New Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
New Harbour was a census subdivision in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 326. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.226°N, 61.515°W.
Population
In 1881, New Harbour had a population of 326: 170 male and 156 female residents. Population density was 5.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 326 |
| 1891 | 353 |
| 1901 | 380 |
| 1911 | 358 |
| 1921 | 359 |
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 was contained in Guysborough Polling District, 1871 (40.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, New Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 58 |
| Number of families | 58 |
| Number of females | 156 |
| Number of males | 170 |
| Number of married females | 58 |
| Number of married males | 59 |
| Number of married persons | 117 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| Number of widowed males | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 9 |
| POP TOT | 326 |
| Total population | 326 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 90 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 110 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 200 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 57 |
| Number of occupied houses | 57 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 120 |
| Acres of potatoes | 34 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 93 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 45 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,071 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 276 |
| HAY AC | 120 |
| HAY TONS | 212 |
| OAT BU | 93 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 5 |
| POT AC | 34 |
| POT BU | 3,071 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 212 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 671 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 165 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,109 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 981 |
| Number of fishing boats | 41 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 35 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 9 |
| Number of shoremen | 1 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,048 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 26 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 671 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 35 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 41 |
| C UNMD F | 90 |
| C UNMD M | 110 |
| C UNMD TOT | 200 |
| CD NAME | Guysborough |
| COD DX K | 2,048 |
| D OCC | 57 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 156 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 981 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 57 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| HAD DX K | 26 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 170 |
| MCK XB Q | 165 |
| MD F | 58 |
| MD M | 59 |
| MD TOT | 117 |
| NET XX F | 6,109 |
| NUMBER CD | 8 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 45 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 1 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 276 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 9 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 8 |
| WID M | 1 |
| WID TOT | 9 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS008015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010024_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 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). "New Harbour, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-harbour-ns008015-1881/.