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• Canada's most populous province, Ontario is located in central Canada between Hudson's Bay to the north and the Great Lakes to the south. To the west is the province of Manitoba, Quebec is to the east and the American states of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania lie along the southern border. Both Canada's largest city, Toronto, and its capital, Ottawa are found in Ontario, which is home to over twelve million residents.

• Fast Facts

  1. Country: Canada
  2. Capital: Toronto
  3. Language spoken: English, French
  4. Currency: Canadian dollar (CAD)
  5. Country code: 1
  6. Area codes: 807/705
  7. Time zone: EST (GMT - 5)
  8. Airport code: YYZ
  9. First settled by Europeans in 1615
  10. Provincial population: 11,410,046 (2001) MSN Encarta: The People of Ontario
  11. "Ontario" came from a Huron word meaning "great lake"
  12. Second largest province in Canada next to Quebec
  13. Area: 415,598 square miles
  14. Climate: Cool continental
  15. Official emblems: white trillium (flower), Eastern white pine (tree), common loon (bird), Amethyst (mineral)

• Geography

  Southern Ontario is heavily populated and provides rich farming grounds and deciduous forest, while the north is comprised mostly of grassy lowlands. Between these two zones lies the mineral-rich, rocky Canadian Shield. The same glaciers that shaped the northern shield also created over 250,000 lakes, which provide over 30% of the world's fresh water.

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  Canada | How to Become a Canadian Citizen | Toronto | Niagara Falls | McMaster University | University of Waterloo | Lake Superior | Lake Huron | Lake Ontario | Hudson Bay | Michael Ignatieff

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