Advocate Harbor, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Advocate Harbor (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Advocate Harbor was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,152. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.395°N, 64.816°W.

Population

In 1891, Advocate Harbor had a population of 1,152: 607 male and 545 female residents. Population density was 11.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	816
1881	1,103
1891	1,152

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Advocate Harbor shared boundaries with:

Parrsborough Shore

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.40
FAM NO	215
Number of families	215
Number of females	545
Number of males	607
Number of married females	212
Number of married males	209
Number of married persons	421
Number of widowed females	20
Number of widowed males	12
Number of widowed persons	32
POP F	545
POP M	607
POP TOT	1,152
Total population	1,152

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	313
Number of single males under 18	386
Number of single persons under 18	709

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	7
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,145

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	200
Number of houses built of wood	200
Number of houses of 1 story	190
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	30
Number of houses of 2 rooms	3
Number of houses of 2 stories	10
Number of houses of 3 rooms	3
Number of houses of 4 rooms	14
Number of houses of 5 rooms	11
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	139
Number of houses under construction	6
Number of occupied houses	201
Number of uninhabited houses	5

Agriculture (55 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	11
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	30
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,577
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	18,109
Acres of farmland under crops	1,445
Acres of hay crops	983
Acres of improved land in farms	3,052
Acres of land in farms	21,161
Acres of oats	84
Acres of potatoes	136
Acres of turnips	26
BAR AC	11
BAR BU	245
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	245
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	2
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	528
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,227
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	5
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	18,401
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	3,064
BWT BU	528
HAY AC	983
HAY TONS	1,497
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	107
Number of chickens	1,885
Number of ducks	6
Number of farm occupants who own their land	175
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	4
Number of geese	186
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	151
Number of milk cows	289
Number of occupants of farms	179
Number of other cattle	258
Number of other fowl	4
Number of oxen	13
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	33
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	26
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	25
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	31
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	64
Number of sheep	604
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	123
Number of swine	82
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	105
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	84
OAT BU	2,227
PEA BU	5
POT AC	136
POT BU	18,401
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	320
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	1,579
Pounds of homemade butter	20,734
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,497

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	33
A 11 50	26
A 201 PL	31
A 51 100	25
BEN BU	2
BUTTER LB	20,734
CATTLE KS	107
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	313
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	386
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	699
COARSE WOOL LB	320
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	6
FAMILIES	215
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.40
FINE WOOL LB	1,579
FRN CA	7
GEESE	186
HENS AND CHKN	1,885
HORSES OVR THREE	151
HOUSES	200
HOUSES CON	6
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	30
HOUSES FIVE RM	11
HOUSES FOUR RM	14
HOUSES ONE STRY	190
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	139
HOUSES THREE RM	3
HOUSES TWO RM	3
HOUSES TWO STRY	10
HOUSES UNINH	5
HOUSES W	200
INF 11 A	64
MD FEM	212
MD MALE	209
MD TOT	421
MILK COWS	289
NAME CD	Cumberland
OC F	4
OC P	175
OC TOT	179
OTHER FOWL	4
OTHER HRN CATTLE	258
OTHERS	1,145
SHEEP	604
SHEEP KS	123
SUP AM	3,052
SUP FOR	18,109
SUP JV	30
SUP PAT	1,577
SUP SC	1,445
SUP TOT	21,161
SWINE	82
SWINE KS	105
TOT DWLG OCC	201
TUR AC	26
TUR BU	3,064
TURKEY	2
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	20
WID MALE	12
WID TOT	32
WORKING OX	13

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS030004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS030004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Advocate Harbor, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/advocate-harbor-ns030004-1891/.