Laird is a township and village in the Algoma District in Northern Ontario, Canada. The township had a population of 1,057 in the Canada 2011 Census, down from 1078 in the 2006 census.CommunitiesThe township includes the named communities of Laird and Neebish. It also includes a portion of Bar River, a small hamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Laird and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.DemographicsPopulation trend: Population in 2011: 1057 Population in 2006: 1078 Population in 2001: 1021 Population in 1996: 1073 Population in 1991: 997TransportationHighway 17 passes through the township. Tarbutt Township is a neighbour of Laird and is separated by a low-grade dirt road called "Townline Road" which spurs into a road to Pine Island.
