Outline of Ontario

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Location of Ontario

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ontario:

Ontario one of the provinces of Canada, located in east-central Canada.[1] It is Canada's most populous province or territory[2] and fourth largest in total area.[3] It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto.[4]


General reference

  • Pronunciation: i/ɒnˈtɛəri/
  • Common English name(s): Ontario
  • Official English name(s): Ontario
  • Nicknames:
    • The Heartland Province
    • The Province of Opportunity (dated, official provincial slogan, formerly seen on provincial highway construction project signs)
  • Common endonym(s): Ontario
  • Official endonym(s): Ontario
  • Adjectival(s): Ontario
  • Demonym(s): Ontarian

Geography of Ontario

Location

Environment of Ontario

Natural geographic features of Ontario

Heritage sites in Ontario

Regions of Ontario

Administrative divisions of Ontario

Counties and districts of Ontario

The counties of Ontario, each followed by its county seat:

The districts of Ontario, each followed by its district seat:

Indian reserves in Ontario
  • List of Indian reserves in Ontario
Municipalities of Ontario

Demography of Ontario

Government and politics of Ontario

Main article: Government of Ontario and Politics of Ontario
  • Form of government:
  • Capital of Ontario:

Branches of the government of Ontario

Executive branch of the government of Ontario

Legislative branch of the government of Ontario

  • Parliament of Ontario (unicameral): National Assembly of Ontario
    • President of the National Assembly of Ontario: Yvon Vallières
    • Parliament Building
    • Ontario Legislative Assemblies
  • Federal representation

Judicial branch of the government of Ontario

International relations of Ontario

  • Ministry of International Relations
  • Ontario Government Offices

Law and order in Ontario

  • Bar of Ontario – the provincial law society for lawyer s in Ontario (officially known by its French designation: Barreau du Québec)
  • Capital punishment in Ontario: none.
    • Ontario, as with all of Canada, does not have capital punishment.
    • Canada eliminated the death penalty for murder on July 14, 1976.
  • Constitution of Ontario
  • Criminal justice system of Ontario
  • Crime in Ontario
    • Organized crime in Ontario
  • Human rights in Ontario
  • Law enforcement in Ontario
  • Penal system of Ontario

Military of Ontario

Being a part of Canada, Ontario does not have its own military.

Local government in Ontario

History of Ontario

Main article: History of Ontario, Timeline of Ontario history, and Current events of Ontario

History of Ontario, by period

History of Ontario, by region

History of Ontario, by subject

Culture of Ontario

Art in Ontario

Religion in Ontario

Religion in Ontario

Sports in Ontario

Symbols of Ontario

Economy and infrastructure of Ontario

Transport in Ontario

Transport in Ontario

Education in Ontario

The Ontario education system is unique in North America in that it has 4 education levels: grade school, high school, college, university.

