Isaac Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
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 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 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,161 total population, 595 males, 566 females, 374 married persons, 211 families, 187 married females, 187 married males, 47 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 740 single persons under 18, 397 single males under 18, 343 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,161 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 196 occupied houses, 193 houses, 193 houses built of wood, 167 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 29 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses of 2 stories, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,129 pounds of homemade butter, 9,781 acres of land in farms, 8,431 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,895 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,837 bushels of potatoes, 1,495 chickens, 1,350 acres of improved land in farms, 1,052 sheep, 804 acres of farmland under crops, 540 acres of farmland in pasture, 443 tons of hay, 414 acres of hay crops, 188 occupants of farms, 177 bushels of turnips, 175 farm occupants who own their land, 171 milk cows, 156 other cattle, 87 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 72 sheep slaughtered or sold, 68 cattle killed or sold, 68 ducks, 51 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 39 bushels of oats, 36 oxen, 35 horses aged over 3 years, 27 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 15 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of beans, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 swine slaughtered or sold, 9 bushels of buckwheat, 8 bushels of peas, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 bushels of corn, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 other fowl, 4 swine, 3 acres of oats, 3 geese, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS032010— 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 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/.