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Specialty Definition: 400-Series Highway

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400-Series Highways are a network of controlled-access freeways throughout the Province of Ontario, Canada. They function similar to the Interstate Highway network in the United States or the Autoroute system in the province of Quebec. Modern 400-series highways have very high design standards, high speed limits (100 KM/h with plans to raise it as high as 130 KM/h) and various collision avoidance systems. The standard interchange used on 400-Series Highways, the Parclo A4, was designed by Ontario's Ministry of Transportation to replace the cloverleaf interchange and has since become the standard interchange used on new freeways throughout North America.

'''Aerial view of Highway 401 looking east from the Don Valley Parkway
in Toronto

400-Series History

400-Series Highways receive numbers one of two ways. The first and original method was sequential numbering starting at 400 and working up to 409. The first three 400-series Highways were 400, 401 and 402 - originally known as the Barrie-Toronto Highway, Highway 2A and the Bluewater Bridge Approach. All three highways received their numbers in 1952. Since then additional highways have been constructed using sequential numbering from 403 to 409. Although there were plans for a Highway 408 it was not constructed. It is widely believed that the new Mid-Peninsula Highway bypass of the Queen Elizabeth Way will receive the designation 408.

The more common method of 400-series numbering after 1970 is assigning a 400 designation to an already-existing highway. For example, Toronto’s Highway 427 was the original routing of Highway 27 prior to being upgraded to a freeway. Highway 416 and 417 were the original routings of Highway 16 and 17 in the Ottawa area. Sometimes the highway isn’t necessarily an upgrade of the existing route. Highway 410 and 420 were both freeway bypasses of Highway 10 and Highway 20.

Although the Queen Elizabeth Way has no posted route number it is still part of the 400-Series highway network. The QEW has the secret designation of Highway 451.

List of 400-Series Highways

Today there are 15 different 400-Series Highways (including the QEW) creating a transportation backbone across the southern portion of the province. Plans are currently underway to extend the existing network into Northern Ontario as well as add new routes into the system.

Highway 400

• 156.9 km in Length (officially)
• Year: 1952 (known as the Barrie-Toronto Highway prior to 1952)
• Southern Terminus: Maple Leaf Drive in Toronto
• Northern Terminus: approximately one km north of Bowes Street in Parry Sound, where it continues as Highway 69

As of October 2003, Highway 400 runs from Toronto to Parry Sound. There is currently an 8 kilometre gap at the Musquash River bridge where the highway is only two lanes, rather than four; however, as the four-lane construction is expected to be completed within a couple of years, the Highway 400 designation has already been extended through this segment. There is also an approximately 20 km stretch, from Horseshoe Lake to the terminus at Parry Sound, where the highway bears the dual designation 400/69. At the Parry Sound terminus of Highway 400, the four lanes simply merge into two and continue northward as Highway 69. Continued construction along the Highway 69 corridor will eventually extend Highway 400 to Sudbury in Northern Ontario. Although this may be subject to change, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation currently plans to have this construction completed by 2013.

Highway 400 is Toronto's main freeway link into Muskoka, York Region and Barrie.

Highway 401

• Known as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway for its entire length
• 817.9 km in Length - The Longest 400-Series Highway
• Year: 1952 (known as Highway 2A prior to 1952)
• Western Terminus: Highway 3 in Windsor
• Eastern Terminus: Quebec Border

Highway 401 runs from Windsor to the Quebec border. Highway 401 is the backbone of the 400-Series network running across the entire length of Southern and Eastern Ontario.

Highway 402

• 102.5 km in Length
• Year: 1952 (known as the Blue Water Bridge Approach prior to 1952)
• Western Terminus: Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward
• Eastern Terminus: Highway 401 in London

Highway 402 starts at the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward (a small village located inside Sarnia) and runs 102km to end at Highway 401 in London. The 402 connects Interstates 69 and 94 in Michigan with the 401 in Ontario.

Highway 403

• Known as the Chedoke Expressway though Hamilton
• 112.4 km in Length (23 km of which are concurrently signed with the Queen Elizabeth Way)
• Year: 1963
• Western Terminus: Highway 401 in Woodstock
• Eastern Terminus: Highway 401 in Mississauga

Highway 403 forms a loop that runs from the Highway 401 in Woodstock back to the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 410 in Mississauga. It passes through Brantford, Hamilton and the Southwestern Suburbs of Toronto. Land that was originally planned to be used for the 403 through Burlington and Oakville was sold to the owners of Highway 407 in the mid-1990s, making a 23km gap between the two sections permanent. In 2002 the Ministry of Transportion co-signed the section of QEW together with the 403.

Highway 404

• 36.8 km in Length (extensions planned)
• Year: 1977 (known as the Don Valley Parkway prior to 1977)
• Southern Terminus: Highway 401 in Toronto
• Northern Terminus: Herald Road/Green Lane in Newmarket

Highway 404 runs from north from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto to currently end in Newmarket, with eventual plans to extend it to the northern side of Lake Simcoe. Highway 404 is the second north-south freeway in York Region and connects the Northeastern Suburbs with Toronto.

Highway 405

• 8.5 km in Length
• Year: 1963
• Western Terminus: Queen Elizabeth Way west of Niagara Falls
• Eastern Terminus: Queenston-Lewiston International Bridge

Highway 405 serves as a connector from the Queen Elizabeth Way to the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Though a short spur route, it is still considered a major highway connecting the main trunk highway to Toronto (the QEW) with Interstate 190 outside of Niagara Falls, New York.

