Crow Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Crow Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 788. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.334°N, 61.316°W.
Population
In 1891, Crow Harbour had a population of 788: 422 male and 366 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Crow 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 788 total population, 422 males, 366 females, 252 married persons, 142 families, 126 married females, 126 married males, 32 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 504 single persons under 18, 292 single males under 18, 212 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 788 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 140 occupied houses, 136 houses, 136 houses built of wood, 134 houses of 1 story, 50 houses of 2 rooms, 28 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,566 acres of land in farms, 16,136 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,722 bushels of potatoes, 4,264 pounds of homemade butter, 1,352 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,110 chickens, 483 sheep, 459 bushels of turnips, 430 acres of improved land in farms, 399 tons of hay, 391 acres of farmland under crops, 222 acres of hay crops, 175 geese, 153 occupants of farms, 150 farm occupants who own their land, 145 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 143 sheep slaughtered or sold, 128 other cattle, 124 milk cows, 73 swine slaughtered or sold, 72 bushels of beans, 57 oxen, 51 cattle killed or sold, 42 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 41 swine, 40 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 39 acres of farmland in pasture, 39 ducks, 38 acres of potatoes, 31 bushels of oats, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 horses aged over 3 years, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 bushels of peas, 3 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of corn, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 acres of oats. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS032004— 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 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). "Crow Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/crow-harbour-ns032004-1891/.