Ontario



__History__ Ontario was first visited by French explorers in the early 1600s. When the Europeans arrived in the seventeenth century at Ontario there were two language groups (Algonquian and Iroquoian) that lived in the area of what is now Ontario. The Europeans began trading furs and got involved in local problems, allot of native people died caused by the local problems and diseases the Europeans brought with them while coming to Ontario. Those who spoke the Iroquoian language lived in the south. They were farmers who and grew corn, beans, squash and other crops. The Algonquin speakers lived in the northern region. They mainly hunted, fished and gathered food. Ontario is passed to the British in 1763 and became part of the province of Quebec in 1774. Ontario is again reunited with Lower Canada in 1841 In 1867 Ontario became one of the four original provinces of Canada.

__Landscape__ The space around Hudson and James Bay is a region where trees can barely grow and few people live. The Canadian Shield covers about two-thirds of Ontario which is heavily forested, very rocky but is very rich in minerals. Most of Ontario’s people live at the Great Lakes Plains which has greener lands with fertile soil forms. Ontario is mostly rock caused by being mostly in the Canadian Shield Water covers about one-sixth of the province because of the 250,000 lakes and numerous rivers and streams Ontario has. Forests cover two-thirds of Ontario. The Niagara Falls (In Ontario) is the most powerful waterfall in North America. The land area out of Canada's total area - 10.7% More than 2,540 mm of snow may fall in one winter in Ontario.

__Foods__ The Ontario Food Terminal is the main produce distribution centre for Toronto, Canada. It is located on The Queensway in Etobicoke Ontario has grain farms, farms which produce fruit, vegetable, livestock. Ontario also has dairy farms.

__Cultures__ -Protestant= 3,935,745 (34.9 of Ontario’s population) -Catholic 3,911,760 (34.7 Ontario’s population) -No Religion 1,841,290 (16.3 of Ontario’s population) -Muslim 352,530 (3.1 of Ontario’s population) -Other Christians 301,935 (2.7 of Ontario’s population) -Christian Orthodox 264,055 (2.3 of Ontario’s population) -Hindu 217,555 (1.9 of Ontario’s population) -Jewish 190,795 (1.7 of Ontario’s population) -Buddhist 128,320 (1.1 of Ontario’s population) -Sikh 104,785 (0.9 of Ontario’s population) -Eastern Religions 17,780 (0.2 of Ontario’s population) -Other Religions 18,985 (0.2 of Ontario’s population)

English and French are the main languages spoken in Ontario but Ontario has five languages that are most commonly spoken at home in Ontario these languages are English (about eight million speakers), French (almost 490,000 speakers), Chinese (about 482,000 speakers), Italian (almost 283,000 speakers) and German (about 158,000 speakers).

__Climate__ Ontario has a wide range of climates. In the north of Ontario's daily temperatures near Hudson Bay are 12° to 15° C in July and 22° to -25° C in January. Winter's daily temperatures go from -3° C near to -6°C near Toronto in January.

__Facts__ -The Niagara Falls produce six million feet of water spill each minute. That enough water to fill 62 Olympic-size swimming pools every minute. -The CN Tower in Toronto is the tallest building in the world. It reaches 1,814 feet into the sky. -Hundreds of images of people, animals and birds are carved lime stone rocks near Peterborough, Ontario. -Ontario's Manitoiulin Island, in Lake Huron, is the world largest island in a lake. The island Covers 1,068 square miles. Trains form 1926-1967 was used as classroom for students in remote areas of northern Ontario. Teachers on theses school-on-wheels help kids at each stop. -More people live in Ontario than in any other province. -The largest city is Toronto with 5.5 million people in the Greater Toronto Area -Almost half of the people in Toronto were born in other countries. -In 2006, 47% of Toronto's population had a mother tongue in a language other than English or French.

__About Ontario__ Capital of Ontario is Toronto. Ontario is located in Eastern Canada. It is the second largest province. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, which is located in southeastern Ontario. Ontario's motto is "Loyal she began, loyal she remains". The first premier of Ontario was John Sandfield Macdonald.

__Great Works__ Niagara Falls and the CN Tower

__Websites/books Used__ -[] [] -[|http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/canada/facts/on.html] -Ontario Journal across Canada -Ontario Hello Canada