Highway 406

• 25 km in Length (extensions planned)
• Year: 1965
• Southern Terminus: East Main Street (Highway 7146) in Welland
• Northern Terminus: Queen Elizabeth Way in St. Catharines

Highway 406 serves as a north-south route from the Queen Elizabeth Way through downtown St. Catharines and into central Niagara. It is the last remaining 400-Series highway under Ministry of Transportation jurisdiction with two-lane non-freeway sections. These sections, located between Fonthill and Welland, are planned to be upgraded to full four-lane freeway starting in the Summer of 2004. Plans to extend the route further south to Highway 3 in Port Colborne have been on the books for years, though with the immanent construction of the Mid-Peninsula Highway any future extensions of Highway 406 are in doubt.

Highway 407

• 108 km in Length (extensions planned)
• Year: 1997
• Western Terminus: Junction of Highway 403 and the Queen Elizabeth Way in Burlington
• Eastern Terminus: Highway 7 near Brock Road in Pickering

Highway 407 forms of Northern Bypass of Highway 401 and the Queen Elizabeth Way through the Greater Toronto Area. It is Ontario’s only toll highway and owned by a private corporation. Highway 407 was also the first highway to use electronic toll collection exclusively for its entire length.

Highway 409

• Known as the Belfield Expressway for its entire length
• 4.4 km - The shortest 400-Series Highway
• Year: 1975
• Western Terminus: Highway 427 in Toronto
• Eastern Terminus: Highway 401 in Toronto

Highway 409 is a short connector route from the 401 to Pearson International Airport. A short section of Highway 409 between Airport Road and Highway 427 in Mississauga was sold to the Greater Toronto Airport Authority in 1999 and is now under their jurisdiction.

Highway 410

• 13.5 km in Length (extensions planned and under construction)
• Year: 1979
• Southern Terminus: Highway 401 in Mississauga
• Northern Terminus: Bovaird Drive (Highway 7) in Brampton

Highway 410 runs from the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 403 in Mississauga through Northern Mississauga and Brampton, with eventual plans to extend it as far north as Orangeville or Owen Sound. Construction of a short extension from Highway 7 to Highway 10 is currently underway.

Highway 416

• Known as the Veterans Memorial Highway for its entire length
• 75 km in Length
• Year: 1996
• Southern Terminus: Highway 401 north of Johnstown
• Northern Terminus: Highway 417 in Ottawa

Highway 416 runs from Highway 401 near Johnstown to Highway 417 in Ottawa along the former routing of Highway 16. On the 54th anniversary of D-Day, June 6th, 2003, Highway 416 was officially dedicated as the Veterans Memorial Highway. It is the newest 400-Series highway to be built and owned by the Ministry of Transportation and is the main link between Toronto (via Highway 401) and the National Capital Region.

Highway 417

• Known as the Queensway through Ottawa
• 163 km in Length (extensions planned and under construction)
• Year: 1971
• Eastern Terminus: Quebec Border
• Western Terminus: South of Antrim where it continues as Highway 17

Highway 417 is the main freeway through the National Capital Region and Eastern Ontario along the Quebec border. Construction of a 27 km extension to Arnprior is currently underway and expected to be completed soon. Eventually the Ministry of Transportation hopes to extend the 417 as far west as North Bay and possibly even as far as Sault Ste. Marie -- however, there is no definite timeline set for this construction. Unlike all other east-west highways in Ontario, the 417 begins its mileage logs at the eastern terminus rather than the west.

Highway 420

• Known as Roberts Street east of Stanley Ave in Niagara Falls
• 4.6 or 3.8 km in Length (extensions planned)
• Year: 1972 (known as the Queen Elizabeth Way prior to 1972)
• Western Terminus: Montrose Road in Niagara Falls
• Eastern Terminus: Rainbow Bridge or Stanley Ave in Niagara Falls

This short freeway connects the Queen Elizabeth Way to the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls. The highway was originally a part of the Queen Elizabeth Way itself, but it was renumbered as Highway 420 in 1972, after extensive reconstruction of the route. For nearly 800 meters east of Stanley Ave, Highway 420 is just a regular four-lane city street known as Roberts Street. Though this section of highway was once considered part of the 420, it was transfered to the City of Niagara Falls in 2000. Whether or not Roberts Street is still actually Highway 420 is questionable. The Ministry of Transportation hopes to extend the 420 west past Montrose Road to meet up with Highway 58 and the Thorold Tunnel.

Highway 427

• Known as the Airport Expressway between Highway 401 and Highway 409.
• Known as Browns Line between Evans Ave and Highway 401
• 21.3 km in Length (extensions planned)
• Year: 1972 (known as Highway 27 between the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 401 and as the Airport Expressway between Highway 401 and Highway 409 prior to 1972)
• Southern Terminus: Evans Ave in Toronto
• Northern Terminus: Highway 7 in Vaughan

Highway 427 came into existance by designating the already-freeway portions of Highway 27 and the Airport Expressway as a 400-series highway. It serves the heavy-travelled area between the Queen Elizabeth Way and Gardiner Expressway in the south and Highway 407 in the north. Highway 427 has heavy traffic volumes and is no less then 12 lanes between the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway and Highway 401. The Ministry of Transportation plans on extending Highway 427 to at least Highway 89 and possibly as far as the Barrie area.

Queen Elizabeth Way (Highway 451)

• 139 km in Length
• Year: 1939 (known as Middle Road, New Niagara Falls Highway and the Homer-Stamford Motorway in various sections as far back as 1936)
• Fort Erie Terminus: Peace Bridge in Fort Erie
• Toronto Terminus: Highway 427 in Toronto, where it continues as the Gardiner Expressway

The Queen Elizabeth Way is one of North America's oldest long-distance superhighways. Due to several directional changes along the route the highway uses city names rather than cardinal directions to direct motorists.

Former 400-Series Highways

Due to government restructuring in 1997 and 1998 various sections of provincial highway were transferred over to local jurisdictions. While most of the highways transferred were local in nature, several large routes including freeways were transferred to local governments.

