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Municipality of the District of Argyle

Municipality of the District of Argyle

District municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

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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]

History

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]

Demographics

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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]

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Education:

  • No certificate, diploma or degree: 41.64%
  • High school certificate: 16.38%
  • Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 14.16%
  • Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 19.36%
  • University certificate or diploma: 8.40%

Unemployment rate:

  • 10.7%

Average house value:

  • $147,574

Communities

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Statistics Canada. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses". Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  2. [2]
    Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 censuses - 100% data
  3. [3]
    Western Regional Enterprise Network
  4. [4]
    Brown, Thomas J. (1922). Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Royal Print & Litho. p. 11.
  5. [5]
    1996, 2001, 2006 census
  6. [6]
    Town of Yarmouth (January 10, 2008). Municipal Planning Strategy (Report). Town of Yarmouth. p. 7.
  7. [7]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nova Scotia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  8. [8]
    2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Argyle Municipal District, Nova Scotia
  9. [9]
    Statistics Canada National Household Survey, for Municipality of Yarmouth, 2011 census - 100% data
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