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