Harris, Ontario

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

Harris
Township (single-tier)
Township of Harris
Community centre in Harris
Harris
Coordinates: 47°34′N 79°34′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Timiskaming
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Chantal Despres
• Federal riding	Nipissing—Timiskaming
• Prov. riding	Timiskaming—Cochrane
Area [1]
• Land	49.88 km2 (19.26 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	545
• Density	10.9/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	705, 249

Harris is located directly east of the city of Temiskaming Shores on the northern shore of Lake Timiskaming. The township had a population of 523 in the Canada 2011 Census. 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.^[2]

Harris, Ontario
Historical populations

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	558	—
1996	553	−0.9%
2001	518	−6.3%
2006	512	−1.2%
2011	523	+2.1%
2016	545	+4.2%
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Mother tongue (2006):^[5]

• English as first language: 59%
• French as first language: 39%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 2%

Countryside in Harris with Highway 65 in the distance.

See also

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