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This is a list of notable people who were either born or lived in Ontario, Canada, ... William Lyon Mackenzie King - 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-26, 1926-30, ...
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.
Lists of political office-holders in Ontario (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Lists of people from Ontario" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
Aboriginal people lived on the land for millennia before European settlers came for means of exploration and colonization. Before Europeans traveled to North America, first nations people, mostly Algonquian and Iroquoian, shared the land where Ontario is now located.
A replica of the original Donnelly tombstone, belonging to Ray Fazakas, on display at the Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly museum in Lucan-Biddulph, Ontario. The "Black" Donnellys were an Irish Catholic immigrant family who settled in Biddulph township , Upper Canada (later the province of Ontario ), about 25 km northwest of London , in the 1840s.
Jermain Wesley Loguen found freedom in what is now Ontario. He lived in Hamilton and St. Catharines from 1837 to 1841, and then he settled in Syracuse, New York, where he operated an Underground Railroad station in Syracuse. [1] Fugitive Slaves in Canada poster for Rev. William King
Wilberforce Colony was a colony established in the year 1829 by free African American citizens, north of present-day London, Ontario, Canada.It was an effort by African-Americans to create a place where they could live in political freedom.
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).