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 2000 acre. 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 living in of its total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 1526.07 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. Education: Unemployment rate: Average house value:

Communities

• Amiraults Hill • Argyle • Argyle Sound • Central Argyle • Comeau's Hill • East Kemptville • East Pubnico • East Quinan • Glenwood • Hubbard's Point • Lower Argyle • Lower East Pubnico • Lower Eel Brook • Lower Wedgeport • Lower West Pubnico • Middle East Pubnico • Middle West Pubnico • Morris Island • North Belleville • Plymouth • Pubnico • Quinan • Sluice Point • South Belleville • Ste. Anne du Ruisseau • Surette's Island • Tusket • Tusket Falls • Tusket Islands • Upper Wedgeport • Wedgeport • West Pubnico