Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Guysborough
Country Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Country Harbour was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, 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 density was 6.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 77 |
| Number of families | 77 |
| Number of females | 206 |
| Number of males | 231 |
| Number of married females | 66 |
| Number of married males | 66 |
| Number of married persons | 132 |
| Number of widowed females | 13 |
| Number of widowed males | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 14 |
| POP TOT | 437 |
| Total population | 437 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 127 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 164 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 291 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 77 |
| Number of occupied houses | 77 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 355 |
| Acres of potatoes | 66 |
| Acres of wheat | 6 |
| BAR BU | 40 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 690 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 742 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,242 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 58 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 326 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 9 |
| BWT BU | 690 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 355 |
| HAY TONS | 496 |
| OAT BU | 742 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 31 |
| POT AC | 66 |
| POT BU | 5,242 |
| RYE BU | 3 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 496 |
| WHT AC | 6 |
| WHT SP BU | 58 |
| WHT WTR BU | 9 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 235 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 81 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 974 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 241 |
| Number of fishing boats | 18 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 30 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 356 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 95 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 235 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 30 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 18 |
| C UNMD F | 127 |
| C UNMD M | 164 |
| C UNMD TOT | 291 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 356 |
| D OCC | 77 |
| FEMALE | 206 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 241 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| GSP XB Q | 4 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 77 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAD DX K | 95 |
| MALE | 231 |
| MCK XB Q | 81 |
| MD F | 66 |
| MD M | 66 |
| MD TOT | 132 |
| NET XX F | 974 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 63 |
| TUR BU | 326 |
| WID F | 13 |
| WID M | 1 |
| WID TOT | 14 |
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/.