Harris, Ontario

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Harris
Township of Harris
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Community centre in Harris
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Harris
Coordinates: 47°34′N79°34′W / 47.567°N 79.567°W / 47.567; -79.567
CountryCanada
Province Ontario
District Timiskaming
Government
  TypeTownship
  MayorChantal Despres
  Fed. riding Nipissing—Timiskaming
  Prov. riding Timiskaming—Cochrane
Area
[1]
  Land49.81 km2 (19.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total
530
  Density10.6/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 705, 249

Harris is a township in the Timiskaming District in the Canadian province of Ontario. [2]

Contents

Harris is located directly east of the city of Temiskaming Shores on the northern shore of Lake Timiskaming. The township's main settlement is the community of Sutton Bay.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Harris had a population of 530 living in 205 of its 217 total private dwellings, a change of

Historical census populations – Harris, Ontario
YearPop.±%
1901 124    
1911 331+166.9%
1921 379+14.5%
1931 357−5.8%
1941 365+2.2%
1951 350−4.1%
1956 364+4.0%
YearPop.±%
1961 337−7.4%
1966 351+4.2%
1971 407+16.0%
1976 442+8.6%
1981 544+23.1%
1986 572+5.1%
1991 558−2.4%
YearPop.±%
1996 553−0.9%
2001 518−6.3%
2006 512−1.2%
2011 523+2.1%
2016 545+4.2%
2021 530−2.8%
Source: Statistics Canada [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Mother tongue (2021): [1]

Countryside in Harris with Highway 65 in the distance. Harris Twp ON 2.JPG
Countryside in Harris with Highway 65 in the distance.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Harris, Ontario (Code 3554014) Census Profile". 2021 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  2. "Harris". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  4. "Harris, TP, Ontario (Census subdivision) 2011 Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  5. Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1944. CS98-1941-2.
  6. "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.

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