34 Facts About Sudbury Ontario

Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census.

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

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

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

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

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

Sudbury Ontario region was inhabited by the Ojibwe people of the Algonquin group as early as 9,000 years ago following the retreat of the last continental ice sheet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sudbury Ontario 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.

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

Historically, the Liberals have been stronger in the Sudbury Ontario riding, with the New Democrats dominant in Nickel Belt, although both ridings have elected members of both parties at different times.

Sudbury Ontario'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 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.

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

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

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

At the census metropolitan area level in the 2021 census, the Greater Sudbury Ontario CMA had a population of 170,605 living in 73,387 of its 78,225 total private dwellings, a change of 2.

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

Development of an active film and television production industry in Northern Ontario was initially undertaken by Cinefest, the city's annual film festival, in the early 1990s, and is currently overseen by Music and Film in Motion, a non-profit organization based in Sudbury.

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

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Greater Sudbury Ontario is home to three postsecondary institutions: Laurentian University, a primarily undergraduate bilingual university with approximately 9,000 students, Cambrian College, an English college of applied arts and technology with 4,500 full-time and 7,500 part-time students, and College Boreal, a francophone college with 2,000 enrolled.

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

Finally, the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Sudbury Ontario provides publicly funded French-language Catholic education, with 15 elementary, four secondary schools, and one adult education secondary school.

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

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

The municipally owned energy provider Greater Sudbury Ontario 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 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.

Sudbury Ontario 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.