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Ontario, Canada's fourth largest subdivision (after Nunavut, Quebec, and the Northwest Territories), had, at the 2021 Canadian census, a land area of 892,411.76 km 2 (344,562.11 sq mi) [1] (10.15 per cent of Canada and the fifth largest after Nunavut, Quebec, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia) and as of 2017, there was 177,390 km 2 (68,490 sq mi) [2] (21.55 per cent of Canada and ...
The Société de télédiffusion du Québec (French: [sɔsjete də teledifyzjiɔ̃ dy kebɛk]; English: Quebec Television Broadcasting Corporation), branded as Télé-Québec (French:) (formerly known as Radio-Québec), is a Canadian French-language public educational television network in the province of Quebec.
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
The 1912 act was pursuant to a resolution of the House of Commons of Canada on 13 July 1908, [3] [4] which also led to the Manitoba Boundaries Extension Act, 1912 and Ontario Boundaries Extension Act, 1912, which transferred more territory around Hudson Bay to Manitoba and Ontario from the Northwest Territories' District of Keewatin. [4] [5]
The western terminus of Autoroute 40 is located at the Ontario–Quebec border, where it continues as Highway 417 towards Ottawa; the eastern terminus is in Boischatel, where it transitions into Route 138 at the end of the freeway. The portion of Autoroute 40 from the Ontario border to Autoroute 25 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
A magnitude 4 earthquake rattled Southern California before dawn Sunday morning — the strongest in a series of modest earthquakes to strike near the Ontario International Airport in the last month.
The Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company vessels included [3] Name Year of build horsepower gross tons notes Joseph Medill Paterson ex Baie Comeau: 1954: 610: 2300: Chicago Tribune: 1930: 970: 2960: Joseph Medill : 1935: 1000: 2080: Lost with all hands on her delivery voyage from England Franquelin: 1936: 1000: 2097: Prince Ungava 1964-67 ...
[4] [5] The settlement would develop rapidly during the 17th century, forming what is now called the Lower Town (French: Basse-Ville) of Quebec City. A fire in 1682 ravaged the wood structures of the settlement, prompting the construction of new stone buildings that would establish the architectural style of the square. [ 6 ]