-Ontario is one of the provinces in Eastern Canada
-It is the second-largest province.
-Quebec is east, Manitoba is west, Great Lakes are south, Hudson Bay and James Bay are north.
-Ontario's capital city is Toronto. Toronto has a large financial district and the stock exchange.
-Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is in southern Ontario.
-flower - Trillium, tree - Eastern White Pine, bird -Common Loon
-The Iroquoians called Ontario "Kanadario" meaning "sparkling water."
-Ontario's motto is "Loyal she began, loyal she remains".

THE PEOPLE
-The first people were the Huron, Iroquois, Neutral, Ojibwa, Cree, Ottawa, Nipissin, and Algonquin.
-Ontario is the home of over 12 million people. (12,541,400 in 2005)
-Most of the people live in the southern part of the province.
-The largest city is Toronto with 5.3 million people.(2005)
-Over half of the people in Toronto were born in other countries.
-Many are of Italian, German, Chinese, Portuguese, Indian, Polish and Caribbean origin.
-Some other cities are Ottawa, London, Thunder Bay and Hamilton.

HISTORY
-The Ojibwa, Nipissing and Algonquin lived in the north.
-The Huron, Neutral, Petun and Mississauga lived in the south.
-French explorer named Brule lived with the Hurons.
-Jesuit missionaries came in 1639 and set up missions.
-Forts were build by the French.
-Loyalists fled the U.S. in 1781 and settled on the north shore of Lake Ontario.
-The land was divided into Upper Canada (Ont.) and Lower Canada (Que.).
-York (now Toronto) became the capital of Upper Canada.
-Ontario became a province in 1867.
-During WW1 manufacturing grew in Ontario.
-After WWII the automobile industry grew.

WATER AND LAND
-Four of the five Great Lakes are in Ontario. (Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario)
-St. Lawrence River and the Ottawa River are names of two long rivers.
-Water covers about one-sixth of the province. There are 250,000 lakes.
-Forests cover two-thirds of Ontario.
-Ontario is divided into three regions :
-Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, Canadian Shield and Hudson Bay Lowlands
-Hudson Bay Lowlands : wetlands and small bushes
-Candian Shield : rocky with forests, minerals and water (hyrdo-electric power)
-Hudson Bay Lowlands and the Shield cover 90 percent of Ontario.
-Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowlands : good soil for farming

-Niagara Falls (a part of the Niagara River) is in Ontario.
-In one second Niagara Falls pours out enough water to fill two large swimming pools.
-In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway was opened. The seaway links the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.