{{short description|Town in Ontario, Canada}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2010}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Harrow | official_name = Harrow Centre | settlement_type = Urban area | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Harrow, ON.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = CAN ON Harrow#Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_name1 = [[Ontario]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Essex County, Ontario|Essex]] | leader_title = Councillor | leader_title1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name = Sherry Bondy | leader_name1 = | leader_name2 = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 2.86 | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_total = 2562 | population_density_km2 = 895.8 | timezone = Eastern (EST) | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code#Forward sortation areas|Forward sortation area]] | postal_code = [[List of N postal codes of Canada|N0R 1G0]] | area_codes = [[Area codes 519 and 226|519 and 226]] | coordinates = {{Coord|42.0355|N|82.9187|W|region:CA_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = <!-- at the airport --> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Harrow''' is a community located in the [[Essex, Ontario|Town of Essex]] in [[Essex County, Ontario|Essex County]], Ontario, Canada.
==History== [[File:King St E Harrow ON postcard.jpg|thumb|View of King Street East in Harrow, c. 1909]] First known as ''Munger's Corners'' after John Munger, the first postmaster, the town was renamed by [[John O'Connor (Canadian politician)|John O'Connor]] in 1857 for the exclusive [[Harrow School]] in London.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rayburn|first1=Alan|author-link1=Alan Rayburn|title=Place names of Ontario|date=1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-8020-7207-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwF6AAAAMAAJ|page=151|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
[[Hiram Walker]], of [[Canadian Club Whisky]] fame, is credited with putting Harrow on the map. Walker built a railway which brought grain from the south end of the county into the city of [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] for use in his distillery. The tracks remained for over 100 years, and were removed in 1992. The line became the Chrysler Canada Greenway, part of the [[Trans Canada Trail]].
Walker's distillation operations remained in Harrow until 2009, when the Canbar, Inc. [[Cooper (profession)|cooperage]] closed.
Harrow was also home to Ontario's last segregated school, which was finally closed in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradburn |first1=Jamie |title=The story of Ontario's last segregated Black school |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/the-story-of-ontarios-last-segregated-black-school |publisher=[[TV Ontario]] |access-date=June 27, 2020 |date=February 28, 2018}}</ref>
In 1999, the town of Harrow amalgamated with the town of [[Essex, Ontario|Essex]]. The government of Essex was divided into four wards consisting of six elected councillors, plus a mayor. Harrow is the fourth ward and has a single councillor in the government.
The town was home to [[Harrow District High School]], formerly Canada's southernmost high school until it was closed in 2016.
==Today== 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. Attractions include [[Colio Winery]] and the 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, Ontario|Essex County]] and other parts of [[Ontario]] attend. Highlights of the fair include a mom calling contest, a pie auction, live entertainment, "bossy" bingo and a tractor pull.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://harrowfair.com/ |title=Welcome to the Harrow Fair|access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref> The [[Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada]] [[Harrow Research and Development Centre]] is also located in Harrow. [[Atlas Tube]], a unit of [[Zekelman Industries]], owned by the Zekelman family,<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Dave |date=August 14, 2008 |title=Business sale makes Zekelman a billion-dollar man |publisher=The Windsor Star |url=http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=85ef954c-0462-4f69-bd71-6e442e8c5763 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818053329/http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=85ef954c-0462-4f69-bd71-6e442e8c5763 |archive-date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> is located on the outskirts of town.
== Demographics == The [[Canada 2001 Census|2001 Census]] was the last Canadian census to record demographic statistics for Harrow as a separate community. In the [[Canada 2006 Census|2006 Census]], statistics were published only for Essex.
For 2001 census:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Index.cfm?Lang=E|title=2001 Community Profiles |work=Statistics Canada|publisher=Government of Canada |archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127012906/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Index.cfm?Lang=E|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:2em" |- || Population: || 2,935 (+4.6% from 1996) |- || Land area: || 2.75 km<sup>2</sup> |- || Population density: || 1,067.3 people/km<sup>2</sup> |- || Median age: || 35.6 (males: 34.2, females: 37.1) |- || Total private dwellings: || 1,075 |- || Mean household income: || $29,932 |}
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{{Essex County, Ontario}}
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[[Category:Former towns in Ontario]] [[Category:Communities in Essex County, Ontario]]