| Digby | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of the District of Digby |
| Settlement Type: | District municipality |
| Mapsize: | 275px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | West Nova |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Digby-Annapolis |
| Government Type: | Digby Municipal Council |
| Leader Title: | Warden |
| Leader Name: | Linda Gregory[1] |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Established Date: | April 17, 1879 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Land Km2: | 1,657.33 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 7107 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
| Population Blank1: | 4.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Census Ranking |
| Population Blank2: | 509 of 5,008 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 44.3667°N -107°W |
| Blank Name: | Dwellings |
| Blank Info: | 4,048 |
| Blank1 Name: | Median Income* |
| Blank1 Info: | $38,062 CDN |
| Footnotes: |
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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.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Digby had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1654.59km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only | 7,555 | 94.73% | |
| French only | 285 | 3.58% | |
| Other languages | 110 | 1.38% | |
| Both English and French | 25 | 0.31% |
| Ethnic Origin | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 4,330 | 54.3% | |
| English | 2,905 | 36.4% | |
| French | 1,820 | 22.8% | |
| Scottish | 1,505 | 18.9% | |
| Irish | 1,260 | 15.8% | |
| German | 830 | 10.4% | |
| 485 | 6.1% | ||
| Dutch (Netherlands) | 400 | 5.0% | |
| 275 | 3.4% | ||
| Acadian | 170 | 2.1% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the district municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the municipal boundary:[6]