis]] 
|  830
| 4.4%
|-
| [[Canadians of Dutch descent|Dutch (Netherlands)]]
|  635
| 3.4%
|}
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==Communities==
{{Main|List of communities in Digby County, Nova Scotia}}

;Towns
*[[Digby, Nova Scotia|Digby]]

;Villages
*[[Freeport, Nova Scotia|Freeport]]
*[[Tiverton, Nova Scotia|Tiverton]]
*[[Westport, Nova Scotia|Westport]]
*[[Weymouth, Nova Scotia|Weymouth]]

;Reserves
*[[Bear River 6]]

;District municipalities
*[[Clare, Nova Scotia|Municipality of the District of Clare]]
*[[Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district)|Municipality of the District of Digby]]

==Access routes==
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county boundary:<ref>Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas {{ISBN|978-1-55368-618-7}}  Pages 76-77, 84-85</ref>
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*'''Highways'''
**{{jct|state=NS|Hwy|101}}
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*'''Trunk routes'''
**{{jct|state=NS|Trunk|1}}
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*'''Collector routes:'''
**{{jct|state=NS|Route|217}}
**{{jct|state=NS|Route|303}}
**{{jct|state=NS|Route|340}}
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*'''External routes:'''
**None
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==Museums==
The county's history is preserved at the [[Admiral Digby Museum]] as well as several community museums.

==Notable people==
*[[Elsie Charles Basque]]
*[[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 (ice hockey)|Adam Smith]]
*[[Pop Smith]]
*[[Robert Thibault]]
*[[Martin Welch]]
*[[Maud Lewis]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada|Nova Scotia}}
*[[List of communities in Nova Scotia]]
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==References==
{{Commons category}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | Centre =  Digby County
 | North =   ''[[Bay of Fundy]]''
 | Northeast = 
 | East =   [[Annapolis County, Nova Scotia|Annapolis County]]
 | Southeast = [[Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia|Region of Queens Municipality]]
 | South =   [[Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia|Yarmouth County]] / [[Shelburne County, Nova Scotia|Shelburne County]] 
 | Southwest = 
 | West =    ''[[Atlantic Ocean]]''
 | Northwest = 
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{{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia}}
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[[Category:Digby County, Nova Scotia| ]]
[[Category:1837 establishments in Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Counties of Nova Scotia]]