Clifford is an unincorporated community in the Town of Minto in Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

[1] It is on Ontario Highway 9 and Coon Creek, a stream in the Saugeen River drainage basin.

[3] Wightman Telecom, based in Clifford and owned by the Wightman family, has owned and operated a communication system in Clifford since 1908, with a telephone system that was originally operated out of a kitchen in Howick Township.

Wightman bought out Bell's operations in Clifford, Ayton and Neustadt in 1928.

[3][4] On 17 March 2016 a 200-metre (660 ft) wide EF1 tornado touched down near the community.