Country Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Country Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 437. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.260°N, 61.826°W.
Population
In 1881, Country Harbour had a population of 437: 231 male and 206 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 437 |
| 1891 | 447 |
| 1901 | 705 |
| 1911 | 574 |
| 1921 | 547 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Country Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 437 total population, 231 males, 206 females, 132 married persons, 77 families, 66 married females, 66 married males, 14 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 291 single persons under 18, 164 single males under 18, 127 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 77 inhabited houses, 77 occupied houses, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,242 bushels of potatoes, 742 bushels of oats, 690 bushels of buckwheat, 496 tons of hay, 355 acres of hay crops, 326 bushels of turnips, 66 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of other root crops, 58 bushels of spring wheat, 40 bushels of barley, 31 bushels of peas and beans, 9 bushels of winter wheat, 6 acres of wheat, 4 bushels of corn, 3 bushels of rye, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 974 fathoms of fishing nets, 356 quintals of cod, 241 gallons of fish oil, 235 barrels of herring or alewives, 95 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 81 barrels of mackerel, 30 men on fishing boats, 18 fishing boats, 4 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 437 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010004_1881— 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 1881 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). "Country Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/country-harbour-ns008005-1881/.