Argyle, officially named the Municipality of the District of Argyle, is a
district municipality in
Yarmouth County
Yarmouth County is a rural county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It has both traditional Anglo- Scottish and Acadian French culture as well as significant inland wilderness areas, including over 365 lakes and several major rivers. It c ...
,
Nova Scotia.
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
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
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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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.
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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
Ranald MacKinnon (sometimes spelled ''McKinnon'') was a soldier and a civil servant of the British Empire from 1758 until his death in 1805.
As a junior officer he served with Montgomerie's Highlanders (77th Regiment of Foot) in the French and ...
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
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, 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.
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 municipalities in Nova Scotia
References
External links
*
{{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia
Communities in Yarmouth County
Argyle
Bilingualism in Canada
Linguistic geography of Canada