Crow Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Name: Crow Harbour (1891)
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

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 density was 16.6 people per square mile.

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 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.50
FAM NO	142
Number of families	142
Number of females	366
Number of males	422
Number of married females	126
Number of married males	126
Number of married persons	252
Number of widowed females	28
Number of widowed males	4
Number of widowed persons	32
POP F	366
POP M	422
POP TOT	788
Total population	788

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	212
Number of single males under 18	292
Number of single persons under 18	504

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	788

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	4
Number of houses	136
Number of houses built of wood	136
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	134
Number of houses of 2 rooms	50
Number of houses of 2 stories	2
Number of houses of 3 rooms	22
Number of houses of 4 rooms	28
Number of houses of 5 rooms	14
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	21
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	140
Number of uninhabited houses	7

Agriculture (48 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in pasture	39
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	16,136
Acres of farmland under crops	391
Acres of hay crops	222
Acres of improved land in farms	430
Acres of land in farms	16,566
Acres of oats	2
Acres of potatoes	38
Acres of turnips	3
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	72
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	3
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	31
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	16
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	6,722
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	459
CRN BU	3
HAY AC	222
HAY TONS	399
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	51
Number of chickens	1,110
Number of ducks	39
Number of farm occupants who own their land	150
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	3
Number of geese	175
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	3
Number of horses aged over 3 years	25
Number of milk cows	124
Number of occupants of farms	153
Number of other cattle	128
Number of oxen	57
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	40
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	28
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	42
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	17
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	26
Number of sheep	483
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	143
Number of swine	41
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	73
OAT AC	2
OAT BU	31
PEA BU	16
POT AC	38
POT BU	6,722
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	145
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	1,352
Pounds of homemade butter	4,264
Tons of hay produced in the past year	399

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	40
A 11 50	28
A 201 PL	17
A 51 100	42
BEN BU	72
BUTTER LB	4,264
CATTLE KS	51
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	212
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	292
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	504
COARSE WOOL LB	145
COLTS FILLIES	3
DUCKS	39
FAMILIES	142
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.50
FINE WOOL LB	1,352
FRN CA	0
GEESE	175
HENS AND CHKN	1,110
HORSES OVR THREE	25
HOUSES	136
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	14
HOUSES FOUR RM	28
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	134
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	21
HOUSES THREE RM	22
HOUSES TWO RM	50
HOUSES TWO STRY	2
HOUSES UNINH	7
HOUSES W	136
INF 11 A	26
MD FEM	126
MD MALE	126
MD TOT	252
MILK COWS	124
NAME CD	Guysborough
OC F	3
OC P	150
OC TOT	153
OTHER HRN CATTLE	128
OTHERS	788
SHEEP	483
SHEEP KS	143
SUP AM	430
SUP FOR	16,136
SUP PAT	39
SUP SC	391
SUP TOT	16,566
SWINE	41
SWINE KS	73
TOT DWLG OCC	140
TUR AC	3
TUR BU	459
VESS AND SHAN	4
WID FEM	28
WID MALE	4
WID TOT	32
WORKING OX	57

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/.