Southern Ontario

Information about Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario is the portion of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies south of the French River and Algonquin Park.

For most purposes, Southern Ontario is much more commonly divided into smaller regions, such as Eastern Ontario, Western Ontario, Central Ontario, the Greater Toronto Area or the Golden Horseshoe, which includes the Greater Toronto Area.

Identity

It is generally considered distinct from Northern Ontario, as it is far more densely populated and contains the majority of the province's cities, major roads, and institutions (Southern Ontario contains 94% or 11.75 million of Ontario's total population of 12.5 million people); the north, in contrast, contains more natural resources and remote wilderness. The south makes up approximately 15% of the entire land area of the province as a whole. For an inland location, it has an abdundance of fresh water coastline on three of the Great Lakes, Huron, Erie and Ontario and smaller inland lakes, notably Lake Simcoe and Lake St. Clair (part of the Great Lakes system). It is a major vineyard region and producer of Canadian wines.

Some analyses can go as far as to consider the two regions as, essentially, separate provinces, due to the level of contrast. In fact, the entirety of the north did not become part of Ontario until 1912, 45 years after Ontario entered Confederation.

Demographics

Southern Ontario is home to almost 12 million people, compared to fewer than 800,000 in the North. This is due to many factors including the more arable land in the south, its more moderate climate, well-used transportation (water and land) routes and proximity to populated areas of the Northeastern and Mid-Western United States.

The region is one of the top destinations for immigrants world-wide. Toronto, the epicentre of the area, has one of the most diverse populations in the world according to the UN. Some of the most well known cities of southern Ontario are Brampton, Brantford, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, London, Mississauga, St. Catharines-Niagara, Oshawa, and Windsor, and largest among them, Toronto and Ottawa (also part of the sub-region of Eastern Ontario).

Sources

  • Chapman, L.J. and Putnam, D.F. The Physiography of Southern Ontario. 3rd ed. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 1984. (Ontario Geological Survey. Special volume 2) ISBN 0-7743-9422-6.

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Ontario


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Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains)

Capital Toronto
Largest city Toronto
Official languages English (de facto)
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French River [1] (or Rivière des Français) is a river in central Ontario, Canada. It flows 110 kilometres from Lake Nipissing west to Georgian Bay. The river follows the boundary between the Parry Sound District and the Sudbury District, and in most contexts is
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Location Ontario, Canada
Nearest city Huntsville, Ontario

Area 7725.0 km²
Established 1893
Total visitation 800,000 to 1 million persons per year (in )
Governing body Ontario Parks


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Eastern Ontario is the region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers. It shares water boundaries with Quebec, to the north and New York State to south.

Population: 1,392,346 (2001), est.
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Southwestern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. It extends north to south from the Bruce Peninsula on Lake Huron to the Lake Erie shoreline, and east to south-west roughly from Kitchener to Windsor.
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Central Ontario is the portion of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies between Georgian Bay and the eastern end of Lake Ontario.

The population of the region was 959,266 in 2001; however, this number does not include large numbers of seasonal residents, which at peak
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Greater Toronto Area (widely abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. The GTA is a provincial planning area with a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 Canadian Census.
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Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region or urban agglomeration centred around the west end of Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada. Most of it is also part of the Windsor-Quebec City corridor. With a population of 8.
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Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing.

Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario,
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Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada–United States border. They are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth. The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is the largest freshwater system in the world.
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Location Ontario
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Catchment area 2,840 km²
Basin countries Canada
Max length 30 km
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There are a number of lakes named Lake Saint Clair or Lake St Clair.
  • Lake Saint Clair (North America) lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of Michigan.

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vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture.
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Canadian wine is produced in Southern Ontario and southern British Columbia. The two largest wine producing regions are the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario and the Okanagan in British Columbia.
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Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process by which the federal dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the provinces, colonies, and territories of British North America.
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City of Brampton

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Nickname: Flower City
Location in the Region of Peel, in the Province of Ontario
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City of Brantford

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Nickname: The Telephone City

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Province Ontario
Established May 31, 1877

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City of Hamilton

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Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve
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City of Kingston, Ontario
City Hall, Downtown Kingston
Motto: Where history and innovation thrive.
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Kitchener, Ontario
Motto: Ex industria prosperitas (Latin: "Prosperity through industry")
Location of Kitchener in the Waterloo Region
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City of Waterloo, Ontario
Motto: Stability

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Established May 27, 1857
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 - Governing Body Waterloo City Council
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Guelph, Ontario

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Nickname: The Royal City
Motto: Faith, Fidelity and Progress

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City of London

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Nickname: "The Forest City"
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City of Mississauga
Mississauga's skyline is made up of high rises from around 30-40 stories

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Nickname: Sauga
Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future
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City of St. Catharines
Historic buildings line St. Paul Street in Downtown St. Catharines; the former bed of the First Welland canal is in the foreground.
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Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario

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Motto: Unity, Responsibility, Loyalty
Location of Niagara within Ontario
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Province Ontario
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City of Oshawa, Ontario
Motto: Prepare To Be Amazed
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Province Ontario
Region Durham Region
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City of Windsor, Ontario
City of Windsor skyline

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Nickname: The City of Roses, The Automotive Capital of Canada
Motto: The river and the land sustain us.
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