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The history of Ontario covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands that make up present-day Ontario, the most populous province of Canada as of the early 21st century have been inhabited for millennia by groups of Aboriginal people, with French and British exploration and colonization commencing in the 17th century.
1871 – Thunder Bay District, Ontario, is created out of the western portion of Algoma District, Ontario. 1872 – contracts are let by the federal government to survey the route through Northwestern Ontario of the Canadian Pacific Railway , to stimulate settlement of Western Canada , to bring Western agricultural and other products to Ontario ...
Ontario [a] is the southernmost province of Canada. [9] [b] Located in Central Canada, [10] Ontario is the country's most populous province.As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5 per cent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec).
When the states in the US and provinces in Canada were assigned area codes in 1947 by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), direct distance dialing (DDD) using the area code and the local number was introduced starting in 1951, eventually eliminating the use of the prefix. After that, the local telephone providers designated "00 ...
The International Court of Justice decided the maritime border with the United States in the Gulf of Maine. [60] No land changed hands, and the scope of the case did not include the sovereignty of Machias Seal Island. [59] April 1, 1999 The territory of Nunavut was created from roughly the eastern half of the Northwest Territories. [n] [61]
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