Hawco was born on Bell Island, Newfoundland, as the youngest of four children but moved to Goulds at an early age. His father Michael worked on the Bell Island Ferry, and his mother Mary was an elementary school teacher and former nun. He studied business at Memorial University of Newfoundland but dropped out in favour of the National Theatre School of Canada. One of his brothers is a composer, and has composed for Republic of Doyle, while his father has also worked on the show and his mother has appeared as a background performer.\n', '

Hawco married CBC reporter Carolyn Stokes in 2012 in the midst of working on Republic of Doyle.\n', '

Hawco\'s first role was in the Shakespeare by the Sea production of Macbeth, which was directed by Aiden Flynn. From there, director Danielle Irvine encouraged Allan to audition for the National Theatre School where he was one of 13 selected from thousands of applicants that year.\n', '

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