Country Harbour, Nova Scotia (1911 census)
Country Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 574. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.260°N, 61.826°W.
Population
In 1911, Country Harbour had a population of 574: 290 male and 284 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 1911
In the 1911 census, Country Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 574 total population, 290 males in the population, 284 females in the population, 186 single (never-married) males, 172 single (never-married) females, 108 families, 95 married males, 94 married females, 17 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 1 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 705 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 397 persons of British origin (English), 94 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 53 persons of German origin, 18 persons of British origin (Irish), 2 persons of Dutch origin. 9 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 183 Anglicans (Church of England), 128 Baptists, 109 Methodists, 108 Presbyterians, 46 Roman Catholics, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 104 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS044004— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/country-harbour-ns044004-1911/.