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Ontario is one of the ten provinces in Canada. Ontario Canada is the country's most populous province, the second largest - next to Quebec - by land mass, and home to the national capital, Ottawa. Ontario Canada's provincial capital, Toronto, is the country's biggest and probably most famous city.
•Where is Ontario?
Ontario is in central eastern Canada.Ontario Canada is bordered by Quebec to the east and Manitoba to the west. U.S. states to the south are Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The 2700 km Ontario / U.S. border is almost completely water.
•Ontario Canada Geography
The varied landscape includes the rocky and mineral-rich Canadian Shield, which separates fertile farmland in the south and the grassy lowlands of the north. The 250,000 lakes in Ontario make up about one-third of the world's fresh water. (Government of Ontario )•Ontario Canada Population
12,160,282 (Statistics Canada, 2006 Census) - about one third of Canada's population lives in Ontario. The majority of Ontario's population lives in the southern region, especially around Toronto and elsewhere along the northern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.•Ontario Canada Climate
Summers are hot and humid; temperatures can rise above 30°C (86°F). Winters are cold and snowy, with temperatures at times dropping to below -40°C (-40°F).See also Toronto weather.
