Ontario is the business end of Canada. However, it’s not all about dollars, cents, production and politics. There’s actually quite a bit of beauty in the province. After all, Ontario covers some 1.1 million square kilometres or 416,000 square miles. In an area that large, there’s bound to be a lot of diversity.
Once you click on that green button below, you’ll get to test your knowledge of some of that Ontario landscape with 20 images from around the province. Not to offend those west and north of Sudbury but the images in this slideshow focus on Southern Ontario.
Ontario has a population of 13.5 million and was a charter member when Canada was formed in 1867. The border with the United States of America is long at 2,700km or 1,678 miles, touching by land or water the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. The province borders Manitoba in the west and Quebec in the east.
If you’re searching for more information on any of the 20 locations shown in the show, we’ve provided lots of links to articles at It’s About Travelling and videos from our YouTube channel. More info can also be found by clicking directly on the image on the answer pages.
A Bit More About Ontario
- Algonquin Provincial Park is the oldest provincial park in Canada.
- There are currently two National Hockey League franchises in Ontario, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators.
- The Toronto Raptors are the only NBA franchise located in Canada.
- Toronto is the most populous city in Canada.
- Ottawa is the capital city of Canada while Toronto is the capital city of Ontario.
- The White Trillium is the province’s flower but, contrary to popular belief, it is not illegal to pick one from the ground.
- Between 1976 and 2010, Toronto’s CN Tower was the tallest free standing structure in the world.
- The Trans-Canada Highway (hwy 17) travels nearly 2,000 km through Ontario from the Manitoba border to the Quebec border.
- Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the largest lake on an island in a lake in the world.
- And… Manitoulin Island is the largest fresh water lake island in the world.
- Ontario borders four of the five great lakes (Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario). The only lake the province doesn’t touch is Lake Michigan.
- Highway 401 (MacDonald-Cartier Freeway) which runs from Detroit/Windsor to the Quebec border, is considered the busiest highway in North America. Some say it is even the busiest in the world. The 401 runs through cities like London, Kitchener, Toronto, Oshawa, Belleville, Kingston and Cornwall.