Highway 400A

• Now a section of Highway 11
• 1.1 km in Length
• Year: 1960-1997
• Western Terminus: Highway 400
• Eastern Terminus: Highway 11

Originally Highway 400 until the opening of the Coldwater Extension in 1960, Highway 400A, though never signed, was a short spur connecting Highway 400 to the Highway 11 expressway northeast of Barrie. When Highway 11 south of Highway 400 was transferred to local control in 1997 the designation Highway 11 was officially applied to Highway 400A, eliminating it in its entirety. Highway 400A was formerly the shortest 400-Series Highway, had no junctions located between its termini, and was the only 400-Series Highway to be a suffixed route number.

Queen Elizabeth Way east of Highway 427

• Now a section of the Gardiner Expressway
• 6 km in Length (total QEW length 145 km)
• Year: 1939-1997
• Western Terminus: Highway 427
• Eastern Terminus: Gardiner Expressway

This short section of Queen Elizabeth Way was transffered to the City of Toronto in 1997 as a cost savings measure by the Provincial Government. It has since been re-designated as a western extension of the Gardiner Expressway

Future Additions to the System

There are several plans on the books to add new routes to the 400-series highway system to serve the growing population of motorists throughout Ontario. Many of these new routes are expected to be toll roads owned and operated in a similar fashion to Highway 407.

Mid-Peninsula Highway

• Expected to receive the designation Highway 408
• Year: Around 2009
• Planned Western Terminus: Highway 407 in Burlington
• Planned Eastern Terminus: Queen Elizabeth Way in Fort Erie, Ontario

The Mid-Peninsula Highway will serve as southern bypass of the Queen Elizabeth Way through the environmental sensitive Niagara Peninsula. Current estimates peg the QEW requiring five lanes of traffic per direction by 2012. Widening the highway to ten lanes through Ontario's Wine Country and Tender Fruitlands was not considered an acceptable option. Instead, the Mid-Peninsula Highway was devised as a bypass of the QEW for traffic heading directly to Toronto and beyond across the Southern and Central portions of the Niagara Peninsula. The Mid-Peninsula Highway will more then likely be a privately-owned toll (similar to Highway 407 road with construction expected to begin in 2004-2005.

Bradford Bypass

• No designation planned at this time
• Year: Around 2012
• Planned Western Terminus: Highway 400 near Bradford
• Planned Eastern Terminus: Highway 404 near Queensville

The Bradford Bypass will serve as a connector between Highways 400 and 404 on the extreme northern edge of the Greater Toronto Area. Construction is expected to begin by the end of this decade.

401/407 East Leg Connector 1

• Expected to receive the designation Highway 412, if it receives a designation at all
• Year: Mid-2010s
• Planned Southern Terminus: Highway 401 on the Ajax/Whiby border
• Planned Northern Terminus: Highway 407

401/407 East Leg Connector 1 will serve as a connector between Highway 401 and Highway 407 in the fast-growing western end of Durham Region.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "400-Series Highway."

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Coat of Arms of Ontario

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The Coat of Arms of Ontario contains the shield of arms for the Province of Ontario. The shield was granted Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria in 1868. It also shows the Ontario crest and supporters, which were granted Royal Warrant by King Edward VII in 1909. The shield of arms consists of three golden maple leaves on a green background below the Cross of St. George. The cross of the shield is on a white background. The crest is a black bear standing on a gold and green wreath, with a moose and deer supporting both sides of the shield. Below the moose, the shield and the deer, there is a banner with the latin motto Ut incepit Fidelis sic permanet, which translates to Loyal she began, loyal she remains.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Coat of Arms of Ontario."

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Flag of Ontario

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The current Flag of Ontario was proclaimed the official flag of the Canadian province of Ontario by the Flag Act on May 21, 1965. The flag is a defaced Red Ensign, with the Union Jack in the upper left hand corner and the Ontario shield of arms in the fly. Prior to 1965 Canada as a whole had used both the Canadian Red Ensign and the Union Jack, but in that year the Maple-leaf flag was introduced as the flag of Canada.

See also:

• List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols

  Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flag of Ontario."

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Green Party of Ontario

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The Green Party of Ontario contests provincial elections in Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's second-largest Green Party after the Green Party of British Columbia.

Although it shares the same Ten Key Values as other North American Greens, it is sometimes criticized by leftists as being (at least one of the) "furthest right" Green Parties in North America. The elements of green politics it emphasizes, including a green tax shift and privatization of electric power generation (with the public maintaining control of the extensive Ontario power grid), are almost libertarian in character. For this reason they are sometimes called Blue Greens or Green Tories.

Defenders of this strategy argue that it effectively splits the right wing vote, and does not prevent Greens from cooperating on the municipal and regional level with more left-wing parties. A term that Green activists coined to describe this strategy is radical centrist.

Leader Frank de Jong is a key figure in this strategy, and has led the Ontario Greens through almost their entire history. As of June 2003, when Ontario Premier Ernest Eves put off an anticipated election, the Ontario Greens stood as the fourth party, with support of 6% of the decided voters, concentrated in Toronto, Ontario's capital and largest city.

External links

• http://greenparty.on.ca
• http://gpo.ca

  Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Green Party of Ontario."

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Lake Ontario

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Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

Lake Ontario is the eastern-most and smallest in surface area (19,009 square kilometers) of the Great Lakes. It exceeds only Lake Erie in volume (1639 km³). Its primary inlet is Niagara Falls (from Lake Erie) and primary outlet is the Saint Lawrence River.

A portion of the Great Lakes Waterway passes through the lake, which is accessible from upstream by the Welland Canal and from downstream by the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Trent-Severn Waterway for pleasure boats connects Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay of Lake Huron through Lake Simcoe.

Other notable geographic features are Hamilton Harbour, the Bay of Quinte, and the Toronto Islands.

