Isaac Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Isaac Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,012. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.182°N, 61.685°W.
Population
In 1881, Isaac Harbour had a population of 1,012: 512 male and 500 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,012 |
| 1891 | 1,161 |
| 1901 | 1,486 |
| 1911 | 513 |
| 1921 | 356 |
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 contained Isaac’s Harbor, 1871 (57.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Isaac Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,012 total population, 512 males, 500 females, 313 married persons, 168 families, 158 married males, 155 married females, 40 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 659 single persons under 18, 335 single males under 18, 324 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 165 occupied houses, 160 inhabited houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 12 houses under construction, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,403 bushels of potatoes, 313 tons of hay, 257 acres of hay crops, 199 bushels of turnips, 101 bushels of other root crops, 47 bushels of oats, 46 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of peas and beans, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 8,730 fathoms of fishing nets, 4,313 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 3,514 quintals of cod, 1,784 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,638 gallons of fish oil, 1,067 barrels of mackerel, 183 men on fishing boats, 123 barrels of other fish, 88 fishing boats, 34 barrels of gaspareaux, 19 barrels of halibut, 14 men on fishing vessels, 8 barrels of salmon, 6 barrels of eels, 2 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 124,800 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,012 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:
NS008019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010015_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 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). "Isaac Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/isaac-harbour-ns008019-1881/.