Author: Darrel Pratt

Walleye are best known for being the tastiest of the freshwater selection. They are a very clean white meat with a very minimal “fishy” taste which makes them sought after. A walleye fish fry can bring entire families and communities together when they are on the menu. What is the best fish to eat in […]

TD predicts that Ontario average home prices will rise by 19.8% in 2021 before falling 1.3% in 2022. Will house prices drop in Ontario 2022? Economists have predicted national home prices will drop a further 10 to 15 per cent by spring 2023. And in the GTA, home prices have already fallen by almost 20 […]

In the last few weeks, it finally arrived in Sudbury, Ont. Freshwater jellyfish were first reported in the Great Lakes about 70 years ago, with sightings emerging over the years from Manitoulin Island and Espanola. Are there jellyfish in the Great Lakes? Jellyfish were first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1933 when observations were […]

Lake Erie is 210 feet deep and 240 miles long. It is the fourth largest of the Great Lakes in surface area and the smallest by volume. Lake Ontario is 804 feet deep and 193 miles long. It is the smallest of the Great Lakes in surface area. Is Lake Ontario the biggest lake in […]

Lake Erie drains into Lake Ontario via the Niagara River. The entire system flows to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River. How does Lake Ontario connect to the Atlantic Ocean? At its eastern end, Lake Ontario drains into the St. Lawrence River, which ferries Great Lakes freshwater to the Atlantic Ocean. Does the […]

Lake Erie. Lake Erie: Port Dover Beach It’s on Lake Erie, the province’s most southern and shallowest lake, so the water is the warmest. Which is the cleanest lake in Ontario? Grand Bend’s namesake beach is a popular Lake Huron getaway. It is one of the cleanest lakes in Ontario and one of just 27 […]

For Ontario’s finances, the moment was the winter of 2005. That was the last time Ontario’s political leaders balanced the provincial budget. Has Ontario ever had a balanced budget? Ontario posted its first budget surplus in 14 years as inflation and resilience in the economy bolstered revenue above projections in fiscal 2021-2022. The world’s largest […]

United States. List of the largest trading partners of Canada Rank Territory Exports – World 592,552.8 1 United States 446,950.5 – European Union 48,196.4 2 China 23,249.1 What’s Canada’s largest trading partner? The United StatesThe United States is Canada’s chief trading partner, constituting more than two-thirds of all Canadian trade; exports account for a larger […]

In contrast, in the 2022 Ontario Budget, the Province projects that EDU spending will grow at an average annual rate of 3.6 per cent, reaching $38.9 billion in 2027-28. How much does the Canadian government spend on education? In school year 2019.20, Canadian public elementary and secondary schools spent 74.73 billion Canadian dollars. Characteristic Expenditures […]

Interest on the debt in 2019-20 was CDN$12.5 billion, representing 8.0% of Ontario’s revenue and its fourth-largest spending area. Ontario government debt. Fiscal Year Net Debt (CDN$ billions) Deficit (-) or Surplus (CDN$ billions) 2020-21 373.6 -16.4 2019-20 353.3 -8.7 2018-19 338.5 -7.4 2017-18 323.8 -3.7 What is Ontario’s debt to GDP ratio? Due to […]