See also


  • Category:Aboriginal leaders in Ontario
  • Category:Aboriginal peoples in Ontario
  • Category:Accidental deaths in Ontario
  • Category:Aerial photographs of Ontario roads
  • Category:Aerospace museums in Ontario
  • Category:Airports in Ontario
  • Category:Airports in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Anglican Church in Ontario
  • Category:Anglican churches in Ontario
  • Category:Anglican Diocese of Ontario
  • Category:Anishinaabe reserves in Ontario
  • Category:Art museums and galleries in Ontario
  • Category:Attorneys General of Ontario
  • Category:Automobile museums in Ontario
  • Category:Aviation in Ontario
  • Category:Baseball in Ontario
  • Category:Baseball teams in Ontario
  • Category:Bays of Ontario
  • Category:Beaches of Ontario
  • Category:Bike paths in Ontario
  • Category:Boarding schools in Ontario
  • Category:Bodies of water of Ontario
  • Category:Borders of Ontario
  • Category:Bridges in Ontario
  • Category:Buildings and structures in Ontario
  • Category:Buildings and structures in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Buildings and structures in Ontario by city
  • Category:Buildings and structures in Ontario by regional municipality
  • Category:Buildings and structures in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Bus stations in Ontario
  • Category:Bus transport in Ontario
  • Category:Canadian federal election results in Ontario
  • Category:Canadian football in Ontario
  • Category:Canadian football teams in Ontario
  • Category:Canadian Forces bases in Ontario
  • Category:Canadian National Railway stations in Ontario
  • Category:Canadian Pacific Railway stations in Ontario
  • Category:Canals in Ontario
  • Category:Cancer deaths in Ontario
  • Category:Candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Canyons and gorges of Ontario
  • Category:Carpenter Gothic churches in Ontario
  • Category:Casinos in Ontario
  • Category:Cemeteries in Ontario
  • Category:Cemeteries in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Census divisions of Ontario
  • Category:Christianity in Ontario
  • Category:Churches in Ontario
  • Category:Churches in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Cinema of Ontario
  • Category:Cinemas and movie theatres in Ontario
  • Category:Cities in Ontario
  • Category:City and town halls in Ontario
  • Category:Coal-fired power stations in Ontario
  • Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Category:Colleges in Ontario
  • Category:Colonization roads of Ontario
  • Category:Communications in Ontario
  • Category:Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Communities in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Companies based in Ontario
  • Category:Companies based in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Conservation areas in Ontario
  • Category:Conservation authorities in Ontario
  • Category:County and regional councils in Ontario
  • Category:County routes in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Cree reserves in Ontario
  • Category:Crime in Ontario
  • Category:Crown corporations of Ontario
  • Category:Culture of Ontario
  • Category:Culture of Ontario by city
  • Category:Culture of Ontario by location
  • Category:Curling in Ontario
  • Category:Dams in Ontario
  • Category:Death in Ontario
  • Category:Deaths by firearm in Ontario
  • Category:Defunct airports in Ontario
  • Category:Defunct ice hockey leagues in Ontario
  • Category:Deputy premiers of Ontario
  • Category:Designated places in Ontario
  • Category:Diatremes of Ontario
  • Category:Disasters in Ontario
  • Category:Disease-related deaths in Ontario
  • Category:Earthquakes in Ontario
  • Category:Economy of Ontario
  • Category:Education in Ontario
  • Category:Education in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Education in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Education in Ontario, California
  • Category:Elections in Ontario
  • Category:Elementary schools in Ontario
  • Category:Endemic fauna of Ontario
  • Category:Energy in Ontario
  • Category:Ethnic groups in Ontario
  • Category:Executive Council of Ontario
  • Category:Family Coalition Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Family Coalition Party of Ontario politicians
  • Category:Ferries of Ontario
  • Category:Ferry companies of Ontario
  • Category:Ferry transport in Ontario
  • Category:Festivals in Ontario
  • Category:Films set in Ontario
  • Category:Films shot in Ontario
  • Category:Finance ministers of Ontario
  • Category:First Nations governments in Ontario
  • Category:First Nations history in Ontario
  • Category:First Nations in Ontario
  • Category:First Nations leaders in Ontario
  • Category:First Nations organizations in Ontario
  • Category:Flora of Ontario
  • Category:Forests of Ontario
