Emo is a small rural township, located along the Rainy River near the southwestern corner of northern Ontario, Canada, on the U.S. border directly north of the state of Minnesota.

It is known for its stock car races, its picturesque, family-friendly waterfront park, the annual Rainy River Agricultural Fair (cattle industry is key in the area) and the Emo Walleye Classic fishing tournament.

Emo is about halfway between two bridges to the United States, one at Fort Frances (approximately a 30-minute drive) and the other at Rainy River (about 40 minutes by road).

In Emo's Lion's Park, a picturesque riverfront area, a new play structure was funded through volunteer fundraising efforts, and a 2005-2006 fiscal year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation [1].

The Emo Food Bank and Thrift Shop, located in what was formerly the Anglican Church, helps hundreds of area residents in need every year.

[15] In 2024, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled against the township and ordered them to pay $15,000 in compensation to Borderland Pride, with $5,000 of the fine coming from Harold McQuaker.

[16] Borderland Pride had previously offered to donate a third of their settlement to the Emo Public Library if they agreed to host a “drag story time event”.

[17] In an interview with the Toronto Sun, Harold McQuaker described his fine as "extortion" and stated that he would not pay the fine, perform the human rights training, or host a drag story time event at the Emo Public Library, adding “if anybody needs training it’s the LGBTQ2+ to quit pushing their weight around and make demands that people can’t live with.”[18] Borderland Pride subsequently received a court order to have Harold McQuaker's bank account garnished, and the fine was removed directly from his bank account at CIBC, the only bank currently operating in Emo.