Guysborough, officially the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a Canadian district municipality in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

The municipality is home to the Boylston and Salsman Provincial Parks. The parks are located between Boylston and Guysborough.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough had a population of 4,585 living in 2,220 of its 3,043 total private dwellings, a change of -1.8% from its 2016 population of 4,670. With a land area of 2,115.25 km² (816.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.2/km² (5.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Population trend[5] 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

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%

• List of municipalities in Nova Scotia

• Media related to Municipality of the District of Guysborough at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website