| Guysborough | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of the District of Guysborough |
| Settlement Type: | District municipality |
| Coordinates: | 44.4333°N -64.5992°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Guysborough |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Established Date: | April 17, 1879 |
| Demographics Type1: | Electoral districts |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Federal |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Cape Breton—Canso |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Provincial |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie |
| Government Type: | Council of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough |
| Leader Title: | Municipal Seat |
| Leader Name: | Guysborough |
| Leader Title1: | Warden |
| Leader Name1: | Vernon Pitts |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 2116.86 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 4670 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
| Population Blank1: | 6.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Census ranking |
| Population Blank2: | 751 of 4,870 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 902 |
| Blank Name: | Dwellings |
| Blank Info: | 2,889 |
| Blank1 Name: | Median Income* |
| Blank1 Info: | $34,987 CDN |
| Footnotes: |
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Guysborough, officially named the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a district municipality in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
It is home to the Boylston and Salsman Provincial Parks. The parks are located between Boylston and Guysborough.
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]
Occupying the eastern half of Guysborough County, the district municipality's administrative centre is the community of Guysborough. The district completely surrounds the Town of Mulgrave and it borders the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's to the west, the Municipality of the County of Antigonish to the north and the Strait of Canso to the east.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2115.25km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4,670 | revised boundaries | |
| 2011[6] | 4,189 | 10.6% | |
| 2006 | 4,681 | 9.4% | |
| 2001 | 5,165 | 13.1% | |
| 1996 | 5,942 | 7.0% | |
| 1991 | 6,389 | N/A |
| 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% |
Various mining and energy (natural gas) projects have been developed in Guysborough, including around the Southwestern town of Goldboro, Nova Scotia where a $10 Billion liquefied natural gas LNG terminal and pipeline project is being pursued by the Canadian firm Pieridae Energy.