  • Category:Former counties in Ontario
  • Category:Former counties of Ontario
  • Category:Former municipalities in Ontario
  • Category:Former populated places in Ontario
  • Category:Former school districts in Ontario
  • Category:Former townships in Ontario
  • Category:Forts in Ontario
  • Category:Freedom Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Freedom Party of Ontario politicians
  • Category:French-language education in Ontario
  • Category:French-language elementary schools in Ontario
  • Category:French-language high schools in Ontario
  • Category:French-language media in Ontario
  • Category:French-language newspapers published in Ontario
  • Category:French-language radio stations in Ontario
  • Category:French-language school districts in Ontario
  • Category:French-language schools in Ontario
  • Category:French-language television stations in Ontario
  • Category:General elections in Ontario
  • Category:Geographic regions of Ontario
  • Category:Geography of Ontario
  • Category:Geography of Ontario by census division
  • Category:Geography of Ontario by city
  • Category:Geography of Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Geology of Ontario
  • Category:Ghost towns in Ontario
  • Category:Golf clubs and courses in Ontario
  • Category:Government of Ontario
  • Category:Green Party of Ontario
  • Category:Green Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Green Party of Ontario politicians
  • Category:Health in Ontario
  • Category:Health regions of Ontario
  • Category:Heritage railways in Ontario
  • Category:Heritage sites in Ontario
  • Category:High schools in Ontario
  • Category:Higher education in Ontario
  • Category:Hiking trails in Ontario
  • Category:Historic districts in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Historic Townships in Ontario
  • Category:Historical Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
  • Category:History of Ontario
  • Category:History of Ontario by location
  • Category:Holidays in Ontario
  • Category:Hospitals in Ontario
  • Category:Hotels in Ontario
  • Category:Houses in Ontario
  • Category:Houses in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Ontario
  • Category:Ice hockey governing bodies in Ontario
  • Category:Ice hockey in Ontario
  • Category:Ice hockey leagues in Ontario
  • Category:Ice hockey players in Ontario
  • Category:Ice hockey teams in Ontario
  • Category:Ice hockey teams in Ontario by league
  • Category:Images of Ontario
  • Category:Impact craters of Ontario
  • Category:Important Bird Areas of Ontario
  • Category:Independent candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Independent MPPs in Ontario
  • Category:Indian reserves in Ontario
  • Category:Infectious disease deaths in Ontario
  • Category:International Baccalaureate schools in Ontario
  • Category:Interurban railways in Ontario
  • Category:Islands of Ontario
  • Category:Jews and Judaism in Ontario
  • Category:Judges in Ontario
  • Category:Labor-Progressive Party of Ontario MPPs
  • Category:Labour-Progressive Party of Ontario MPPs
  • Category:Labour MLAs in Ontario
  • Category:Lacrosse in Ontario
  • Category:Lacrosse teams in Ontario
  • Category:Lakes of Ontario
  • Category:Lakes of Ontario by location
  • Category:Landforms of Ontario
  • Category:Landforms of Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Law enforcement agencies of Ontario
  • Category:Lawyers in Ontario
  • Category:Leaders of the Freedom Party of Ontario
  • Category:Leaders of the Green Party of Ontario
  • Category:Leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Category:Leaders of the United Farmers of Ontario/Progressives
  • Category:Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Category:LGBT in Ontario
  • Category:Libraries in Ontario
  • Category:Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
  • Category:Lighthouses in Ontario
  • Category:Lists of historic places in Ontario
  • Category:Lists of mayors of places in Ontario
  • Category:Lists of Ontario county roads
  • Category:Lists of political office-holders in Ontario
  • Category:Lists of roads in Ontario
  • Category:Local government in Ontario
  • Category:Local government in Ontario by city
  • Category:Local services boards in Ontario
  • Category:Magazines published in Ontario
  • Category:Maps of Ontario federal electoral districts
  • Category:Maps of Ontario provincial electoral districts
  • Category:Marinas in Ontario
  • Category:Maritime museums in Ontario
  • Category:Marshes of Ontario
  • Category:Mayors of places in Ontario
  • Category:Media by city in Ontario
  • Category:Media by region in Ontario
  • Category:Media of Ontario
  • Category:Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
  • Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Category:Members of the Order of Ontario
