Year: 1891
| Province: Nova Scotia
New Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
New Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 353. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.226°N, 61.515°W.
Population
In 1891, New Harbour had a population of 353: 193 male and 160 female residents. Population density was 5.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, New Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 129 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 70 |
| Number of families | 70 |
| Number of females | 160 |
| Number of males | 193 |
| Number of married females | 57 |
| Number of married males | 58 |
| Number of married persons | 115 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 14 |
| POP F | 160 |
| POP M | 193 |
| POP TOT | 353 |
| Total population | 353 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 95 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 129 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 224 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 353 |
Buildings & housing (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 61 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 61 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 61 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 23 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 11 |
| Number of occupied houses | 61 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 21 |
Agriculture (44 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 131 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 4,450 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 160 |
| Acres of hay crops | 158 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 294 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4,744 |
| Acres of oats | 2 |
| Acres of potatoes | 18 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,743 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 215 |
| HAY AC | 158 |
| HAY TONS | 247 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 24 |
| Number of chickens | 555 |
| Number of ducks | 29 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 63 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of geese | 37 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 22 |
| Number of milk cows | 68 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 64 |
| Number of other cattle | 57 |
| Number of other fowl | 5 |
| Number of oxen | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 29 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 10 |
| Number of sheep | 404 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 32 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 12 |
| OAT AC | 2 |
| OAT BU | 30 |
| POT AC | 18 |
| POT BU | 1,743 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,554 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,893 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 247 |
Other recorded variables (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 7 |
| A 11 50 | 16 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 29 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,893 |
| CATTLE KS | 24 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 95 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 129 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 224 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 1,554 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 3 |
| DUCKS | 29 |
| FAMILIES | 70 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 20 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 37 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 555 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 22 |
| HOUSES | 61 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 16 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 23 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 61 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 11 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 4 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 21 |
| HOUSES W | 61 |
| INF 11 A | 10 |
| MD FEM | 57 |
| MD MALE | 58 |
| MD TOT | 115 |
| MILK COWS | 68 |
| NAME CD | Guysborough |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 63 |
| OC TOT | 64 |
| OTHER FOWL | 5 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 57 |
| OTHERS | 353 |
| SHEEP | 404 |
| SHEEP KS | 32 |
| SUP AM | 294 |
| SUP FOR | 4,450 |
| SUP JV | 3 |
| SUP PAT | 131 |
| SUP SC | 160 |
| SUP TOT | 4,744 |
| SWINE KS | 12 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 61 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 215 |
| WID FEM | 8 |
| WID MALE | 6 |
| WID TOT | 14 |
| WORKING OX | 22 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS032016 — 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 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). "New Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/new-harbour-ns032016-1891/.