The American shore of the lake is largely rural, with the exception of Rochester, New York. A large conurbation called the Golden Horseshoe (including Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario) is to be found on the Canadian side.

Great Lakes
Lake Superior	Lake Michigan	Lake Huron	Lake Erie	Lake Ontario

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lake Ontario."

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario

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This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Ontario.

Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada

Upper Canada was created out of the western part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.

Name	Term
John Graves Simcoe	1791-1796
Peter Russell	1796-1799
Peter Hunter	1799-1805
Alexander Grant	1805-1806
Francis Gore	1806-1811
Sir Isaac Brock	1811-1812
Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe	1812-1813
Francis de Rottenburg	1813
Sir Gordon Drummond	1813-1814
Sir George Murray	1815
Frederick Philip Robinson	1815
Francis Gore (2nd incumbency)	1815-1817
Samuel Smith	1817-1818
Sir Peregrine Maitland	1818-1828
Sir John Colborne	1828-1836
Sir Francis Bond Head	1836-1838
Sir George Arthur	1838-1839
Charles Poullet Thompson, Lord Sydenham	1839-1841

Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada, and united Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada. Upper Canada became Canada West.

Lieutenant Governors of Canada West

After Richard Downes Jackson, the Lieutenant Governors were also simultaneously Governors General.

Name	Term
John Clitherow	1841
Sir Richard Downes Jackson	1841-1842
Sir Charles Bagot	1842-1843
Charles Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe of Fernhill	1843-1845
Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart	1845-1847
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin	1847-1854
Sir Edmund Walker Head	1854-1861
Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon	1861-1866

The Province of Canada was split into Ontario and Quebec after Canadian Confederation in 1867.

Lieutenant Governors of Ontario

Name	Term
Henry William Stisted	1867-1868
William Pearce Howland	1868-1873
John Willoughby Crawford	1873-1875
Donald Alexander Macdonald	1875-1880
John Beverley Robinson	1880-1887
Sir Alexander Campbell	1887-1892
Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick	1892-1896
Sir Casimir Gzowski (acting)	1896-1897
Sir Oliver Mowat	1897-1903
Sir William Mortimer Clark	1903-1908
Sir John Morison Gibson	1908-1914
Sir John Strathearn Hendrie	1914-1919
Lionel Herbert Clarke	1919-1921
Henry Cockshutt	1921-1927
William Donald Ross	1927-1931
Sir William Mulock (acting)	1931-1932
Herbert Alexander Bruce	1932-1937
Albert Edward Matthews	1937-1946
Ray Lawson	1946-1952
Louis Orville Breithaupt	1952-1957
John Keiller MacKay	1957-1963
William Earl Rowe	1963-1968
William Ross Macdonald	1968-1974
Pauline Mills McGibbon	1974-1980
John Black Aird	1980-1985
Lincoln Alexander	1985-1991
Henry N. R. Jackman	1991-1997
Hilary M. Weston	1997-2002
James K. Bartleman	2002-present

Other Canadian Lieutenant Governors:

Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba - New Brunswick - Newfoundland and Labrador - Nova Scotia - Ontario - Prince Edward Island - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Northwest Territories

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario."

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List of Ontario premiers

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This is a list of the premiers of the province of Ontario, Canada, since Confederation (1867).

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	J.S. Macdonald	1867	1871	Coalition
2.	Edward Blake	1871	1872	Liberal
3.	Oliver Mowat	1872	1896	Liberal
4.	Arthur S. Hardy	1896	1899	Liberal
5.	George William Ross	1899	1905	Liberal
6.	James P. Whitney	1905	1914	Conservative
7.	William Hearst	1914	1919	Conservative
8.	Ernest C. Drury	1919	1923	United Farmers
9.	George Howard Ferguson	1923	1930	Conservative
10.	George Stewart Henry	1930	1934	Conservative
11.	Mitchell Hepburn	1934	1942	Liberal
12.	Gordon Daniel Conant	1942	1943	Liberal
13.	Harry Nixon	1943	1943	Liberal
14.	George Drew	1943	1948	Conservative
15.	Thomas Kennedy	1948	1949	Conservative
16.	Leslie Frost	1949	1961	Conservative
17.	John Robarts	1961	1971	Conservative
18.	William (Bill) Davis	1971	1985	Conservative
19.	Frank Miller	1985	1985	Conservative
20.	David Peterson	1985	1990	Coalition, Liberal
21.	Bob Rae	1990	1995	NDP
22.	Mike Harris	1995	2002	Conservative
23.	Ernie Eves	2002	2003	Conservative
24.	Dalton McGuinty	2003	-	Liberal

Other lists of Canadian first ministers:
Prime Minister - Alberta - B.C - Manitoba - N.B - Nfld.-Lab - N.S - P.E.I - Quebec - Sask - Yukon - N.W.T - Nunavut

For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of Ontario premiers."

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List of radio stations in Ontario

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The following is a list of radio stations in Ontario, not including signals, but where AM and FM stations are located, as of 2003.

AM

Greater Toronto-Southcentral Ontario Area (Woodstock to Trenton and Turkey Point to north of Parry Sound)

• 590 CJCL - The Fan 590 - sports - Toronto
• 640 CFMJ - "Mojo Radio" - entertainment- Richmond Hill, Ontario (Toronto)
• 680 CFTR - 680 News - news - Toronto
• 740 CHWO - Toronto, Ontario - jazz
• 900 CHML - news - Hamilton, Ontario, C) H)am)il)ton
• 1010 CFRB - Newstalk 1010 - news - Toronto, Ontario
• 1050 CHUM-AM - originally The Team 1050, similar to ESPN Radio, now oldies - Toronto, Ontario, oldies (mid-20th century-2001)
• 1150 CKOC - Oldies 1150 - oldies, Hamilton, Ontario
• 1420 CKPT - "1420 Memories" - oldies, Peterborough, Ontario C)K)P)et)erborough, originally variety.

