Harris, Ontario

Harris
Township (single-tier)
Township of Harris
Community centre in Harris
Harris
Coordinates: 47°34′N79°34′W / 47.567°N 79.567°W / 47.567; -79.567
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Timiskaming
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Chantal Despres
• Fed. riding	Nipissing—Timiskaming
• Prov. riding	Timiskaming—Cochrane
Area [1]
• Land	49.81 km2 (19.23 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	530
• Density	10.6/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]

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 -2.8% from its 2016 population of 545. With a land area of 49.81 km² (19.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.6/km² (27.6/sq mi) in 2021. ^[1]

Historical census populations – Harris, Ontario
Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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]

• English as first language: 66.0%
• French as first language: 30.2%
• English and French as first languages: 0.9%
• Other as first language: 1.9%

Countryside in Harris with Highway 65 in the distance.

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of francophone communities in Ontario

References

1. "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.