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Harrow is a community located in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.

Hiram Walker, 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.

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

Though early settlers were mostly German, a thriving community of Portuguese came later and still remain. Today Harrow is a community situated along scenic County Road 20 that offers shops and places for antique hunters. It is also the home of Canada's southernmost high school.^{[citation needed]} 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 and other parts of Ontario 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 across the country.

Demographics [edit]

The 2001 Census was the last Canadian census to record demographic statistics for Harrow as a separate community. In the 2006 Census, statistics were published only for Essex.

For 2001 census:^[1]

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

v t e Essex County, Ontario
Transportation	Current Provincial Highways: Highway 3 • Highway 77 • Highway 401 Former Provincial Highways: Highway 2 • Highway 39 • Highway 98 • Highway 107 • Highway 114 Essex County Roads: County Roads • Windsor Suburban Roads Railways: Essex Terminal Railway • Windsor Subdivision • Chatham Subdivision • CASO Subdivision
Municipalities	Amherstburg • Essex ¹ • Kingsville • Lakeshore • LaSalle • Leamington • Pelee • Tecumseh • Windsor ²
Communities	Belle River ³ • Colchester • Comber • Cottam • Deerbrook • Emeryville • Harrow ³ • Maidstone • Malden Centre • McGregor • Oldcastle • Puce • River Canard • Ruthven • St. Clair Beach³ • St. Joachim • Seacliffe • Stoney Point • Windsor • Woodslee
Attractions and Parks	Point Pelee National Park • Fort Malden National Historic Park • Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary • Colasanti's Tropical Gardens • ERCA • Chrysler Canada Greenway • Trans-Canada Trail
Geography	Bois Blanc Island • Detroit River • East Sister Island • Fighting Island • Middle Island • Peche Island • Pelee Island • Point Pelee
¹ County seat. ² Separated Municipality, as of 1998^[update]. ³ Formerly a separate municipality, merged into another as of 1998.
See also: List of municipalities in Ontario • Detroit, Michigan

Coordinates: 42°02′N 82°55′W / 42.033°N 82.917°W / 42.033; -82.917

References [edit]

^ "2001 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2010-09-10.

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