Portal:Ontario
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Ontario (/ɒnˈtɛərioʊ/ (
listen); French pronunciation: [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 jurisdiction 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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The effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada included C$137,552,400 ($1,126,947,163 in 2009) in damages and 81 deaths. Hazel, the deadliest and costliest storm of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as one of the deadliest and costliest storms of the 20th century, reached Toronto, Ontario by the evening of October 15, 1954.
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William Lyon Mackenzie was the leader of Upper Canada Rebellion.
Downtown London at night
Toronto, the capital of Ontario
Köppen climate types of Ontario
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, home of the federal government. Canada's Federal Government is the largest single employer in the National Capital Region
Eaton Farm in Eatonville provided poultry, vegetables, dairy and meat products for Eaton's department stores until the early 1950s.
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.
Eaton Farm in Eatonville provided poultry, vegetables, dairy and meat products for Eaton's department stores until the early 1950s.
Toronto, the capital of Ontario
The Niagara Escarpment on the Bruce Peninsula
The Niagara Escarpment on the Bruce Peninsula
A light rail O-Train crossing the Rideau River on the Trillium Line.
Algonquin Provincial Park, Cache Lake in the autumn of 2006.
Summer at Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario.
Statue of United Empire Loyalists in downtown Hamilton on Main Street East.
Ship in Hamilton Harbour. The manufacturing sector is a major employer in Ontario.
Map of Canada West.
Statue of United Empire Loyalists in downtown Hamilton on Main Street East.
A light rail O-Train crossing the Rideau River on the Trillium Line.
The Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto
Evolution of the borders of Ontario.
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A GO Transit commuter train.
Celebrating V-E Day in Ottawa in 1945
Fruit from the Niagara region for distribution, ca. 1914
Population density of Ontario
Downtown London at night
Köppen climate types of Ontario
Highway 401 is the busiest highway in North America and among the busiest highways in the world.
Summer at Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario.
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
Lower Ontario in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate province area highlighted.
Fruit from the Niagara region for distribution, ca. 1914
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.
The CANDU Bruce Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Huron is the largest operational nuclear power plant in the world.
Air Canada is the largest airline operating in Ontario. Its largest hub is at Pearson International Airport in Mississauga.
A GO Transit commuter train.
Algonquin Provincial Park, Cache Lake in the autumn of 2006.
Evolution of the borders of Ontario.
View full resolution for time-lapsed evolutionWilliam Lyon Mackenzie was the leader of Upper Canada Rebellion.
Highway 401 is the busiest highway in North America and among the busiest highways in the world.
Lower Ontario in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate province area highlighted.
Air Canada is the largest airline operating in Ontario. Its largest hub is at Pearson International Airport in Mississauga.
Map of Canada West.
View of Toronto's Financial District
Celebrating V-E Day in Ottawa in 1945
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, home of the federal government. Canada's Federal Government is the largest single employer in the National Capital Region
Ship in Hamilton Harbour. The manufacturing sector is a major employer in Ontario.
View of Toronto's Financial District
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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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