Guysborough, Nova Scotia

Guysborough

Municipal district

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Location of Guysborough Municipal District

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Country

Canada

Province

Nova Scotia

County

Guysborough

Founded

1604

Incorporated

April 17, 1879

Electoral Districts
Federal

Cape Breton—Canso

Provincial

Guysborough-Sheet Harbour

Government

• Type

Council of the Municipality
of the District of Guysborough

• Warden

Lloyd Hines

Area^[1]

• Land

2,111.42 km² (815.22 sq mi)

Population (2006)^[1]^[2]

• Total

4,681

• Density

2.2/km² (6/sq mi)

• Change 2001-06

9.4%

• Census Ranking

721 of 5,008

Time zone

AST (UTC-4)

• Summer (DST)

ADT (UTC-3)

Area code(s)

902

Dwellings

2,889

Median Income*

$34,987 CDN

Website

municipality.guysborough. ns.ca

Median household income, 2005 (all households)

The Municipality of the District of Guysborough is a municipal district in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

History 1
Geography 2
Demographics 3
See also 4
References 5
External links 6

History

The area was originally called Chedabouctou and was the site of one of a fishing post of Nicolas Denys. In 1682, a permanent settlement was started by Clerbaud Bergier. A group cleared land and spent the winter with the first crops being planted in 1683. Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval landed at Chedabouctou in 1687 when arriving to take up his position as governor of Acadia. The community is named after Sir Guy Carleton.^[3]

Geography

Occupying the eastern half of Guysborough County, the district's administrative centre is the community of Guysborough. The district completely surrounds the town of Mulgrave and it borders the St. Mary's municipal district to the west, Antigonish County to the north and the Strait of Canso to the east.

Demographics

Population trend^[4]
Census	Population	Change (%)
2011^[5]	4,189	10.6%
2006	4,681	9.4%
2001	5,165	13.1%
1996	5,942	7.0%
1991	6,389	N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)^[1]
Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	4,485	96.04%
Other languages	70	1.50%
French only	105	2.25%
Both English and French	10	0.21%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Guysborough Municipal District, Nova Scotia
^ Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
^ https://archive.org/stream/placenamesofprov00browuoft#page/62/mode/2up
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
^ 2011 Census

External links

Municipality of the District of Guysborough Website
Melford International Terminal
the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Clerbaud Bergier
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Governor Meneval

Antigonish County

Inverness County

St. Mary's Municipal District

Richmond County / Chedabucto Bay

Guysborough Municipal District

Atlantic Ocean

Subdivisions of Nova Scotia

Counties	Annapolis Antigonish Cape Breton Colchester Cumberland Digby Guysborough Halifax Hants Inverness Kings Lunenburg Pictou Queens Richmond Shelburne Victoria Yarmouth

Economic Regions	Annapolis Valley Cape Breton Island Halifax Regional Municipality North Shore Southern Nova Scotia

Regional municipalities	Cape Breton Halifax Queens

Municipal districts	Argyle Barrington Chester Clare Digby East Hants Guysborough Lunenburg Shelburne St. Mary's West Hants Yarmouth

Towns	Amherst Annapolis Royal Antigonish Berwick Bridgetown Bridgewater Clark's Harbour Digby Hantsport Kentville Lockeport Lunenburg Mahone Bay Middleton Mulgrave New Glasgow Oxford Parrsboro Pictou Port Hawkesbury Shelburne Springhill Stellarton Stewiacke Trenton Truro Westville Windsor Wolfville Yarmouth

Incorporated villages	Aylesford Baddeck Bible Hill Canning Chester Cornwallis Square Dover Freeport Greenwood Havre Boucher Hebbville Kingston Lawrencetown New Minas Port Williams Pugwash River Hebert St. Peter's Tatamagouche Tiverton Westport Weymouth

Lists	List of communities in Nova Scotia List of people from Nova Scotia

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