{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Highgate | settlement_type = Unincorporated community | image_skyline = Highgate, Ontario.jpg | image_caption = Scene on King Street in April 2026 | pushpin_map = CAN ON Chatham-Kent#Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Highgate in Chatham-Kent | coordinates = {{coord|42|30|6.588|N|81|48|57.024|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline}} | mapframe-coordinates = {{coord|42|30|6.588|N|81|48|57.024|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = {{ON}} | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = [[Chatham-Kent]] | population_total = 299 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2021municipal">{{cite journal |title=Census Profile for Bothwell, Dissolved municipality (DMU) (Designated place) |journal=2021 Census of Canada |date=15 November 2023 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A0006350054&SearchText=Highgate |access-date=15 January 2026 |publisher=Statistics Canada |language=en |id=98-316-X2021001}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = 103.8 | timezone1 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code = [[List of N postal codes of Canada|1T0]] | area_code = [[Area codes 519, 226, and 548|519, 226, 548]] }} {{Use MDY dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}}
'''Highgate''' is an unincorporated community and former municipality in [[Chatham-Kent]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It is recognized as a [[designated place]] by [[Statistics Canada]]. ==History== Highgate was located along a branch of the former [[Canada Southern Railway]].<ref name="KCD">{{cite book | title = Kent County Directory 1880 | publisher = Chatham Planet Book and Job | year = 1880 | url = https://ia800204.us.archive.org/29/items/kentcountydirect00chatuoft/kentcountydirect00chatuoft.pdf | pages = 252}}</ref> In 1880, Highgate had a school, two churches, a saw mill, an oatmeal and flouring mill, and a population of approximately 300.<ref name="KCD"/> [[File:The Mary Webb Centre (Highgate, ON).jpg|thumb|The Mary Webb Centre - Highgate]]
== Demographics == In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Highgate had a population of 299 living in 145 of its 153 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:299-338}}|338|1}} from its 2016 population of 338. With a land area of {{cvt|2.88|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|299|2.88|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=January 11, 2025}}</ref>
== See also == *[[List of communities in Ontario]] *[[List of designated places in Ontario]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Designated places in Ontario]] [[Category:Communities in Chatham-Kent]]