Elsewhere in Ontario

• 920 CKNX-AM - country music, Wingham, Ontario
• 980 CFPL-AM - news, London, Ontario
• 1290 CJBK - news/talk, London
• 1410 CKSL - oldies, London

FM

Greater Toronto-Southcentral Ontario Area (Woodstock to Trenton and Turkey Point to north of Parry Sound)

• 88.5 CKDX - "Foxy 88.5" , "Power 88.5" prior to 1997 - Newmarket, Ontario
• 89.5 CIUT - music - Toronto (from University of Toronto) C) I) U)niversity of T)oronto, some people read "CIUT" as in "cute".
• 90? - French
• 92.5 CISS - Jack FM (classic rock) - formerly Kiss 92 FM and Kiss 92.5
• 93.5 CFXJ - R&B, urban - "Flow 93.5" - Toronto (began 2000-2001)
• 93.9 CHAY - Barrie, Ontario
• 94.9 C - Oshawa, Ontario - Originally "Energy FM @ 95.3" counterpart of CING, before that "Magic" 94.9 FM.
• 95.3 CING - "Country 95.3" (country), originally "Energy" (Top 40), on 107.9 - Hamilton, Toronto
• 96.7 CKGL - classic rock, Kitchener, Ontario
• 97.3 CJEZ - EZ Rock (soft rock) - Toronto
• 98.1 CHFI - variety - Toronto
• 99.1 CBLA - CBC Radio 1 - Toronto
• 99.9 CKFM - "Mix 99 9", formerly Mix 99.9 - variety - Toronto
• 100.7 CHIN - multicultural - Toronto, also on AM
• 102.1 CFNY - "The Edge" - rock - Toronto
• 103.5 CIDC - "Z 103 dot 5" (Top 40) - Toronto, originally in Orangeville, Ontario?
• 104.5 CHUM-FM - variety - Toronto (not the same as CHUM-AM on 1050)
• 105.3 CFCA - variety - Waterloo, Ontario
• 105.5 CHRY - music, Toronto (from York University)
• 107.1 CILQ - "Q107" - classic rock - Toronto
• 107.9 CJXY - "Y108" - rock - Hamilton, originally on 95.3, but switched with CING

Elsewhere in Ontario

• 91.5 - CBOT - CBC Radio 1 - Ottawa, Ontario C B C O Ttawa
• 92.7 CJBX - "BX93" - country music - London, Ontario
• 93.5 CBCL - CBC radio 1, London, C) B) C) L)ondon
• 94.9 CHRW - [music - London, Radio Western (from the University of Western Ontario, formerly 94.7)
• 95.9 CFPL-FM - "London's Best Rock" - rock - London
• 97.5 CIQN - "Q97.5" - variety - London, Ontario
• 100.1 CJMJ - Magic 100 - Top 40 - Ottawa, Ontario
• 100.5 CBBL - CBC Radio 2 - London, Ontario
• 101.5 CJKL - Variety - Kirkland Lake, Ontario
• 101.7 CKNX-FM - news - Wingham, Ontario (counterpart of 920 AM)
• 102.3 CHST - "BOB FM" - variety - London, Ontario
• 103.1 CFHK - "All Hits Energy 103" - Top 40 - London (formerly 103.9)
• 103.3 CBOQ - CBC Radio 2 - Ottawa
• 103.9 CKDK - "The Hawk" - classic rock - London (formerly rock, at 103.1 CFHK)
• 104.5 CJTT - Variety - New Liskeard, Ontario
• 106.1 CHEZ - classic rock - Ottawa, Ontario
• 106.9 CIXX - "6XFM" - Top 40 - London (from Fanshawe College)

Defunct AM and FM stations

This is a partial list, and more...

See also: List of radio stations, Lists of radio stations in North and Central America

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of radio stations in Ontario."

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List of television stations in Ontario

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The following is a list of television stations that have transmitter towers located in Ontario.

VHF

• Channel 2: CHBX - (CTV) - Sault Ste. Marie "MCTV"
• Channel 2: CKPR - (CBC) affiliate - Thunder Bay "TBT"
• Channel 3: CITO - (CTV) - Timmins "MCTV"
• Channel 3: CKVR - The New (CK)VR - Barrie (north suburban Toronto)
• Channel 4: CBOT - (CBC) - Ottawa
• Channel 4: CHFD - (CTV) affiliate - Thunder Bay "TBT" (C H). F)raser D)ougall)
• Channel 5: CBLT - (CBC) - Toronto
• Channel 5: CHRO - The new (CH)RO - Ottawa (originally a BBS affiliate).
• Channel 5: CICI - (CTV) - Sudbury "MCTV"
• Channel 6: CIII - (Global) - Paris C)I)I)I), III for cable 3 in roman numerals.
• Channel 8: CKNX - The New (CK)NX - Wingham/Owen Sound
• Channel 9: CBET - (CBC) - Windsor
• Channel 9: CBOFT - (SRC (pronounced ess-ehr-ceh)) - Ottawa (see also List of French-speaking local television stations in Canada and List of French-speaking local television stations in the Western World)
• Channel 9: CFTO - (CTV) - Toronto
• Channel 10: CFPL - The new (CF)PL (similar to the WB) - London, formerly a BBS affiliate.
• Channel 10: CKNY - (CTV) - North Bay "MCTV"
• Channel 11: CHCH - (CH) - Hamilton (transmitter location), originally independent, but maintains its suburban or regional newscast.
• Channel 11: CHCH-TV 1 - (CH) - Ottawa, NOTE: It is not on Channel 1 as it said on main CH station because there is no such channel as 1 since regulations eliminated VHF-1 which caused WNBC moved to channel 4 in New York City.
• Channel 12: CHEX - (CBC) affiliate - Toronto
• Channel 12: CKWS - (CBC) affiliate - Toronto
• Channel 13: CJBN - (CTV) affiliate - Kenora "CJTV"
• Channel 13: CJOH - (CTV) - Ottawa, C) J) O)ttawa H)ull
• Channel 13: CKCO - (CTV) - Kitchener

