Green Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

Green Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 687. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.785°N, 65.142°W.

Population

In 1891, Green Harbour had a population of 687: 356 male and 331 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Jordan River, 1881 (85.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Green Harbour shared boundaries with:

• Jordan Falls
• Lockeport
• Louis Head
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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 687 total population, 356 males, 331 females, 254 married persons, 143 families, 127 married females, 127 married males, 30 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 403 single persons under 18, 221 single males under 18, 182 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 687 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 132 occupied houses, 127 houses, 127 houses built of wood, 125 houses of 1 story, 74 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,933 acres of land in farms, 6,208 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,198 pounds of homemade butter, 2,257 bushels of potatoes, 1,002 chickens, 789 bushels of turnips, 725 acres of improved land in farms, 395 acres of farmland under crops, 386 tons of hay, 336 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 323 acres of farmland in pasture, 304 acres of hay crops, 167 sheep, 133 milk cows, 132 occupants of farms, 123 farm occupants who own their land, 119 other cattle, 97 bushels of oats, 95 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 77 ducks, 59 bushels of barley, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 48 other fowl, 42 oxen, 34 swine, 29 bushels of beans, 28 bushels of peas, 25 cattle killed or sold, 22 sheep slaughtered or sold, 21 swine slaughtered or sold, 18 horses aged over 3 years, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 16 acres of potatoes, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 geese, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of oats, 4 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of corn, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 acres of barley, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NS042006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS019004_1911 — 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). "Green Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/green-harbour-ns042006-1891/.