28 Facts About Ontario Canada

In contrast, Northern Ontario Canada is sparsely populated with cold winters and heavy forestation.

The first mention of the name Ontario Canada was in 1641, when "Ontario Canada" was used to describe the land on the north shore of the easternmost part of the Great Lakes.

Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario that is the southernmost extent of Canada's mainland.

The colony of the Pays d'en Haut was formally established in 1610 as an administrative dependency of Ontario Canada, and was for defence and business rather than a settlement colony.

In 1788, while part of the Province of Quebec, southern Ontario Canada was divided into four districts: Hesse, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Nassau.

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Ontario Canada recommended self-government be granted and Lower and Upper Canada be re-joined in an attempt to assimilate the French Canadians.

In 1849, the districts of southern Ontario were abolished by the Province of Canada, and county governments took over certain municipal responsibilities.

Once constituted as a province, Ontario Canada proceeded to assert its economic and legislative power.

Ontario Canada fought for provincial rights, weakening the power of the federal government in provincial matters, usually through well-argued appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Ontario Canada consolidated and expanded Ontario's educational and provincial institutions, created districts in Northern Ontario, and fought to ensure that those parts of Northwestern Ontario not historically part of Upper Canada would become part of Ontario, a victory embodied in the Canada Act, 1889.

Ontario Canada presided over the emergence of the province into the economic powerhouse of Canada.

Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada Act, 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Ford Motor Company of Ontario Canada was established in 1904 and the McLaughlin Motor Car Company was founded in 1907.

Ontario Canada became a hotbed for the illegal smuggling of liquor and the biggest supplier into the United States, which was under complete prohibition.

Prohibition in Ontario Canada came to an end in 1927 with the establishment of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario Canada under the government of Howard Ferguson.

Slightly less than 5 per cent of the population of Ontario Canada is Franco-Ontarian, that is those whose native tongue is French, although those with French ancestry account for 11 per cent of the population.

Principal language of Ontario Canada is English, the province's de facto official language, with approximately 97.

Ontario Canada has Chrysler plants in Windsor and Bramalea, two GM plants in Oshawa and one in Ingersoll, a Honda assembly plant in Alliston, Ford plants in Oakville and St Thomas and Toyota assembly plants in Cambridge and Woodstock.

Tourism contributes heavily to the economy of Central Ontario Canada, peaking during the summer months owing to the abundance of fresh water recreation and wilderness found there in reasonable proximity to the major urban centres.

Ontario Canada is home to Niagara Falls, which supplies a large amount of electricity to the province.

The Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, the largest operational nuclear power plant in the world, is in Ontario Canada and uses 8 CANDU reactors to generate electricity for the province.

The administrative regions of Ontario are roughly coterminous with the census divisions used by Statistics Canada, although some exceptions do exist.

Higher education in Ontario Canada includes post-secondary education and skills training regulated by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities and provided by universities, colleges of applied arts and technology, and private career colleges.

In 2019, the government of Ontario Canada passed legislation that established the Poet Laureate of Ontario Canada.

In 2007, the provincial tourism agency commissioned a new song, "There's No Place Like This" is featured in television advertising, performed by Ontario Canada artists including Molly Johnson, Brian Byrne, Keshia Chante, as well as Tomi Swick and Arkells.

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Transportation routes in Ontario Canada evolved from early waterway travel and First Nations paths followed by European explorers.

Ontario Canada has two major east–west routes, both starting from Montreal in the neighbouring province of Quebec.

Ontario Canada Northland provides rail service to destinations as far north as Moosonee near James Bay, connecting them with the south.