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| − | '''Ontario''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] province, the second largest province by size, and the largest by population. Ontario rests between [[Manitoba]] and [[Quebec|Québec]]. It is bordered by the American states of [[Michigan]], [[New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Minnesota]], in all cases a river or waterway border. It also borders on [[Nunavut]] to the north. It contains the southernmost point in Canada, Middle Island, which is further south than some points of [[California]]. The vast north of Ontario has many mineral deposits and large forests. | + | '''Ontario''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] province, the second largest province by size, and the largest by population. Ontario rests between [[Manitoba]] and [[Quebec|Québec]]. It is bordered by the American states of [[Michigan]], [[New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Minnesota]], in all cases a river or waterway is the border. It also borders on [[Nunavut]] to the north (via Hudson's Bay). It contains the southernmost point in Canada, Middle Island, which is further south than some points of [[California]]. The vast north of Ontario has many mineral deposits and large forests. |
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| | Throughout the twentieth century Ontario had the highest GDP in Canada and was the center of Canada's manufacturing industry. Its wealth has now been surpassed by [[Alberta]], and the heavy manufacturing base has been weakened by the decline of the [[automobile]] industry and competition from East Asia. | | Throughout the twentieth century Ontario had the highest GDP in Canada and was the center of Canada's manufacturing industry. Its wealth has now been surpassed by [[Alberta]], and the heavy manufacturing base has been weakened by the decline of the [[automobile]] industry and competition from East Asia. |
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| − | [[Toronto]] is the capital of Ontario, and the largest city in Canada. [[Ottawa]], the capital of Canada is located on the Ontario-Quebec border. | + | [[Toronto]] is the capital of Ontario, and is the largest city in Canada. [[Ottawa]], the capital of Canada, is located on the Ontario-Quebec border. The province's population is 13,983,000 in 2016 accounting for 38.5% of the national population.<ref>http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo02a-eng.htm| Statistics Canada Population by Year</ref> |
| − | Ontario's current Premier is Dalton McGuinty, of the Liberal Party. | + | Ontario's current Premier is Kathleen Wynne, of the Liberal Party. |
| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |
| | * [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ ''The Dictionary of Canadian Biography''] (1966-2006), thousands of scholarly biographies of notables who died by 1930 | | * [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ ''The Dictionary of Canadian Biography''] (1966-2006), thousands of scholarly biographies of notables who died by 1930 |