Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada that is in the eastern half of Canada, between Manitoba and Quebec. Ontario has the largest population of any province, with over 16 million in 2025, and is home to the largest city in Canada, Toronto, which is also the capital of the province.

Ontario also has the second-largest land area, with 1,076,395 kilometers; only Quebec is larger by size. (Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are also larger, but are territories, not provinces.) The province has the longest border with the United States. Along the border are four large lakes: Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior. All of them are partly in Ontario and partly in the United States, and the border runs through them. However, Lake Michigan is entirely in the United States. These five lakes are together are called the Great Lakes.

A number of symbols represent the province of Ontario. The Ontario flag is red with the British flag in the top left corner, and the provincial shield is on the right hand side of the flag. The provincial bird is the loon, and the provincial flower is the trillium. It has three flower petals and is usually white but sometimes pink or purple.

History
Ontario became part of Canada when they were created in 1867. Before 1840, it was known as Upper Canada, which was a colony in the British Empire. Between 1840 and 1867, it was known as Canada West. The government of Ontario sits at Queen's Park, in Toronto. The leader of the government is called the premier, who is now is Doug Ford. The lieutenant governor represents the Queen, and the current Lieutenant Governor is Edith Dumont.

Geography
Ontario is very large and so people sometimes divide it into Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. Most of the people in Ontario live in the Southern Ontario, which has the large cities: Toronto and the rest of the Greater Toronto Area, Ottawa and the National Capital Region, Hamilton, London, Windsor, and Sarnia. The cities of Northern Ontario are smaller. In the far north, hardly any people live at all, and there are no roads or railways, which make it difficult even to get to those places.

Much of Ontario gets lots of snow in the winter. In the summer, it can get very hot in the south parts, and in some large cities, there is smog.

Ontario borders the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Quebec and the U.S. states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.

References

 Other websites 

Government of Ontario 



Category:1867 establishments in Canada