Hilliard, Ontario


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.
The township, named in honour of Daniel Hilliard, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1888, was incorporated in 1910. Its primary economic activity is agriculture.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hilliard had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
Mother tongue :
  • 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%