Hilton, Ontario

Hilton
Township (single-tier)
Township of Hilton
Hilton
Coordinates: 46°13′N83°53′W / 46.217°N 83.883°W / 46.217; -83.883
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
Settled	1830s
Incorporated	1883
Government
• Type	Township
• Reeve	Rodney Wood
• Governing Body	Hilton Township Council
•  MP	Terry Sheehan (Liberal)
•  MPP	Bill Rosenberg (PC)
Area [1]
• Land	114.77 km2 (44.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	38.2
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	P0R 1G0
Area codes	705, 249
Website	www.hiltontownship.ca

Hilton is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, comprising the southeast quadrant of St. Joseph Island in the Algoma District. It surrounds, but does not include, the independent village of Hilton Beach.

The township contains the rural community of Milford Haven ( 46°9′21″N83°49′43″W / 46.15583°N 83.82861°W / 46.15583; -83.82861 ). ^[2]

History

St. Joseph Island was originally Ojibway territory. In 1798, the Ojibway signed a treaty and sold the island to the British. By the late 1830s, Major William Rains had obtained a charter to colonize the island, and established Milford Haven (named after a seaside resort in Wales near Rains' hometown), complete with a store and saw mill in the southeast of the island. ^[3]

In 1883, Hilton Township was incorporated. In 1923, the Village of Hilton Beach was incorporated to form a separate municipality from the township. ^[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hilton had a population of 382 living in 162 of its 335 total private dwellings, a change of 24.4% from its 2016 population of 307. With a land area of 114.77 km² (44.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km² (8.6/sq mi) in 2021. ^[1]

Canada census – Hilton community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	382 (+24.4% from 2016)	307 (+17.6% from 2011)	261 (+7.4% from 2006)
Land area	114.77 km2 (44.31 sq mi)	115.82 km2 (44.72 sq mi)	115.78 km2 (44.70 sq mi)
Population density	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)	2.7/km2 (7.0/sq mi)	2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi)
Median age	56.8 (M: 56.8, F: 57.2)	58.5 (M: 58.8, F: 56.8)
Private dwellings	335 (total)  162 (occupied)	317 (total)  136 (occupied)	367 (total)
Median household income	$76,000	$68,864

References: 2021 ^[5] 2016 ^[6] 2011 ^[7]

Historical census populations – Hilton, Ontario
Year Pop. ±% 1881 415 —     1891 389 −6.3% 1901 407 +4.6% 1911 378 −7.1% 1921 522 +38.1% 1931 237 −54.6% 1941 182 −23.2% 1951 90 −50.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1956 100 +11.1% 1961 116 +16.0% 1966 105 −9.5% 1971 94 −10.5% 1976 126 +34.0% 1981 144 +14.3% 1986 173 +20.1% 1991 231 +33.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 255 +10.4% 2001 258 +1.2% 2006 243 −5.8% 2011 261 +7.4% 2016 307 +17.6% 2021 382 +24.4%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada [1] [8] [9]

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References

1. "Hilton, Ontario (Code 3557004) Census Profile". 2021 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2025-12-18.
2. "Milford Haven". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
3. Bayliss, Joseph & Estelle (1938). Historic St. Joseph Island. Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press. pp. 96–97.
4. "About Us". www.hiltontownship.ca. orporation of the Township of Hilton. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
5. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
6. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
8. Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1944. CS98-1941-2.
9. "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.

External links

• Official website