Country Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Country Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 447. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.260°N, 61.826°W.
Population
In 1891, Country Harbour had a population of 447: 246 male and 201 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Country Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 447 total population, 246 males, 201 females, 148 married persons, 83 families, 74 married females, 74 married males, 10 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 5.40 average size of families, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 289 single persons under 18, 170 single males under 18, 119 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 447 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 80 occupied houses, 79 houses, 79 houses built of wood, 79 houses of 1 story, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,398 acres of land in farms, 12,790 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,467 pounds of homemade butter, 4,062 bushels of potatoes, 1,608 acres of improved land in farms, 1,284 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 806 acres of farmland in pasture, 800 acres of farmland under crops, 798 chickens, 498 tons of hay, 459 sheep, 368 bushels of oats, 300 acres of hay crops, 215 bushels of buckwheat, 199 bushels of turnips, 160 milk cows, 158 other cattle, 120 sheep slaughtered or sold, 81 occupants of farms, 78 farm occupants who own their land, 76 bushels of beans, 69 cattle killed or sold, 60 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 40 acres of potatoes, 36 horses aged over 3 years, 36 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 oxen, 27 geese, 27 swine slaughtered or sold, 22 acres of oats, 20 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 bushels of peas, 7 ducks, 7 swine, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 other fowl, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS032003— 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 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). "Country Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/country-harbour-ns032003-1891/.