Hilliard, Ontario
Township in Ontario, Canada
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Hilliard is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District. Its main community is Hilliardton, located along Secondary Highway 569. The smaller communities of Couttsville and Whitewood Grove are also located within the township.
Hilliard | |
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| Township of Hilliard | |
Hilliardton | |
  Hilliard | |
| Coordinates: 47°43′30″N 79°42′00″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Timiskaming |
| Incorporated | 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Reeve | Laurie Bolesworth |
| • Fed. riding | Nipissing—Timiskaming |
| • Prov. riding | Timiskaming—Cochrane |
| Area | |
| • Land | 91.27 km2 (35.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 215 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code | P0J 1S0 |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
| Website | townshipofhilliard |
The township, named in honour of Daniel Hilliard, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1888,[2] was incorporated in 1910. Its primary economic activity is agriculture.[3]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hilliard had a population of 215 living in 87 of its 93 total private dwellings, a change of 3.9% from its 2016 population of 207. With a land area of 91.27 km2 (35.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
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Mother tongue (2021):[1]
- English as first language: 74.4%
- French as first language: 20.9%
- English and French as first language: 2.3%
- Other as first language: 4.7%
