• Source: Municipality of the District of Argyle

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.




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 2,000 acres (8.1 km2). 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 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.

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


List of francophone communities in Nova Scotia
List of municipalities in Nova Scotia




References






External links



Official website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar bandar udara di Ontario
• Municipality of the District of Argyle
• Municipality of the District of Yarmouth
• Wedgeport
• Argyle
• Yarmouth County
• Argyle (electoral district)
• Argyle station
• Hoopers Lake Water Aerodrome
• Seal Island (Nova Scotia)
• Rural Municipality of Argyle No. 1