UHF

• Channel 16: CHWI - The New (CH)WI - Wheatley/Windsor
• Channel 19: CICA - (TVO) - Toronto
• Channel 25: CBLFT - (SRC) - Toronto
• Channel 36: CITS - (CTS) - Burlington
• Channel 39: CHLF-2 - (TFO) - Hawkesbury (French counterpart to TVO)
• Channel 41: CIII - (Global) - Toronto //CIII 6, while its newscast is for CIII 41.
• Channel 44: CJMT - multicultural/independent - Toronto "OMNI.2"
• Channel 47: CFMT - multicultural/independent - Toronto "OMNI.1" (launched in 1979, Canada's First Multicultural Television Station)
• Channel 52: CKXT - independent - Toronto "Toronto 1"
• Channel 54: CBEFT - (SRC) - Windsor
• Channel 57: CITY - independent, Toronto "Citytv"

See also: List of local television stations in North and Central America

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Ontario

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Ontario

(In Detail) (In Detail)
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains)
Capital	Toronto
Largest City	Toronto
Area  - Total  - % fresh water	4th largest (2nd lgst prov.) 1 076 395 km² 14.7%
Population  - Total (2001)  - Density	Ranked 1st 11 874 400 12.94/km²
Admittance into Confederation  - Date  - Order	Prov. of Canada joined Confed. 1867 1
Time zone	UTC -5 & -6
Postal information Postal abbreviation Postal code prefix	ON K,L,M,N,P
ISO 3166-2	CA-ON
Parliamentary representation  House seats  Senate seats	103 24
Premier	Dalton McGuinty (Liberal)
Lieutenant Governor	James K. Bartleman
Government of Ontario

This article describes the Canadian province. For other usages, see Ontario (disambiguation).

Ontario is the most populous of Canada's provinces. It is found in east-central Canada. Its capital is Toronto. Ottawa, the national capital of Canada, is also in Ontario. It has a population (2001) of 11 874 400 (Ontarians) and an area of 1 076 395 km².

Geography

Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Most of the American border lies within the four Great Lakes on which Ontario has coastline: Lake Superior, Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario (from which the province takes its name); as well as the Saint Lawrence River.

The largest city and capital of the province is Toronto, the main component of the Golden Horseshoe conurbation surrounding the western portion of Lake Ontario. The capital of Canada, Ottawa, is in the far east of the province, on the Ottawa River which forms most of the border with Quebec.

Northern Ontario is entirely upon the rugged terrain of the Canadian Shield. Ontario's highest point is the Ishpatina Ridge.

See List of communities in Ontario.

The province consists of three main geographical regions: the Canadian Shield in the western and central portions, a mainly infertile area rich in minerals and studded with lakes and rivers; the Hudson Bay Lowlands in the northeast, mainly swampy and forested; and the most populous (90%) and temperate region, the fertile Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Valley in the southeast. Industry and agriculture are concentrated in this region, which has access by the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the Atlantic Ocean.

Increasing immigration from all parts of the world, especially to Toronto and its surroundings, are rapidly diversifying the province's ethnic makeup. About 10% of the population of Ontario is French-Canadian (Franco-Ontariens).

Economy

The province's main industry is manufacturing, found mainly in the Golden Horseshoe, the most industrialized area in the country. Important products include motor vehicles, iron, steel, food, electrical appliances, machinery, chemicals, and paper. The high-tech sector is also important, especially around Markham, Waterloo and Ottawa.

Agriculture is also significant in the St. Lawrence River Valley, and mining, especially around Sudbury, is important in the Canadian Shield. Ontario's rivers make it rich in hydroelectric energy.

History

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the region was inhabited both by Algonquian (Ojibwa, Cree and Algonquin) and Iroquoian (Iroquois and Huron) tribes. The French explorer Étienne Brûlé explored part of the area in 1610-12. The English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into Hudson Bay in 1611 and claimed the area for England, but Samuel de Champlain reached Lake Huron in 1615 and French missionaries began to establish posts along the Great Lakes. French settlement was hampered by their hostilities with the Iroquois, who would ally themselves with the British.

The British established trading posts on Hudson Bay in the late 17th century and began a struggle for domination of Ontario. The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the French and Indian War by awarding nearly all of France's North American possessions (New France) to Britain. The region now called Ontario was annexed to Quebec in 1774. The Constitutional Act of 1791 split Quebec into The Canadas: Upper Canada west of the Ottawa River, and Lower Canada east of it.

American troops in the War of 1812 burned Toronto in 1813. After the war, many settlers from the British Isles immigrated to Upper Canada, and began to chafe against the aristocratic Family Compact that governed the region, much as the Château Clique ruled Lower Canada. Accordingly, rebellion in favour of responsible government rose in both regions; Louis-Joseph Papineau led the Patriotes Rebellion in Lower Canada, and William Lyon Mackenzie led the Upper Canada Rebellion. For more on the rebellions of 1837, see History of Canada.

Although both rebellions were crushed, the British government sent Lord Durham to investigate the causes of the unrest. He recommended that self-government be granted and that the colonies be re-merged in an attempt to assimilate the Quebecois - the British of Upper Canada were now the majority in the Canadas. Accordingly, the two colonies were merged into the Province of Canada in 1841, with Ontario becoming known as Canada West. Parliamentary self-government was granted in 1849.

