Portal:Ontario
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Ontario (/ɒnˈtɛərioʊ/ (
listen); French: [ɔ̃taʁjo]) is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province accounting for 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.
Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's 2,700 km (1,678 mi) border with the United States follows inland waterways: from the west at Lake of the Woods, eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence River drainage system. These are the Rainy River, the Pigeon River, Lake Superior, the St. Marys River, Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and along the St. Lawrence River from Kingston, Ontario, to the Quebec boundary just east of Cornwall, Ontario. There is only about 1 km (0.6 mi) of land border made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border.
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An 18-person committee of players, coaches and others meets annually in June to select new honourees, who are inducted as players, builders or on-ice officials. The builders' category includes coaches, general managers, commentators, team owners and others who have helped build the game. As of 2008, 240 players, 97 builders and 15 on-ice officials have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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Map of Canada West.
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, home of the federal government. Canada's Federal Government is the largest single employer in the National Capital Region
The Niagara Escarpment on the Bruce Peninsula
Highway 401 is the busiest highway in North America and among the busiest highways in the world.
A light rail O-Train crossing the Rideau River on the Trillium Line.
Toronto, the capital of Ontario
Downtown London at night
Lower Ontario in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate province area highlighted.
Summer at Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario.
Summer at Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario.
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Celebrating V-E Day in Ottawa in 1945
Köppen climate types of Ontario
Air Canada is the largest airline operating in Ontario. Its largest hub is at Pearson International Airport in Mississauga.
The CANDU Bruce Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Huron is the largest operational nuclear power plant in the world.
A light rail O-Train crossing the Rideau River on the Trillium Line.
View of Toronto's Financial District
William Lyon Mackenzie was the leader of Upper Canada Rebellion.
Celebrating V-E Day in Ottawa in 1945
Ship in Hamilton Harbour. The manufacturing sector is a major employer in Ontario.
Eaton Farm in Eatonville provided poultry, vegetables, dairy and meat products for Eaton's department stores until the early 1950s.
Air Canada is the largest airline operating in Ontario. Its largest hub is at Pearson International Airport in Mississauga.
Statue of United Empire Loyalists in downtown Hamilton on Main Street East.
Statue of United Empire Loyalists in downtown Hamilton on Main Street East.
The Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario was established in 1927 and served as a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War.
Population density of Ontario
View of Toronto's Financial District
The Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario was established in 1927 and served as a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War.
Highway 401 is the busiest highway in North America and among the busiest highways in the world.
Ship in Hamilton Harbour. The manufacturing sector is a major employer in Ontario.
Toronto, the capital of Ontario
Lower Ontario in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate province area highlighted.
Köppen climate types of Ontario
The Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto
The CANDU Bruce Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Huron is the largest operational nuclear power plant in the world.
William Lyon Mackenzie was the leader of Upper Canada Rebellion.
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, home of the federal government. Canada's Federal Government is the largest single employer in the National Capital Region
Fruit from the Niagara region for distribution, ca. 1914
Downtown London at night
Algonquin Provincial Park, Cache Lake in the autumn of 2006.
Algonquin Provincial Park, Cache Lake in the autumn of 2006.
A GO Transit commuter train.
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A GO Transit commuter train.
Map of Canada West.
The Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto
Eaton Farm in Eatonville provided poultry, vegetables, dairy and meat products for Eaton's department stores until the early 1950s.
Evolution of the borders of Ontario.
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Fruit from the Niagara region for distribution, ca. 1914
The Niagara Escarpment on the Bruce Peninsula
Evolution of the borders of Ontario.
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Ontario in the news
- 29 January 2019 – Toronto serial homicides
- Bruce McArthur, a Toronto landscaper charged on January 18, 2018, in this decade-long investigation, pleads guilty in Ontario Superior Court to murdering eight men. (BBC)
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- Help expand stubs!: There are numerous stub articles relating to Ontario. You can help by expanding them. See Ontario stubs for a list. Also, for geographical (places) stubs, refer to:
- Eastern Ontario: Eastern Ontario geography stubs
- Toronto: Toronto geography stubs
- Ottawa: Ottawa stubs - All stubs relating to Ottawa in general
- Northern Ontario: Northern Ontario geography stubs
- Western Ontario: Western Ontario geography stubs
- Golden Horseshoe: Golden Horseshoe geography stubs
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- .................that Ontario has the highest GDP out of all the provinces in Canada?
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