Category: Ontario

Indigenous populations in Canada Indigenous Population size Percentage Quebec 182,890 2% Ontario 374,395 3% Manitoba 223,310 18% How many people in Ontario identify as First Nations? Aboriginal identity Number Percent (%) Aboriginal identity 374,395 2.8 Single Aboriginal response 361,125 2.7 First Nations (North American Indian) single identity 236,680 1.8 First Nations single identity (Registered or […]

Nuclear is Ontario’s primary source of electricity. Currently, 56% of Ontario’s electricity generation is sourced from Ontario’s nuclear facilities, which are home to three of Canada’s four nuclear power plants and 18 of Canada’s 19 commercial nuclear reactors. How many nuclear reactors are in Ontario? Canada has developed a unique nuclear reactor technology, CANDU; there […]

The government’s plan, revealed in 2020, had been to phase out the Pickering plant, owned by Ontario Power Generation, in 2025 and put it into a “safe storage” state by removing uranium fuel and water with decommissioning to start in 2028, a process that is expected to take 40 years. Is Ontario shutting down nuclear […]

Ontario potatoes are classified as long, round whites, round reds, or sweet. Long potatoes are the most popular. The interior is white, the skin varies from brown and rough (Russet Burbank, Russet Norkotah and Frontier Russet varieties) to buff-colored and smooth (Shepody). Where do Ontario potatoes come from? James, the United Empire Loyalists began growing […]

Historic low-level radioactive waste is present within the Ontario municipalities of Port Hope and Clarington. Where does Ontario’s nuclear waste go? Canada’s used nuclear fuel is currently safely managed in facilities licensed for interim storage. These facilities are located at nuclear reactor sites in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, and at Atomic Energy of Canada […]

The James Bay Road starts 6 hours north of North Bay (Ontario). From there it is a full 620 km to Radisson, and a further 100 km to the shores of James Bay near Chisasibi. You should only drive this road with a well-maintained, reliable vehicle. What is the farthest north you can drive in […]

Ontario is also announcing two new areas for a 110-kilometre-an-hour speed limit on a trial basis, on Highway 400 from MacTier to Nobel, and Highway 11 from Emsdale to South River. Where on the 401 is the speed limit 110? Six sections of Ontario highways where 110 km/h speed limits will be made permanent: Queen […]

Ontario became the first jurisdiction in North America to completely phase-out coal-fired electricity generation. Today, Ontario’s electricity system is roughly 94 per cent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions free. Will natural gas be phased out in Ontario? Natural gas is being phased out in Canada from 2023 We’re currently thinking then that December 2023 is going […]

Since the Ontario Progressive Conservatives won a majority mandate in 2018, hydro bills in the province have risen by nearly 4.5 per cent. Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government will not fulfill its 2018 election promise to lower electricity bills by 12 per cent. Did hydro rates go up in Ontario 2022? The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) […]

Sections are numbered beginning with 1 in the South East corner of the Township and ending with 36 in the North East Corner. Every Section contains 640 acres of land and is approximately 1 square mile in size. How many LSDS are in a section? Townships are divided into 36 sections, each section measuring one-by-one […]