Fearful of aggression from the United States during the unrest of the American Civil War, Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia negotiated to merge under Canadian Confederation in 1867. Conflict between the two parts of the Province of Canada caused them to split and join Confederation as separate provinces, Ontario and Quebec.

Beginning with the construction of the transcontinental railway through the Prairies to British Columbia, Ontario industry flourished. Mineral exploitation began in the early 20th century. The nationalist movement in Quebec drove many businesses out of the province to Ontario, and Toronto took over from Montreal as the largest city and economic centre of Canada.

The main provincial political parties are the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, and New Democrats. Mike Harris's right-wing Progressive Conservatives defeated the left-wing New Democrats in 1995; his government implemented a neoliberal program of cuts to social spending and taxes (the "Common Sense Revolution") that balanced the budget but was blamed for widespread suffering and poverty, especially in Toronto. In particular, the government's critics accused his cuts to the environmental ministry of leading to the lack of oversight that caused the "Walkerton tragedy," an outbreak of E. coli due to contaminated water in Walkerton, Ontario, that caused a number of deaths and illnesses in May 2000. In a resulting inquiry, it was revealed that the government was warned that such an incident was likely to occur with the hasty privatization of water testing labs, but they ignored it. Harris stepped down in 2002 and was replaced by Ernie Eves. Eves' government has been chiefly notable for stopping Harris' plan to privatize the public electricity utility, Ontario Power Generation (formerly Ontario Hydro), but not before some parts of the utility had been sold to private interests.

In the Ontario general election, 2003, Eves and the Progressive Conservatives were defeated, and Dalton McGuinty's Liberals won a majority government.

See also

• Canada
• List of Canadian provinces and territories
• List of cities in Canada
• List of Ontario premiers
• List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
• List of communities in Ontario
• List of Ontario counties
• List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols

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Ontario (disambiguation)

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In addition to the province of Ontario in Canada, Ontario is also the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Ontario, California
• Ontario, New York
• Ontario, Oregon
• Ontario County, New York
• Ontario International Airport

Lake Ontario is also one of the Great Lakes on the boundary between the province of Ontario and the U.S state of New York.

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Ontario County, New York

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Ontario County is a county located in the U.S. State of New York. The county seat is Canandaigua. The name is a corruption of the Iroquois word meaning "beautiful lake." The population of Ontario County in the 2000 U. S census was 100,224, up from 95,101 in 1990.

History

When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Montgomery County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766 by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770 by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont.

On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Tryon County, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of Schenectady, and the county included the western part of the Adirondack Mountains and the area west of the West Branch of the Delaware River. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for William Tryon, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to Canada. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, the name of Tryon County was changed to honor the general, Richard Montgomery, who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of Quebec, replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In 1789, Ontario County was split off from Montgomery. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming, and Yates Counties, and part of Schuyler and Wayne Counties.

In 1796, Ontario County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Steuben County.

In 1802, Ontario County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Genesee County. The actual area split off from Ontario County was much larger than the present county, also including the present Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming Counties and parts of Livingston and Monroe Counties.

In 1821, portions of Genesee County were combined with portions of Ontario County to create Livingston and Monroe Counties.

In 1823, a portion of Seneca County was combined with a portion of Ontario County to create Wayne County. The same year, a portion of Steuben County was combined with a portion of Ontario County to create Yates County.

Geography

Ontario County is in western New York State, east of Buffalo, southeast of Rochester, and west of Ithaca.

The county has a total area of 1,716 km² (662 mi²). 1,669 km² (644 mi²) of it is land and 47 km² (18 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.72% water.

Demographics

As of 2000, there are 100,224 people, 38,370 households, and 26,360 families residing in the county. The population density is 60/km² (156/mi²). There are 42,647 housing units at an average density of 26 persons/km² (66 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 95.04% White, 2.06% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.69% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.70% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races. 2.14% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 38,370 households out of which 32.80% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.00% are married couples living together, 9.90% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 31.30% are non-families. 24.70% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.10% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.53 and the average family size is 3.03.

In the county the population is spread out with 25.40% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.20% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 95.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $44,579, and the median income for a family is $52,698. Males have a median income of $36,732 versus $26,139 for females. The per capita income for the county is $21,533. 7.30% of the population and 4.90% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.10% are under the age of 18 and 6.40% are 65 or older.

Cities and Towns

• Bloomfield
• Bristol
• Canadice
• Canandaigua
• Clifton Springs
• East Bloomfield
• Farmington
• Geneva
• Gorham
• Hopewell
• Manchester
• Naples
• Phelps
• Richmond
• Rushville
• Seneca
• Shortsville
• South Bristol
• Victor
• West Bloomfield

External Links

• http://www.co.ontario.ny.us/ - Official website

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Ontario, California

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Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 158,007. It is the home of Ontario International Airport.

Geography

Ontario is located at 34°3'10" North, 117°37'40" West (34.052811, -117.627861)¹.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 129.1 km² (49.9 mi²). 128.9 km² (49.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.14% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 158,007 people, 43,525 households, and 34,689 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,225.5/km² (3,173.9/mi²). There are 45,182 housing units at an average density of 350.4/km² (907.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 47.83% White, 7.51% African American, 1.06% Native American, 3.88% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, 34.05% from other races, and 5.30% from two or more races. 59.88% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 43,525 households out of which 49.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% are married couples living together, 15.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% are non-families. 15.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.60 and the average family size is 3.96.

In the city the population is spread out with 34.4% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $42,452, and the median income for a family is $44,031. Males have a median income of $31,664 versus $26,069 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,244. 15.5% of the population and 12.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 19.1% are under the age of 18 and 7.6% are 65 or older.

