29 Facts About Greater Sudbury

The City of Greater Sudbury is separate from, but entirely surrounded by the Sudbury District.

Greater Sudbury region was inhabited by the Ojibwe people of the Algonquin group for thousands of years prior to the founding of Greater Sudbury after the discovery of nickel ore in 1883 during the construction of the transcontinental railway.

Greater Sudbury was formed in 2001 by merging the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury with several previously unincorporated townships.

Greater Sudbury was once a major lumber center and a world leader in nickel mining.

Greater Sudbury has since expanded from its resource-based economy to emerge as the major retail, economic, health, and educational center for Northeastern Ontario.

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Greater Sudbury is home to a large Franco-Ontarian population, which influences its arts and culture.

Greater Sudbury was incorporated as a town in 1893, and its first mayor was Joseph Etienne aka Stephen Fournier.

Greater Sudbury is credited with the original discovery of the ore body at Falconbridge.

Greater Sudbury's economy was dominated by the mining industry for much of the 20th century.

Greater Sudbury was the fastest-growing city and one of the wealthiest cities in Canada for most of the decade.

Ecology of the Greater Sudbury region has recovered dramatically, helped by regreening programs and improved mining practices.

Ramsey Lake, a few kilometres south of downtown Greater Sudbury, held the same record before the municipal amalgamation in 2001 brought Lake Wanapitei fully inside the city limits.

Greater Sudbury is divided into two main watersheds: to the east is the French River watershed which flows into Georgian Bay and to the west is the Spanish River watershed which flows into the North Channel of Lake Huron.

Greater Sudbury is built around many small, rocky mountains with exposed igneous rock of the Canadian Shield.

Greater Sudbury's culture is influenced by the large Franco-Ontarian community consisting of approximately 40 percent of the city's population, particularly in the amalgamated municipalities of Valley East and Rayside-Balfour and historically in the Moulin-a-Fleur neighbourhood.

The large francophone community plays a central role in developing and maintaining many of the cultural institutions of Greater Sudbury including the Theatre du Nouvel-Ontario, La Nuit sur l'etang, La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Le Centre franco-ontarien de folklore and the Prise de parole publishing company.

Greater Sudbury has numerous community theatre companies throughout the city, including its first and only for-charity theatre company, UP Theatre.

Greater Sudbury is home to the Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Corps, a youth drum corps active since 1952.

High school students compete in the Greater Sudbury District Secondary School Athletic Association, which is a division of Northern Ontario Secondary School Athletics .

Greater Sudbury has an emerging film and television industry, with a number of projects filming in the city in the 2000s.

Greater Sudbury is home to the Science North Production Team, an award-winning producer of documentary films and multimedia presentations for museums.

The Creighton Mine site in Greater Sudbury is home to SNOLAB, the second-deepest underground laboratory in the world and the site of numerous dark matter experiments.

Greater Sudbury serves as the health care center for much of northeastern Ontario through Health Sciences North.

Greater Sudbury is the site of the Regional Cancer Program, which treats cancer patients from across the north.

Greater Sudbury is served by the Greater Sudbury Police Service, headquartered in downtown Sudbury.

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The municipally owned energy provider Greater Sudbury Utilities serves the city's urban core, while rural areas in the city continue to be served by Hydro One.

Intercity motor coach service is available at the Greater Sudbury Ontario Northland Bus Terminal, which is a stop for Ontario Northland motor coaches.

Greater Sudbury is the only census division in Northern Ontario that maintains a system of numbered municipal roads, similar to the county road system in the southern part of the province.

Greater Sudbury has produced 81 National Hockey League hockey players, a number larger than any European city, including Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Eddie Giacomin, George Armstrong, Art Ross, and Al Arbour.