Windsor, Ontario

Windsor ({{coor dm|42|18|N|83|01|W|}}; EST), the southernmost city in Canada, lies at the western end of the heavily-populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the county seat of Essex County, Ontario and lies across the Detroit River and Lake St Clair from Detroit, Michigan, to which Windsor is linked by bridge and tunnels. The 2005 Projectory Census put the population of Windsor at 209,000, and its metropolitan area's population at 340,000. Windsor's motto is "The river and the land sustain us." It is the only point along Canada's southern border where one enters the United States by heading north.

Famous people from Windsor

Windsor has its fair share of hometown heros and those who have made it big around the country and around the world. Here are a few:

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Sports and Culture

• Oshiomogho Atogwe, NFL football player
• Bob Boughner, NHL hockey player
• Scott D'Amore, professional wrestler
• Tie Domi, NHL hockey player
• Marty Gervais, poet and publisher
• Barbara Gowdy, novelist
• Richie Hawtin, techno musician
• John Jaciw, Coin Designer artist "Royal Canadian Mint 2000 Feb. 'Ingenuity' Coin."
• Dennis J. Jaciw Pyrotechnician "Freedom Fireworks International" (World Record Display-Wisconsin)
• Ed Jovanovski, NHL hockey player
• Karl Mamer, journalist and cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
• Steve Moore, NHL hockey player
• Joel Quenneville, NHL hockey coach and former player
• Oliver Platt, television and film actor
• Jack Scott, rockabilly singer
• Tamia, R&B singer
• Misty Thomas, Canadian basketball hall-of-famer
• Shania Twain, country/pop singer
• Ron Wilson, NHL hockey coach
• Daniel Wnukowski, concert pianist
• Alexander Zonjic, jazz flautist

Politicians

• Ernie Eves, former premier of Ontario
• Herb Gray, former Liberal Member of Parliament and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• Paul Martin, Canada's current prime minister

Sciences

• David H. Hubel, research scientist and Nobel Prize winner.
• Mike Lazaridis, research scientist and CEO of Research in Motion