Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Guysborough
Crow Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Crow Harbour was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, 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 density was 16.3 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, Crow Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 142 |
| Number of families | 142 |
| Number of females | 363 |
| Number of males | 412 |
| Number of married females | 114 |
| Number of married males | 115 |
| Number of married persons | 229 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 28 |
| POP TOT | 775 |
| Total population | 775 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 229 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 289 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 518 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 130 |
| Number of occupied houses | 130 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 350 |
| Acres of potatoes | 63 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR BU | 25 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 400 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,321 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 453 |
| HAY AC | 350 |
| HAY TONS | 483 |
| OAT BU | 400 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 10 |
| POT AC | 63 |
| POT BU | 6,321 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 483 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 8 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 31 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,143 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,163 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 115 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 19,653 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,189 |
| Number of fishing boats | 172 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 183 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 11 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 50,400 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,039 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1,158 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,143 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 183 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 172 |
| C UNMD F | 229 |
| C UNMD M | 289 |
| C UNMD TOT | 518 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 2,039 |
| D OCC | 130 |
| FEMALE | 363 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,189 |
| GSP XB Q | 31 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 130 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| HAD DX K | 1,158 |
| LOB XC P | 50,400 |
| MALE | 412 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,163 |
| MD F | 114 |
| MD M | 115 |
| MD TOT | 229 |
| NET XX F | 19,653 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 115 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 50 |
| TUR BU | 453 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 11 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 20 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 28 |
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/.