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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|08|31}}

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'''Hilary Elizabeth Farr''' ([[maiden name|née]] '''Labow'''; 31 August 1951){{efn|Several sources state a birthdate of 31 August 1951, including [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/hilary_farr|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|title=Hilary Farr Biography|url-status=live|archive-date=2 September 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/EiXSo}}</ref> This birth year is also corroborated by public records.<ref>{{cite web|author=United States Public Records, 1970-2000|date=11 November 2019|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KVVC-F3B|title=Hilary Labow Farr|url-status=live|access-date=2 September 2022}} {{Closed access}}</ref> Farr confirmed her birthdate of 31 August in a post she made on her official [[Instagram]] page in 2022.<ref>{{Cite instagram |author= Farr, Hilary |author-link= |user=hilary_farr |postid=Ch-7_3Xrz8Z |date= 1 September 2022|title= Thank you ALL for the fabulous birthday wishes yesterday! I just received EXCITING NEWS! |script-title= |trans-title= |language=English |location= |access-date= |link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-7_3Xrz8Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link |url-status= |archive-url=https://archive.today/iLkEn |archive-date=2 September 2022 |ref=}}</ref>}} is a British-Canadian designer, businesswoman, television host and former actress. She is known as the co-host of the [[HGTV]] and [[W Network]] television series ''[[Love It or List It]]'' with [[David Visentin]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lambe|first=Stacy|date=15 May 2013|url=http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2013-05-15/hilary-farr-talks-about-love-it-or-list-it/|title=Hilary Farr On Mean Homeowners, Hoarders, And Famous Homes She'd Love Or List|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227162112/http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2013-05-15/hilary-farr-talks-about-love-it-or-list-it/ |archive-date=27 December 2014|website= VH1 Celebrity|access-date=27 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Farr was born in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada<ref name=star>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2016/05/26/hilary-farr-the-new-villainess-in-ross-petty-panto.html|title='Love It Or List It' host the new villainess in Ross Petty panto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060658/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2016/05/26/hilary-farr-the-new-villainess-in-ross-petty-panto.html |archive-date=3 December 2016|website=Toronto Star|first= Bruce|last=DeMara|date= 26 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> to a British mother and a Canadian father.<ref name=huff>{{cite web|work=[[HuffPost]]|title=The 12 Trees of Christmas|last=Farr|first=Hilary|date=19 December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/jZEQ220220902034234/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/the-12-trees-of-christmas_b_4472549|archive-date=2 September 2022|url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/the-12-trees-of-christmas_b_4472549}}</ref> Her mother was an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] and a member of the [[Church of England]], and her father was [[Judaism|Jewish]].<ref name=huff/> Farr was raised celebrating both Jewish and Christian religious traditions.<ref name=huff/>

Farr was raised in [[London]], where she attended the [[Royal Ballet School]] until age 11, and aspired to have a career as a ballerina.<ref name=hgtvca>{{cite web|url=https://www.hgtv.ca/10-things-you-dont-know-about-love-it-or-list-it-host-hilary-farr/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720141441/https://www.hgtv.ca/10-things-you-dont-know-about-love-it-or-list-it-host-hilary-farr/|archive-date=20 July 2022|date=17 December 2018|title=10 Surprising Things You Didn’tDidn't Know About Hilary Farr|last=Isaacson|first=Elizabeth|work=[[HGTV (Canadian TV channel)|HGTV Canada]]}} {{limited access}}</ref> She took an interest in theatre and was introduced to interior design by helping her mother to decorate her childhood home.<ref name=reamer>{{cite web|url=https://www.housedigest.com/928088/hilary-farr-shares-advice-for-buying-new-furniture/|work=House Digest|title=Hilary Farr Shares Advice For Buying New Furniture|last=Reamer|first=Gracie|date=14 July 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/hQ9rj20220902030445/https://www.housedigest.com/928088/hilary-farr-shares-advice-for-buying-new-furniture/|archive-date=2 September 2022}}</ref>

Farr married Canadian TV producer Gordon Farr in 1982.<ref name=yahoo>{{cite web|work=[[Yahoo! Finance]]|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wait-hilary-farr-david-visentin-200000950.html|title=Wait, Are Hilary Farr and David Visentin from 'Love It or List It' Married?|last=Norris|first=Rebecca|date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=2 September 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/iqP6V20220902031247/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wait-hilary-farr-david-visentin-200000950.html?guccounter=1}}</ref> She gave birth to their son, Joshua, in Los Angeles on 7 March 1983.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|title=Births|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108774738/|date=11 March 1983|ppage=32|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2008.<ref name=yahoo/>

In December 2021, Farr revealed publicly for the first time that she had been diagnosed with and treated for [[breast cancer]] in 2014.<ref name=strohm>{{Cite web|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=https://people.com/health/love-it-or-list-its-hilary-farr-reveals-breast-cancer/|title='Love It or List It' 's Hilary Farr Reveals Breast Cancer for the First Time: 'I Could Have Died'|date=15 December 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/vIY2g20221012024127/https://people.com/health/love-it-or-list-its-hilary-farr-reveals-breast-cancer/|archive-date=12 October 2022|last=Strohm|first=Emily}}</ref> She had previously been diagnosed with a [[Precancerous condition|precancerous]] tumortumour in 2012, which she had surgically removed.<ref name=strohm/> A subsequent mammogram revealed Farr had developed malignant breast cancer.<ref name=strohm/> She underwent [[radiation therapy]] and further surgical intervention,<ref name=strohm/> but, as of 2022, is in [[Remission (medicine)|remission]].

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