Digby County is a

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in the

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History

It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby, who dispatched HMS ''Atalanta'' to convey Loyalists from

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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. In 1861, Digby County was divided into two sessional districts: Digby and Clare. These were eventually incorporated as district municipalities in 1879. In addition to these two district municipalities, the county contains the Town of Digby and part of the Bear River Indian (First Nations) reserve. Also, there is Digby Neck leading into the

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and Brier Island.

Demographics

As a

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in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Digby County 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. Population trend Mother tongue language (2011) Ethnic groups (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Digby County, Nova Scotia
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Communities

;Towns * Digby ;Villages * Freeport * Tiverton * Westport * Weymouth ;Reserves * Bear River 6 ;District municipalities * Municipality of the District of Clare * 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:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 76-77, 84-85 *Highways ** *Trunk routes ** *Collector routes: ** ** ** *External routes: **None

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 *

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* Pop Smith * Robert Thibault * Martin Welch * Maud Lewis

References

{{Authority control 1837 establishments in Nova Scotia Counties of Nova Scotia