Ontario

Ontario Facts

• Capital City: Toronto (5,113,149 pop.) (2006 CMA)
  (CMA population includes city and metro suburb areas)
• Ontario Population: 13,505,900 (2012 est.)
• Ontario Population: (per square mile)
• Province Populations: (all provinces / territories)
  
• Currency: Canadian Dollar (conversion rates)
  
  
  Fifty Canadian Dollars
• Ethnicity: English, (24%), Scottish (17.5%), Irish (16.5%), French (11.2%), German (9.5), others
• GDP total: $654 billion (Canadian dollars) (1st)
• GDP per capita: $43,847 (Canadian dollars) (6th)
• Land Sizes
• Language: English
• Largest Cities: (by population) Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, Hamilton, Brampton, London, Markham, Vaughan, Windson, Kitchener
• London Facts
• Name: Taken from Lake Ontario, a name thought to be derived from a Huron word meaning "great lake."
• Ottawa Facts
• Province Date: July 1, 1867
• Dominion dates (all provinces and teritories)
  
  Note: The Canadian Confederation, or the birth of Canada as a recognized nation, took place on July 1, 1867, and originally included the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.
• Religion: Protestant (35%), Catholic (35%), others
• Symbols
• Toronto Facts