Ontario

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Contents 1 History 2 Points of Interest 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Links and References

History

Ontario (IPA: /ɒnˈtɛɹi.oʊ/) is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population[4] and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. (Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are larger but are not provinces.) Ontario is bordered by the provinces of Manitoba to the west, Quebec to the east, and the (U.S.) states of Michigan, New York, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania (at Lake Erie). Most of Ontario's borders with the United States are natural, starting at the Lake of the Woods and continuing through the four Great Lakes: Superior, Huron (which includes Georgian Bay), Erie, and Ontario (for which the province is named), then along the Saint Lawrence River near Cornwall. Ontario is the only Canadian Province that borders the Great Lakes.

The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is located in Ontario as well. The 2006 Census counted 12,160,282 residents in Ontario, which accounted for 38.5% of the national population.

The province takes its name from Lake Ontario, which is thought to be derived from ontarí:io, a Huron word meaning "great lake", or possibly skanadario which means "beautiful water" in Iroquoian. Along with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec, Ontario is one of the four original provinces of Canada when the nation was formed on July 1, 1867 by the British North America Act.

Points of Interest

• Toronto - capital of province
• Ottawa - capital of country
• Department H (Toronto)
• Department H (Ottawa)

Notes

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Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Ontario
• Location Gallery: Ontario

Links and References

• None.