Ontario

Most populous province

Ontario is a province in east-central Canada, the country's most populous and second-largest by area.

It borders the Great Lakes and contains both Toronto, Canada's largest city, and Ottawa, the national capital.

They drove from Ontario to Quebec.

Lake Ontario, the easternmost Great Lake, shares the name.

province

Toronto

Ontario's capital city

Kingston · Sudbury · Windsor · Niagara Falls · Brampton · London · Kitchener · Waterloo · Oshawa · Markham

Canadian

maple

Sap-yielding hardwood tree

beaver · inukshuk · curling · syrup · moose · Confederation · Canadian Shield · CBC · bilingual · Terry Fox

lakes

Great Lakes

Five connected inland seas

cottage · freshwater · canoeing · fishing · boating · watershed · Thousand Islands · trout · bass · walleye

geography

Canadian Shield

Ancient exposed continental crust

provincial parks · Algonquin · temperate · deciduous · wetlands · moraines · limestone · conservation areas

industrial

manufacturing

Industrial product creation

production · mining · forestry · aerospace · technology · pharmaceuticals · energy · nuclear · Pickering · refinery

diverse

multicultural

Including multiple ethnic traditions

Punjabi · Cantonese · Italian · Portuguese · Caribbean · South Asian · Filipino · integration · ethnic enclaves · Chinatown

Categories
Opposites
Canadian Provincial Rivalry/Contrast

OntarioQuebec

French-speaking Canadian province

French Canada · Western Canada · British Columbia · Alberta · Atlantic Canada

Geographic Periphery vs Center

OntarioNunavut

Canadian arctic territory

Northwest Territories · Yukon · Prince Edward Island

Great Lakes Geography

OntarioMichigan

Northern Great Lakes state

Ohio · New York State · Wisconsin · Illinois

Phrases
Family

Lake Ontario

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G