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Ontario, New York

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Ontario is a town located in Wayne County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,778.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 83.8 km² (32.3 mi²). 83.4 km² (32.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.37% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 9,778 people, 3,617 households, and 2,698 families residing in the town. The population density is 117.2/km² (303.5/mi²). There are 3,814 housing units at an average density of 45.7/km² (118.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.47% White, 1.25% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races. 1.22% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 3,617 households out of which 38.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% are married couples living together, 8.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% are non-families. 19.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.70 and the average family size is 3.11. In the town the population is spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 101.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $51,399, and the median income for a family is $61,281. Males have a median income of $41,771 versus $30,000 for females. The per capita income for the town is $22,511. 5.5% of the population and 3.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.9% are under the age of 18 and 9.4% are 65 or older.

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Ontario, Ohio

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Ontario is a village located in Richland County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 5,303.

Geography

Ontario is located at 40°46'8" North, 82°36'11" West (40.768906, -82.603066)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 28.3 km² (10.9 mi²). 28.3 km² (10.9 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 5,303 people, 2,186 households, and 1,554 families residing in the village. The population density is 187.5/km² (485.7/mi²). There are 2,319 housing units at an average density of 82.0/km² (212.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 92.36% White, 4.11% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.58% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.57% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. 1.07% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,186 households out of which 32.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% are married couples living together, 9.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% are non-families. 25.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.43 and the average family size is 2.90. In the village the population is spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.4 males. The median income for a household in the village is $46,146, and the median income for a family is $51,201. Males have a median income of $41,053 versus $26,250 for females. The per capita income for the village is $22,016. 6.2% of the population and 6.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.6% are under the age of 18 and 3.5% are 65 or older.

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Ontario, Oregon

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Ontario is a city located in Malheur County, Oregon. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,985.

Geography

Ontario is located at 44°1'37" North, 116°58'7" West (44.026837, -116.968672)¹. Ontario is on the Oregon/Idaho border. Interstate 84 goes through the city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.6 km² (4.5 mi²). 11.6 km² (4.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 10,985 people, 4,084 households, and 2,634 families residing in the city. The population density is 948.8/km² (2,459.3/mi²). There are 4,436 housing units at an average density of 383.2/km² (993.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 69.27% White, 0.55% African American, 0.88% Native American, 2.69% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 23.09% from other races, and 3.39% from two or more races. 32.05% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 4,084 households out of which 35.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% are married couples living together, 13.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% are non-families. 30.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.63 and the average family size is 3.30.

In the city the population is spread out with 30.5% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $29,173, and the median income for a family is $35,625. Males have a median income of $29,775 versus $21,967 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,683. 20.8% of the population and 16.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.0% are under the age of 18 and 14.3% are 65 or older.

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Ontario, Wisconsin

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Ontario is a village located in Vernon County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 476.

Geography

Ontario is located at 43°43'24" North, 90°35'31" West (43.723396, -90.591999)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 476 people, 225 households, and 134 families residing in the village. The population density is 182.0/km² (470.1/mi²). There are 254 housing units at an average density of 97.1/km² (250.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 94.96% White, 0.00% African American, 0.84% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 3.78% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 4.83% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 225 households out of which 24.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% are married couples living together, 11.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% are non-families. 36.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 21.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.12 and the average family size is 2.73. In the village the population is spread out with 21.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 24.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.8 males. The median income for a household in the village is $23,194, and the median income for a family is $28,750. Males have a median income of $23,333 versus $17,083 for females. The per capita income for the village is $13,893. 22.4% of the population and 14.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 35.1% are under the age of 18 and 24.1% are 65 or older.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ontario

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	Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Credit: Geodesy - Measuring the Earth.		Corn storage in Ontario County, NY. Credit: USDA.
	Caption: Edison, Third from Right, with Prospectors Searching for Nickel and Cobalt in Canada; Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; 1901; {14.225/393} (jpg).		Caption: Surveying Trip to Canada in Search of Nickel and Cobalt, Men with Freshly-killed Deer; Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; 1901; {26.151/10} (jpg).
	Fort Ontario, N.Y. (rear view). Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Mowat Sanatorium, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. : Exterior view. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Meeting at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 26 August 1940. Those present are (seated around the table, from left): J.D. Hickerson, Joint Secretary (USA); Dr. H.L. Keenleyside, Joint Secretary (Canada); Air Commodore A.A.L. Cuffe, RCAF; Captain L.W. Murray, RCN, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff; Brigadier K. Stuart, Deputy Chief of General Staff, Canada; O.M. Biggar, Joint Chairman, Canada; Fiorella L. LaGuardia, Joint Chairman, USA; Lieutenant General Stanley D. Embick, U.S. Army; Captain Harry W. Hill, USN; Lieutenant Colonel J.T. MacNarney, U.S. Army; and Commander Forrest P. Sherman, USN. Credit: NAVY.		"A view of the night action of one hour and 43 minutes between part of the U. States fleet under command of Comodore Isaac Chauncey, and the British fleet commanded by Sir James Yeo, on Lake Ontario the 10th of August 1813". Color-tinted drawing by Masters Mate Peter W. Spicer, who served on board USS Oneida during this action. Ships depicted are listed in Photo # NH 75733-KN -- complete caption. The British fleet is shown sailing between the parts of the American fleet. Credit: NAVY.
	York, on Lake Ontario. Credit: Library of Congress.		McDonald Statue, Kingston, Ontario. Credit: Library of Congress.
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"White Pine, Northern Ontario" by Valerie Walker Commentary: "Killbear Provincial Park, Ontario 2003."	"Overpowered by the sky" by Nathan Sudds Commentary: "Powerlines overhead in a field, north Ajax, Ontario, Canada - scenes like this cause me to be amazed by God's creation :) Hope someone can use it, resolution isn't as good as I would have liked <br> <br>Shot on a Canon S10 digital cam (2.0"
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