Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

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

Indian Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 707. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.148°N, 61.858°W.

Population

In 1891, Indian Harbour had a population of 707: 365 male and 342 female residents. Population density was 11.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	785
1891	707
1901	838
1911	516
1921	—

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, Indian Harbour shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 134 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	128
Number of families	128
Number of females	342
Number of males	365
Number of married females	120
Number of married males	117
Number of married persons	237
Number of widowed females	20
Number of widowed males	12
Number of widowed persons	32
POP F	342
POP M	365
POP TOT	707
Total population	707

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	202
Number of single males under 18	236
Number of single persons under 18	438

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	706

Buildings & housing (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	128
Number of houses built of wood	128
Number of houses of 1 story	123
Number of houses of 2 rooms	5
Number of houses of 2 stories	5
Number of houses of 3 rooms	15
Number of houses of 4 rooms	20
Number of houses of 5 rooms	20
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	68
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	128
Number of uninhabited houses	1

Agriculture (45 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in pasture	658
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	7,278
Acres of farmland under crops	528
Acres of hay crops	416
Acres of improved land in farms	1,186
Acres of land in farms	8,464
Acres of oats	1
Acres of potatoes	37
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	2
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	40
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	24
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,979
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	25
BWT BU	40
HAY AC	416
HAY TONS	443
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	38
Number of chickens	876
Number of ducks	17
Number of farm occupants who own their land	115
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	7
Number of geese	48
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	45
Number of milk cows	171
Number of occupants of farms	122
Number of other cattle	112
Number of oxen	21
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	17
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	43
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	31
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	25
Number of sheep	893
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	90
Number of swine	9
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	49
OAT AC	1
OAT BU	24
POT AC	37
POT BU	2,979
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	82
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	2,555
Pounds of homemade butter	7,607
Tons of hay produced in the past year	443

Other recorded variables (57 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	17
A 11 50	43
A 201 PL	6
A 51 100	31
BEN BU	2
BUTTER LB	7,607
CATTLE KS	38
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	202
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	236
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	438
COARSE WOOL LB	82
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	17
FAMILIES	128
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.50
FINE WOOL LB	2,555
FRN CA	1
GEESE	48
HENS AND CHKN	876
HORSES OVR THREE	45
HOUSES	128
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES FIVE RM	20
HOUSES FOUR RM	20
HOUSES ONE STRY	123
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	68
HOUSES THREE RM	15
HOUSES TWO RM	5
HOUSES TWO STRY	5
HOUSES UNINH	1
HOUSES W	128
INF 11 A	25
MD FEM	120
MD MALE	117
MD TOT	237
MILK COWS	171
NAME CD	Guysborough
OC F	7
OC P	115
OC TOT	122
OTHER HRN CATTLE	112
OTHERS	706
SHEEP	893
SHEEP KS	90
SUP AM	1,186
SUP FOR	7,278
SUP PAT	658
SUP SC	528
SUP TOT	8,464
SWINE	9
SWINE KS	49
TOT DWLG OCC	128
TUR BU	25
WID FEM	20
WID MALE	12
WID TOT	32
WORKING OX	21

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS032009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS010012_1881 — 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). "Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/indian-harbour-ns032009-1891/.