Isaac Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)

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

Isaac Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,161. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.182°N, 61.685°W.

Population

In 1891, Isaac Harbour had a population of 1,161: 595 male and 566 female residents. Population density was 13.8 people per square mile.

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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Isaac Harbour shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 147 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	211
Number of families	211
Number of females	566
Number of males	595
Number of married females	187
Number of married males	187
Number of married persons	374
Number of widowed females	36
Number of widowed males	11
Number of widowed persons	47
POP F	566
POP M	595
POP TOT	1,161
Total population	1,161

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	343
Number of single males under 18	397
Number of single persons under 18	740

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,161

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	3
Number of houses	193
Number of houses built of wood	193
Number of houses of 1 room	2
Number of houses of 1 story	167
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	11
Number of houses of 2 rooms	47
Number of houses of 2 stories	26
Number of houses of 3 rooms	25
Number of houses of 4 rooms	29
Number of houses of 5 rooms	17
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	62
Number of houses under construction	8
Number of occupied houses	196
Number of uninhabited houses	3

Agriculture (51 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	6
Acres of farmland in pasture	540
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	8,431
Acres of farmland under crops	804
Acres of hay crops	414
Acres of improved land in farms	1,350
Acres of land in farms	9,781
Acres of oats	3
Acres of potatoes	15
Acres of turnips	1
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	15
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	9
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	7
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	39
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	8
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,837
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	177
BWT BU	9
CRN BU	7
HAY AC	414
HAY TONS	443
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	68
Number of chickens	1,495
Number of ducks	68
Number of farm occupants who own their land	175
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	13
Number of geese	3
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	3
Number of horses aged over 3 years	35
Number of milk cows	171
Number of occupants of farms	188
Number of other cattle	156
Number of other fowl	5
Number of oxen	36
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	15
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	51
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	27
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	87
Number of sheep	1,052
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	72
Number of swine	4
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	11
OAT AC	3
OAT BU	39
PEA BU	8
POT AC	15
POT BU	1,837
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	2,895
Pounds of homemade butter	10,129
Tons of hay produced in the past year	443

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	15
A 11 50	51
A 201 PL	8
A 51 100	27
BEN BU	15
BUTTER LB	10,129
CATTLE KS	68
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	343
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	397
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	740
COARSE WOOL LB	2,895
COLTS FILLIES	3
DUCKS	68
FAMILIES	211
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.50
FRN CA	0
GEESE	3
HENS AND CHKN	1,495
HORSES OVR THREE	35
HOUSES	193
HOUSES CON	8
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	11
HOUSES FIVE RM	17
HOUSES FOUR RM	29
HOUSES ONE RM	2
HOUSES ONE STRY	167
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	62
HOUSES THREE RM	25
HOUSES TWO RM	47
HOUSES TWO STRY	26
HOUSES UNINH	3
HOUSES W	193
INF 11 A	87
MD FEM	187
MD MALE	187
MD TOT	374
MILK COWS	171
NAME CD	Guysborough
OC F	13
OC P	175
OC TOT	188
OTHER FOWL	5
OTHER HRN CATTLE	156
OTHERS	1,161
SHEEP	1,052
SHEEP KS	72
SUP AM	1,350
SUP FOR	8,431
SUP JV	6
SUP PAT	540
SUP SC	804
SUP TOT	9,781
SWINE	4
SWINE KS	11
TOT DWLG OCC	196
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	177
VESS AND SHAN	3
WID FEM	36
WID MALE	11
WID TOT	47
WORKING OX	36

Identifiers

TCP UID: NS032010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS010015_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). "Isaac Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/isaac-harbour-ns032010-1891/.