  • Category:Metropolitan areas of Ontario
  • Category:Metropolitans of Ontario
  • Category:Middle schools in Ontario
  • Category:Military forts in Ontario
  • Category:Mines in Ontario
  • Category:Mining communities in Ontario
  • Category:Mining in Ontario
  • Category:Mohawk reserves in Ontario
  • Category:Monuments and memorials in Ontario
  • Category:Mosques in Ontario
  • Category:Mountain ranges of Ontario
  • Category:Mountains of Ontario
  • Category:Mountains of Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Municipal councils in Ontario
  • Category:Municipal elections in Ontario
  • Category:Municipal elections in Ontario by city
  • Category:Municipal parks in Ontario
  • Category:Municipalities in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Museum ships in Ontario
  • Category:Museums in Ontario
  • Category:Museums in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Museums in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Music festivals in Ontario
  • Category:Music venues in Ontario
  • Category:Narrow gauge railways in Ontario
  • Category:National Historic Sites in Ontario
  • Category:National Hockey League in Ontario
  • Category:Native Forbs of Ontario
  • Category:Native grasses of Ontario
  • Category:Natural areas in Ontario
  • Category:Natural disasters in Ontario
  • Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in Ontario
  • Category:Natural history of Ontario
  • Category:Natural Law Party of Ontario politicians
  • Category:Nature centres in Ontario
  • Category:Neighbourhoods in Ontario
  • Category:Newspapers published in Ontario
  • Category:Novels set in Ontario
  • Category:Nuclear power stations in Ontario
  • Category:Oil-fired power stations in Ontario
  • Category:Oji-Cree reserves in Ontario
  • Category:Ojibwa reserves in Ontario
  • Category:Ontario Liberal Party candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Ontario Libertarian Party candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Organizations based in Ontario
  • Category:Parks in Ontario
  • Category:Parks in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Parks in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Parkways in Ontario
  • Category:Passenger rail transport in Ontario
  • Category:Passenger railways in Ontario
  • Category:Peninsulas of Ontario
  • Category:People by city in Ontario
  • Category:People by city or town in Ontario
  • Category:People by county, district, or region in Ontario
  • Category:People murdered in Ontario
  • Category:Places in Ontario with Aboriginal majority populations
  • Category:Places of worship in Ontario
  • Category:Political history of Ontario
  • Category:Politicians in Ontario
  • Category:Politics of Ontario
  • Category:Politics of Ontario by region
  • Category:Populated places in Ontario
  • Category:Populated places in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Port settlements in Ontario
  • Category:Ports and harbours of Ontario
  • Category:Power stations in Ontario
  • Category:Premiers of Ontario
  • Category:Preparatory schools in Ontario
  • Category:Presidents of the Green Party of Ontario
  • Category:Presidents of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Category:Prisons in Ontario
  • Category:Private colleges under licence in Ontario
  • Category:Private schools in Ontario
  • Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections
  • Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
  • Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario politicians
  • Category:Protected areas of Ontario
  • Category:Protected areas of Ontario by census division
  • Category:Protected areas of Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Provincial parks in Ontario
  • Category:Provincial political parties in Ontario
  • Category:Provincial Secretaries of Ontario
  • Category:Provincial symbols of Ontario
  • Category:Public libraries in Ontario
  • Category:Public transport in Ontario
  • Category:Racehorses bred in Ontario
  • Category:Radio stations in Ontario
  • Category:Rail infrastructure in Ontario
  • Category:Rail trails in Ontario
  • Category:Rail transport in Ontario
  • Category:Railway bridges in Ontario
  • Category:Railway museums in Ontario
  • Category:Railway roundhouses in Ontario
  • Category:Railway stations in Ontario
  • Category:Railway tunnels in Ontario
  • Category:Ramsar sites in Ontario
  • Category:Referendums in Ontario
  • Category:Reform Party of Ontario politicians
  • Category:Regional airlines of Ontario
  • Category:Religion in Ontario
  • Category:Reptiles of Ontario
  • Category:Restaurants in Ontario
  • Category:Rivers of Ontario
  • Category:Rivers of Ontario by census division
  • Category:Road bridges in Ontario
  • Category:Roads in Ontario
