Ontario
About the Province of Ontario
Nicknames:
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Capital
Official language: English
Population
Size in Area
Location of Ontario:
Climate
Physical Features
Largest City: Toronto
Economy
Famous Places to Visit
Famous People
Ontario Provincial Flower
Ontario Provincial Bird
Ontario Provincial Tree
Canadian Provincial Flags
- Ontario is the second largest province in Canada and about a third of Canada's population lives here. The economy in northern Ontario centres on natural resources, especially forestry and mining. The south is heavily industrialized, serving both Canadian and U.S. markets. Ontario accounts for about a quarter of all farm revenue in Canada, and service industries are also growing rapidly.
Nicknames:
- The Heartland Province
- The Province of Opportunity (dated, official provincial slogan, formerly seen on provincial highway construction project signs)
- Onterrible
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Capital
- Toronto
Official language: English
- "First of all, each of Canada's 10 provinces and three territories adopts its own official language policy and only Quebec recognizes French as its official language. Quebec is the only place in Canada where French is the sole official language."
Population
- Population of Ontario: 12,851,821 (Statistics Canada, 20011 Census)
Size in Area
- Area of Ontario: 908,607.67 sq. km (350,815.38 sq. miles)(Statistics Canada, 20011 Census)
Location of Ontario:
- Between Manitoba on the west and the province of Quebec and the St. Lawrence River on the east, and between Hudson Bay and James Bay on the north and the Great Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron and Superior and the United States on the south. See map of Ontario.
Climate
- ONTARIO CLIMATE AND WEATHER
The climate of Ontario is continental and the province experiences hot summers and very cold winters with heavy snowfall. Spring and autumn tend to be milder, and due to the Great Lakes, the province experiences far less of a variation in its temperatures year round, as well as more precipitation than would be expected for such a central region. Cities futher away from the lakes, in the south of the province, are much hotter and temperatures can range around 80°F (30°C), with possible heat waves. In winter, areas north of the Great Lakes tend to be much colder, with more severe winters caused by Arctic air currents and temperatures can range between 36°F (0°C) and 14°F (-10°C). Fortunately the major cities are geared for the cold, with lots of central heating, indoor shopping arcades, underground walkways and indoor sports venues.
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Physical Features
- Bodies of water- major oceans, seas, lakes, & rivers
- Largest Lake: Lake Huron- 36,000 Square Kilometres (only the part of Lake Huron located in Canada)
- Mountains/landforms
Largest City: Toronto
- Location
- Population: 2,615,060
- Interesting facts
Economy
- Main Ontario Industries: Manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, mining, services
Famous Places to Visit
- Images of Places in each Province: http://www.travel-images.com/canada.html
Famous People
- Frederick Grant Banting - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923 - shared with John James Richard Macleod for the discovery of insulin.
- Banting was born on November 14, 1891, at Alliston, Ontario. Educated at the Public and High Schools at Alliston, he later went to the University of Toronto to study divinity, but soon transferred to the study of medicine.
- http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1923/banting-bio.html
- David H. Hubel – The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981 - for discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system – shared with Roger W. Sperry and Torsten N. Wiesel.
- Hubel was born in Windsor, Ontario.
- “Three of my grandparents were also born in Canada: the fourth, my paternal grandfather, emigrated as a child to the U.S.A. from the Bavarian town of Noerdlingen.
- “When I was born I acquired U.S. citizenship through my parents and Canadian citizenship by birth. (When it comes to prizes I don’t know whether each country gets half credit or both get full credit.)”
- http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1981/hubel-autobio.html
Ontario Provincial Flower
Ontario Provincial Bird
Ontario Provincial Tree
Canadian Provincial Flags