Year: 1881
| Province: Nova Scotia
| County: Kings
Harbourville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Harbourville was a census subdivision in Kings County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,445. 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 density was 44.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 266 |
| Number of families | 266 |
| Number of females | 692 |
| Number of males | 753 |
| Number of married females | 243 |
| Number of married males | 242 |
| Number of married persons | 485 |
| Number of widowed females | 38 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 51 |
| POP TOT | 1,445 |
| Total population | 1,445 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 411 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 498 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 909 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 4 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 262 |
| Number of occupied houses | 266 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,676 |
| Acres of potatoes | 387 |
| Acres of wheat | 287 |
| BAR BU | 1,670 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,670 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,750 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 47 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 10,267 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 404 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 159 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 46,555 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 51 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,819 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 9,240 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 86 |
| BWT BU | 1,750 |
| CRN BU | 3 |
| HAY AC | 3,676 |
| HAY TONS | 2,921 |
| OAT BU | 10,267 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 159 |
| POT AC | 387 |
| POT BU | 46,555 |
| RYE BU | 51 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,921 |
| WHT AC | 287 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,819 |
| WHT WTR BU | 86 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,904 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 307 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 62 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,482 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 50 |
| Number of fishing boats | 23 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 23 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 8 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 150 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 9 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 177 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,904 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 23 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 23 |
| C UNMD F | 411 |
| C UNMD M | 498 |
| C UNMD TOT | 909 |
| CD NAME | Kings |
| COD DX K | 150 |
| D OCC | 266 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 9 |
| FEMALE | 692 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 50 |
| GRA BU | 47 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 262 |
| H UNINH | 14 |
| HAD DX K | 177 |
| HAL XB Q | 2 |
| MALE | 753 |
| MCK XB Q | 307 |
| MD F | 243 |
| MD M | 242 |
| MD TOT | 485 |
| NET XX F | 1,482 |
| NUMBER CD | 17 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 404 |
| SAR XB Q | 62 |
| SLM XB Q | 12 |
| TUR BU | 9,240 |
| VESS | 4 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 8 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 38 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 51 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS017014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS014007 — 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). "Harbourville, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/harbourville-ns017014-1881/.