An American's Guide to Canada: Ontario

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Capital: Toronto
Other major cities: Ottawa, Hamilton, London
Population (2004): 12,536,031
Premier: Dalton McGuinty (Liberal Party)

Canada's most populous province; as with the rest of Canada, most of the population lives within 150 miles of the US border. (Northern Ontario is so sparsely populated that the provincial map notes which towns up there have phones.) Ontario is regarded by many outside it as hopelessly arrogant and self-centered, but it's also arguably the heart of the Canadian economy. Home of Ottawa, the capital of Canada, and many of Canada's most prominent universities (University of Toronto, Queen's, McMaster).

More information:

Government of Ontario
Government of Canada's Facts about Ontario -- includes information about the land, history, people, and economy
Ontario links from Yahoo

--Emily Way (emily_@_americansguide.ca)
Last updated September 12, 2005.