Crow Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Crow Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 775. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.334°N, 61.316°W.
Population
In 1881, Crow Harbour had a population of 775: 412 male and 363 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 796 |
| 1881 | 775 |
| 1891 | 788 |
| 1901 | 828 |
| 1911 | 811 |
| 1921 | 803 |
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, Crow Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 775 total population, 412 males, 363 females, 229 married persons, 142 families, 115 married males, 114 married females, 28 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 518 single persons under 18, 289 single males under 18, 229 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 130 inhabited houses, 130 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,321 bushels of potatoes, 483 tons of hay, 453 bushels of turnips, 400 bushels of oats, 350 acres of hay crops, 63 acres of potatoes, 50 bushels of other root crops, 25 bushels of barley, 10 bushels of peas and beans, 8 bushels of spring wheat, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 19,653 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,189 gallons of fish oil, 2,039 quintals of cod, 1,163 barrels of mackerel, 1,158 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 1,143 barrels of herring or alewives, 183 men on fishing boats, 172 fishing boats, 115 barrels of other fish, 31 barrels of gaspareaux, 11 men on fishing vessels, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 50,400 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 775 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:
NS008002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010005— 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). "Crow Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/crow-harbour-ns008002-1881/.