Harbour au Bouche, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Harbour au Bouche was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,133. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.660°N, 61.510°W.
Population
In 1881, Harbour au Bouche had a population of 2,133: 1,034 male and 1,099 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,133 |
| 1891 | 1,066 |
| 1901 | 795 |
| 1911 | 675 |
| 1921 | 671 |
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 Harbor Bouche, 1871 (55.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Harbour au Bouche shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,133 total population, 1,099 females, 1,034 males, 564 married persons, 345 families, 282 married females, 282 married males, 107 widowed persons, 83 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,462 single persons under 18, 734 single females under 18, 728 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 341 inhabited houses, 341 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 12 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 32,134 bushels of potatoes, 6,458 bushels of oats, 3,725 tons of hay, 3,458 acres of hay crops, 2,363 bushels of spring wheat, 2,344 bushels of turnips, 1,724 bushels of barley, 383 acres of potatoes, 270 bushels of other root crops, 220 bushels of peas and beans, 175 acres of wheat, 91 bushels of buckwheat, 84 bushels of corn, 37 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert Girroir | 1825–1884 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,133 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:
NS021010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS005004— 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). "Harbour au Bouche, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/harbour-au-bouche-ns021010-1881/.