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An outcrop of the Frontenac Axis near Cornwall, Ontario. The Thousand Islands – Frontenac Arch region or the Frontenac Axis is an exposed strip of Precambrian rock in Canada and the United States that links the Canadian Shield from Algonquin Park with the Adirondack Mountain region in New York, an extension of the Laurentian Mountains of Québec.
Ontario is Canada's leading manufacturing province, accounting for 52% of the total national manufacturing shipments in 2004. [73] Ontario's largest trading partner is the American state of Michigan. As of April 2012, Moody's bond-rating agency rated Ontario debt at AA2/stable, [74] while S&P rated it AA−. [75]
Ontario has 52 cities, [1] which together had in 2016 a cumulative population of 9,900,179 and average population of 190,388. [2] The most and least populous are Toronto and Dryden, with 2,794,356 and 7,749 residents, respectively. [2] Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, whose council voted to change from a town to a city on March 26, 2019. [3]
Orillia (/ ə ˈ r ɪ l i ə /) [6] is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 30 km (18 mi) north-east of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is located at the confluence of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier municipality. It is part of the Huronia region of Central Ontario ...
Wilderness areas: Areas preserved to maintain their natural state, and protect flora and fauna. Research and educational activities can occur. Dedicated protected areas: Areas identified by First Nations and the Government of Ontario through community-based land use planning in the Far North area of the province. These areas protect the unique ...
The geology of Ontario is the study of rock formations in the most populated province in Canada- it is home to some of the oldest rock on Earth. The geology in Ontario consists of ancient Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rock which sits under younger, sedimentary rocks and soils. Around 61% of Ontario is covered by the Canadian Shield. The ...
State/Province Ontario (CA) and Minnesota (US) The Boundary Waters , also called the Quetico-Superior Country , is a region of wilderness straddling the Canada–United States border between Ontario and Minnesota , in the area just west of Lake Superior .
View of islands in Lake Huron between Manitoulin Island (left) and the northwestern tip of the Bruce Peninsula (right). North is oriented towards the upper left in this photo taken from the International Space Station on April 10, 2022.