Ontario

:This article describes the Canadian province. For other usages, see Ontario (disambiguation).

Demographics

Here is a breakdown of the demographics in Ontario.

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• White: 80.9% (Major Ethnic Groups: English, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian)
• South Asian: 4.9%
• Chinese: 3.7%
• Black: 3.6%
• Native American: 1.7%
• Filipino: 1.3%
• Latino American: 0.9%
• Other: 3.0%

The province consists of three main geographical regions: the Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, a mainly infertile area rich in minerals and studded with lakes and rivers; the Hudson Bay Lowlands in the northeast, mainly swampy and forested; and the temperate, and therefore most populous region, the fertile Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Valley in the south where agriculture and industry are concentrated. The northern extent of the Carolinian forest zone is found in the southwestern section. The Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far as Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies 90 per cent of the surface area of the province; Southern Ontario contains 90 per cent of the population (see article Geography of Canada).

Related Topics:
Canadian Shield - Mineral - Carolinian forest - Saint Lawrence Seaway - Atlantic Ocean - Thunder Bay - Northern Ontario - Southern Ontario - Geography of Canada

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Point Pelee National Park is a peninsula in southwestern Ontario (near Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan) that extends into Lake Erie and is the part of Canada's mainland furthest south. Pelee Island in Lake Erie is even further south. Both are south of 42°N and further south than the northern border of California.

Related Topics:
Point Pelee National Park - Windsor, Ontario - Detroit, Michigan - Lake Erie - Pelee Island - California

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Increasing immigration from all parts of the world, especially to Toronto and its environs, is rapidly diversifying the province's ethnic makeup. About five per cent of the population of Ontario is Franco-Ontarian.

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10 Largest Municipalities by population

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