Harbourville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Harbourville was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,445. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5654917. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.126°N, 64.785°W.
Population
In 1881, Harbourville had a population of 1,445: 753 male and 692 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,557 |
| 1881 | 1,445 |
| 1891 | 1,252 |
| 1901 | 345 |
| 1911 | 421 |
| 1921 | 391 |
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, Harbourville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,445 total population, 753 males, 692 females, 485 married persons, 266 families, 243 married females, 242 married males, 51 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 909 single persons under 18, 498 single males under 18, 411 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 266 occupied houses, 262 inhabited houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 46,555 bushels of potatoes, 10,267 bushels of oats, 9,240 bushels of turnips, 3,819 bushels of spring wheat, 3,676 acres of hay crops, 2,921 tons of hay, 1,750 bushels of buckwheat, 1,670 bushels of barley, 404 bushels of other root crops, 387 acres of potatoes, 287 acres of wheat, 159 bushels of peas and beans, 86 bushels of winter wheat, 51 bushels of rye, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,904 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,482 fathoms of fishing nets, 307 barrels of mackerel, 177 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 150 quintals of cod, 50 gallons of fish oil, 23 fishing boats, 23 men on fishing boats, 12 barrels of salmon, 9 quintals of fascines fish, 8 men on fishing vessels, 2 barrels of halibut, 2 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of other fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 62 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,445 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:
NS017014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014007_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5654917
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbourville,_Nova_Scotia
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). "Harbourville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/harbourville-ns017014-1881/.