Ontario

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Great Seal of Ontario

FLORAL EMBLEM: White Trillium.

Ontario. Political map: cities. Includes locator. CORE MAP ONLY. CONTAINS IMAGEMAP TO CORE ARTICLES.

Ottawa: Rideau Canal and Parliament Buildings

St. Lawrence River

Ice-skaters in Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.

For Students

Festival Theatre in Stratford, Ontario

Ontario summary

Ontario: Facts & Stats

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Last Updated: Jul 08, 2025

News •

Heat warning for southern Ontario expected to end Sunday night: Environment Canada • July 6, 2025, 11:38 PM ET (CBC)

Critics warn Ontario bill to crack down on misbehaving politicians 'fatally flawed' • July 6, 2025, 10:41 PM ET (CBC)

'It weighs on you': Ontario wildland firefighters being overworked due to lack of resources, union says • July 6, 2025, 4:14 AM ET (CBC)

Ontario wine sales surge after U.S. products pulled • July 5, 2025, 11:07 AM ET (CBC)

Ontario group marks 40 years of keeping the history of Canada's WW II 'pilot maker' alive • July 5, 2025, 8:48 AM ET (CBC)

Facts

Capital	Toronto
Population	(2021) 14,223,942; (2023 est.) 15,801,768
Date Of Admission	1867
Provincial Motto	"Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains)"
Provincial Flower	white trillium
Seats In House Of Commons	106 (of 308)
Time Zone	Central (GMT − 6 hours) • Eastern (GMT − 5 hours)
Premier	Doug Ford (Progressive Conservative Party)
Total Area (Sq Km)	1,076,395
Total Area (Sq Mi)	415,599

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Great Seal of Ontario

FLORAL EMBLEM: White Trillium.

Ontario. Political map: cities. Includes locator. CORE MAP ONLY. CONTAINS IMAGEMAP TO CORE ARTICLES.

Ottawa: Rideau Canal and Parliament Buildings

St. Lawrence River

Ice-skaters in Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.

Look into the architectural history of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Doug Ford

Doug Ford

Canadian politician

Mike Harris

Canadian politician

Lincoln Alexander

Lincoln Alexander

Canadian politician

Ryerson, Egerton

Egerton Ryerson

Canadian educator

Blake, Edward

Edward Blake

Canadian statesman

Rowell, detail of an oil painting by Wyly Grier, 1939; in the Law Society of Upper Canada collection

Newton Wesley Rowell

Canadian politician and jurist

Macdonald, John Sandfield

John Sandfield Macdonald

premier of Ontario

Brûlé, Étienne

Étienne Brûlé

Canadian explorer

Canada

Toronto skyline

Toronto

Ontario, Canada

Know the reason why Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the Canadian capital

Ottawa

national capital, Canada

Hamilton

Hamilton

Ontario, Canada

Sudbury

Ontario, Canada

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Thunder Bay

city, Ontario, Canada

Sault Sainte Marie

Sault Sainte Marie

Ontario, Canada

Kingston: Royal Military College

Kingston

Ontario, Canada

Brampton: city hall

Brampton

Ontario, Canada

Art Gallery of Windsor

Windsor

Ontario, Canada

Cambridge: Hespeler Library

Cambridge

Ontario, Canada

Moose Factory: St. Thomas Anglican Church

Moose Factory

unincorporated area, Ontario, Canada

Stratford

Stratford

Ontario, Canada

Brantford: city hall

Brantford

Ontario, Canada

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Ontario, Canada

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

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