Ontario: Province o Canadae
Ontario (/ɒnˈtɛəri.oʊ/) is a Province o Canadae locatit in the east-central pairt o Canadae.
It is the lairgest Province bi population an seicont lairgest in tot aurie. It is hame tae Canadae`s maist populous ceety, Toronto, the caipital ceety o Ontario, an Ottawa, the naitional caipital o Canadae.
Ontario | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
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 Map o Canadae wi Ontario heichlichtit | |
| Confederation | 1 Julie 1867 (1st, wi QC, NS, NB) |
| Capital | Toronto |
| Lairgest ceety | Toronto |
| Lairgest metro | Greater Toronto Aurie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Constitutional monarchy |
| • Lieutenant Govrenor | Elizabeth Dowdeswell |
| • Premier | Doug Ford (PC) |
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly o Ontario |
| Federal representation | (in Canadian Pairlament) |
| Hoose seats | 106 o 338 (31.4%) |
| Senate seats | 24 o 105 (22.9%) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1076395 km2 (415,598 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 917741 km2 (354,342 sq mi) |
| • Water | 158654 km2 (61,257 sq mi) 14.7% |
| Area rank | Rankit 4t |
| 10.8% o Canadae | |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 12,851,821 |
| • Rank | Rankit 1st |
| • Density | 14/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Ontarian |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis (de facto) |
| GDP | |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Tot (2009) | C$614 billion |
| • Per capita | C$43,847 (6t) |
| Time zone | Eastren: UTC-5/-4 (maist o province) Eastren: UTC-5 (Nae DST) (Atikokan) Central: UTC-6/-5 (Maist o NW Ontario) |
| Postal abbr. | ON |
| Postal code prefix | K L M N P |
| ISO 3166 code | CA-ON |
| Flouer | White Trillium |
| Tree | Eastern White Pine |
| Bird | Great Northren Loon |
| Website | www |
| Rankins include aw provinces an territories | |
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Ontario is bordered bi Manitoba on its wast, Hudson Bay on its north, an Quebec on its east, an bi three states o the Unitit States tae its sooth (frae wast tae east): Minnesota, Michigan, an New York. Ohio an Pennsylvania are athort Lake Erie. Aw but a sma portion o Ontario's 2,700 km (1,677 mi) border wi the Unitit States follae inland waterways: frae the wast at Lake o the Woods, eastward alang the major rivers an lakes o the Great Lochs/St. Lawrence River drainage seestem. Thir are the Rainy River, Lake Superior, the St. Mary's River, Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, an alang the St. Lawrence River frae Kingston, Ontario tae the Quebec boundary juist east o Cornwall, Ontario.
Ontario is whiles broken intae twa regions, Northren Ontario an Soothren Ontario. The great majority o Ontario's population an its arable land is locatit in the sooth, maistly alang the northren lakeshores o Lake Erie an Lake Ontario. In contrast, the northren three-quarters o Ontario is spairsely populatit.
The province is named efter Lake Ontario, which is thocht tae hae been derived frae Ontarí:io, a Huron (Wyandot) wird meanin "great lake", or possibly skanadario which means "bonnie water" in the Iroquoian leids. Ontario contains aboot 250,000 freshwater lakes.
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