Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest (after Quebec) in total area. Ontario is bordered by the provinces of Manitoba to the west, Quebec to the east, and the American states of Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. Most of Ontario's borders with the United States are natural, starting at the Lake of the Woods and continuing through the four Great Lakes: Superior, Huron (which includes Georgian Bay), Erie, and Ontario (for which the province is named), then along the Saint Lawrence River near Cornwall. Ontario is the only Canadian Province that borders the Great Lakes.
The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is located in Ontario as well. The 2006 Census counted 12,160,282 residents in Ontario, which accounted for 38.5% of the national population.
Universities:
Brock University St. Catharines
Carleton University Ottawa
Lakehead University Thunder Bay
Laurentian University Sudbury
McMaster University Hamilton
Nipissing University North Bay
Ontario College of Art & Design Toronto
Queen's University Kingston
Royal Military College of Canada Kingston
Ryerson University Toronto
Trent University Peterborough
University of Guelph Guelph
University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa
University of Ottawa Ottawa
University of Toronto Toronto
University of Waterloo Waterloo
University of Western Ontario London
University of Windsor Windsor
Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo
York University Toronto
Colleges:
Algonquin College (Ottawa)
Cambrian College (Sudbury)
Canadore College (North Bay)
Centennial College (Scarborough)
Collège Boréal French language school (Sudbury)
Conestoga College* (Kitchener)
Confederation College (Thunder Bay)
Durham College (Oshawa)
Fanshawe College (London)
Fleming College (Peterborough)
George Brown College (Toronto)
Georgian College (Barrie)
Humber College (Toronto)
La Cité collégiale French language school (Ottawa)
Lambton College (Sarnia)
Loyalist College (Belleville)
Mohawk College (Hamilton)
Niagara College (Welland)
Northern College (Timmins)
St. Clair College (Windsor)
St. Lawrence College (Kingston)
Sault College (Sault Ste. Marie)
Seneca College (Toronto)
Sheridan College (Oakville)
Professional Sports Teams:
National Basketball Association:
Toronto Raptors
National Hockey League:
Toronto Maple Leafs
Ottawa Senators
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays
Canadian Football League:
Toronto Argonauts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
American Hockey League:
Toronto Marlies
Hamilton Bulldogs
International League:
Ottawa Lynx
National Lacrosse League:
Toronto Rock
Major League Soccer:
Toronto FC
National Women's Hockey League:
Brampton Thunder
Ottawa Raiders
Oakville Ice
Etobicoke Dolphins
Mississauga Aeros
Can-Am League
Ottawa Lynx
Canadian Soccer League:
Toronto Croatia
Oakville Blue Devils
Border Stars
London City (soccer club)
North York Astros
St. Catharines Wolves
Toronto Supra Portuguese
Italia Shooters
Serbian White Eagles
Brampton Stallions (to resume in 2008)
The singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director Neil Young was born in Toronto and spent part of his childhood in Omemee, a town he memorialized in his song "Helpless" (written for Young's band Crazy Horse but most famously recorded on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album Déjà Vu). The first lines of the song read, "There is a town in north Ontario / With dream comfort memory to spare / And in my mind I still need a place to go / All my changes were there."
Other famous artists originating from Ontario include musician Avril Lavigne (Napanee), Rush (Toronto), The Tragically Hip (Kingston), singers Paul Anka, Keisha Chante, and Alanis Morissette all from (Ottawa), Gordon Lightfoot (Orillia), comics Jim Carrey, (Newmarket), John Candy, Russell Peters, Mike Myers and music band the Barenaked Ladies. The formerly mentioned four entertainers either were raised or at one time resided in Scarborough, formerly an incorporated city which now makes up the eastern section of Toronto, and from Northern Ontario, musician Shania Twain (Timmins).
The Carolinian forest zone covers most of the southwestern section, its northern extent is part of the Greater Toronto Area at the western end of Lake Ontario. The most well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the much more extensive Niagara Escarpment. The Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies roughly 85% of the surface area of the province; conversely Southern Ontario contains 94% of the population.
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