Harrow is a community located in the town of Essex

Essex, Ontario

Essex is a town with a population of 20,032 in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, whose municipal borders extend to Lake Erie. Essex is also the name of the largest community within the municipality. The present mayor is Ron McDermott...

, Essex County, Ontario

Essex County, Ontario

Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...

, Canada

Canada

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Hiram Walker

Hiram Walker

Hiram Walker was an American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Walker was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in the mid-1830s...

, of Canadian Club Whisky fame is credited with putting Harrow on the map. Walker built the railroad, which then brought grain from the South end of the County into the city for use in his distillery. The tracks remained for over 100 years, and were finally removed in 1992 to be replaced with the Chrysler Canada Greenway, part of the Trans Canada Trail

Trans Canada Trail

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Walker's distillation operations remained in Harrow until 2009, when the Canbar, Inc cooperage

Cooper (profession)

Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads...

 closed.

Though early settlers were mostly German, many decendents from slaves came during the mid-to-late 19th century as well as a thriving community of Portuguese came later and still remain. Today Harrow is a quaint community situated along scenic County Road 20 that offers unique shops and many places for antique hunters to explore. It is also the proud home of Canada's southernmost high school. Attractions include Colio Winery, the Harrow Research Station, and historic John R. Park Homestead.

Harrow has organized and hosted an annual agricultural fair every Labour Day weekend for over 150 years, and many people from Essex County

Essex County, Ontario

Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...

 and other parts of Ontario

Ontario

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 attend. Highlights of the fair include a mom calling contest, a pie auction, "bossy" bingo and a tractor pull. Harrow is also the location of The Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre, one of 19 research centres of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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 across the country.

Demographics

The 2001 Census

Canada 2001 Census

The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...

 was the last Canadian census to record demographic statistics for Harrow as a separate community. In the 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

, statistics were published only for Essex.

For 2001 census:

Population:	2,935 (+4.6% from 1996)
Land area:	2.75 km²
Population density:	1,067.3 people/km²
Median age:	35.6 (males: 34.2, females: 37.1)
Total private dwellings:	1,075
Mean household income:	$29,932