Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Woods Harbour was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,134. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.570°N, 65.707°W.
Population
In 1891, Woods Harbour had a population of 1,134: 584 male and 550 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,134 |
| 1901 | 1,186 |
| 1911 | 1,171 |
| 1921 | 1,060 |
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 Shag & Wood's Harbour, 1881 (68.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Woods Harbour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,134 total population, 584 males, 550 females, 389 married persons, 200 families, 195 married males, 194 married females, 45 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 700 single persons under 18, 379 single males under 18, 321 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,134 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 179 houses, 179 houses built of wood, 179 occupied houses, 178 houses of 1 story, 99 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 20,152 pounds of homemade butter, 1,726 acres of land in farms, 1,662 bushels of potatoes, 1,461 chickens, 985 acres of improved land in farms, 771 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 741 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 616 acres of farmland under crops, 597 tons of hay, 385 acres of hay crops, 343 acres of farmland in pasture, 325 sheep, 245 milk cows, 228 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 216 other cattle, 183 occupants of farms, 181 farm occupants who own their land, 162 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 142 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 79 oxen, 58 bushels of turnips, 36 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 horses aged over 3 years, 15 acres of potatoes, 11 bushels of oats, 7 swine, 5 ducks, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS042018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS019014— 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). "Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/woods-harbour-ns042018-1891/.