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.
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.Western Regional Enterprise Network
History Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, it was called "Bapkoktek". In 1766, after his service in the French and Indian Wars, Lt. Ranald MacKinnon was given a land grant of . He called it Argyle (Argyll) because he was reminded of his previous home in the Highlands of Scotland. The township was granted in 1771.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Argyle had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth had a population of 10,067 living in 4,430 of its 5,072 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 9,845. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
+ Mother tongue language (2021) Language Population Pct (%) English 4,430 56.68% French 2,950 37.75% Non-official languages 75 0.9% English and French 360 4.61% + Ethnic groups (2021) Ethnic / cultural origin Population Pct (%) Acadians 3,525 45.25% French (} 1,660 21.31% Canadians 1,315 16.88% Métis 1,285 16.50% English 1,065 13.67% Irish 680 8.73% Scottish 640 8.22% } 425 5.46% European (} 270 3.46% Mi'kmaq (} 265 3.40% German 230 2.95% Nova Scotian 230 2.95% British Isles 170 2.18%
+ Religion (2021) Religion Population Pct (%) Catholic 4,065 52.15% No religion and secular perspectives 2,155 27.64% Baptist 710 9.11% Christian (} 240 3.08% Methodist and Wesleyan (Holiness) 185 2.37% 145 1.86% United Church 85 1.09% Anglican 75 0.09% Pentecostal and other Charismatic 60 0.07% Other religions and spiritual traditions 25 0.3% Jehovah's Witness 15 0.2%
Education: No certificate, diploma or degree: 29.2% High school certificate: 22.3% Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 12.6% Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 22.5% University certificate or diploma: 13.3%
Unemployment rate: 12.3%
Communities
See also List of francophone communities in Nova Scotia List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
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