Hamilton Township is a rural township located in Northumberland County in central Ontario. It surrounds the Town of Cobourg.
The township was named after Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec from 1782 to 1785.
Communities
- Baltimore
- Bewdley
- Camborne
- Cold Springs
- Gores Landing
- Harwood
- Plainville (<small></small>)
- Precious Corners (<small></small>)
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hamilton Township had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
| 1871 |5721
| 1881 |5155
| 1891 |4313
| 1901 |3623
| 1911 |3414
| 1921 |3026
| 1931 |2848
| 1941 |2759
| 1951 |3210
| 1956 |4088
| 1961 |5057
| 1966 |5985
| 1971 |7034
| 1976 |8835
| 1981 |8809
| 1986 |7634
| 1991 |9616
|1996| 10140
|2001| 10785
|2006| 10972
|2011| 10702
|2016| 10942
|2021| 11059
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