  • Category:Roads in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Roads in Ontario by city
  • Category:Roller coasters in Ontario
  • Category:Roman Catholic Church in Ontario
  • Category:Roman Catholic churches in Ontario
  • Category:Roman Catholic elementary schools in Ontario
  • Category:Roman Catholic school districts in Ontario
  • Category:Roman Catholic schools in Ontario
  • Category:Roman Catholic secondary schools in Ontario
  • Category:Rugby union in Ontario
  • Category:Rugby union teams in Ontario
  • Category:School districts in Ontario
  • Category:Schools in Ontario
  • Category:Schools in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Schools in Ontario by city
  • Category:Schools in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Ships built in Ontario
  • Category:Shopping malls in Ontario
  • Category:Ski areas and resorts in Ontario
  • Category:Soccer clubs in Ontario
  • Category:Soccer in Ontario
  • Category:Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Category:Sport in Ontario
  • Category:Sport in Ontario by city
  • Category:Sports governing bodies in Ontario
  • Category:Sports teams in Ontario
  • Category:Sports venues in Ontario
  • Category:Sports venues in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Sportspeople in Ontario
  • Category:Stratigraphy of Ontario
  • Category:Student newspapers published in Ontario
  • Category:Subdivisions of Ontario
  • Category:Suicides by firearm in Ontario
  • Category:Suicides by hanging in Ontario
  • Category:Suicides in Ontario
  • Category:Synagogues in Ontario
  • Category:Television series produced in Ontario
  • Category:Television shows set in Ontario
  • Category:Television stations in Ontario
  • Category:Theatre companies in Ontario
  • Category:Theatre in Ontario
  • Category:Theatres in Ontario
  • Category:Tourism in Ontario
  • Category:Towers in Ontario
  • Category:Towns in Ontario
  • Category:Township municipalities in Ontario
  • Category:Townships of Ontario
  • Category:Transit agencies in Ontario
  • Category:Transport in Ontario
  • Category:Transport in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Transport in Ontario by city
  • Category:Transport museums in Ontario
  • Category:Transportation in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Trees of Ontario
  • Category:Tunnels in Ontario
  • Category:Uninhabited islands of Ontario
  • Category:Union of Ontario Indians
  • Category:United Church of Canada churches in Ontario
  • Category:United Farmers of Ontario MLAs
  • Category:United Farmers of Ontario MPs
  • Category:United Farmers of Ontario politicians
  • Category:Universities and colleges in Ontario
  • Category:Universities in Ontario
  • Category:University of Ontario Institute of Technology
  • Category:Unorganized areas in Ontario
  • Category:Valleys of Ontario
  • Category:Via Rail stations in Ontario
  • Category:Villages in Ontario
  • Category:Visitor attractions in Ontario
  • Category:Visitor attractions in Ontario by census division
  • Category:Visitor attractions in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Volcanism of Ontario
  • Category:Volcanoes of Ontario
  • Category:Water transport in Ontario
  • Category:Waterfalls of Ontario
  • Category:Weekly newspapers published in Ontario
  • Category:Wetlands of Ontario
  • Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Ontario
  • Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ontario
  • Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ontario County, New York
  • Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of people of Ontario
  • Category:Wikipedians in Ontario
  • Category:Wikipedians in Ontario, California
  • Category:Wikipedians interested in Ontario
  • Category:Wind farms in Ontario
  • Category:Wine regions of Ontario
  • Category:Women in Ontario
  • Category:Women in Ontario politics
  • Category:Women MPPs in Ontario

References

  1. "Ontario." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed. 2003. (ISBN 0-87779-809-5) New York: Merriam-Webster, Inc."
  2. "Ontario is the largest province in the country by population". Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 5, 2007. 
  3. "Land and freshwater area, by province and territory.". Statistics Canada. February 1, 2005. Retrieved August 5, 2012. 
  4. "Population of census metropolitan areas (2001 Census boundaries)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 5, 2007. 
  5. "Ontario." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed. 2003. (ISBN 0-87779-809-5) New York: Merriam-Webster, Inc."
  6. Ontario is located in the eastern part of Canada, but is also historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada (with Ontario).

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Ontario

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