Digby County
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Digby County Comté de Digby (French) |
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| County | |
 Location of Digby County, Nova Scotia |
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| Coordinates: 44°18′N 65°48′W / 44.3°N 65.8°WCoordinates: 44°18′N 65°48′W / 44.3°N 65.8°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| District municipalities |
Clare / Digby |
| Towns | Digby |
| Established | 1837 |
| Incorporated | April 17, 1879 |
| Electoral Districts Federal |
West Nova |
| Provincial | Digby-Annapolis / Clare |
| Area | |
| • Land | 2,515.23 km2 (971.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 17,323 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-16 |
 4.0% |
| • Census Rankings - District municipalities Clare Digby - Towns Digby - Reserves Bear River 6 |
8,813 (431 of 5,008) 7,986 (458 of 5,008) 2,092 (2,074 of 5,008) 101 (4,415 of 5,008) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Dwellings | 9927 |
| Median Income* | $38,284 CDN |
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Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Taking its name from the Township of Digby, which had been named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby who dispatched HMS Atalanta to convey loyalists from New York City in the spring of 1783 to Conway, which became known as Digby, 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 – the Digby and the Clare – that 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 reserve. Also, there is Digby Neck leading into the Bay of Fundy to Long Island and Brier Island.
As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Digby County recorded a population of 17,323 living in 8,043 of its 9,927 total private dwellings, a change of −4% from its 2011 population of 18,036. With a land area of 2,516.43 km2 (971.60 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.9/km2 (17.8/sq mi) in 2016.
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