Category: Ontario

Short-Tailed weasels may be the most abundant land carnivore in Ontario. Europeans gave the Short-Tailed weasel two different names; stoat and ermine. A weasel with a dark summer coat is called a stoat and a weasel with a white winter coat is called an ermine. Do we have stoats in Canada? Three species of weasels […]

List Rank Population centre Population density 1 Toronto 3,087.8/km2 2 Ottawa – Gatineau 1,945.1/km2 3 Hamilton 2,049.2/km2 4 Kitchener 1,763.8/km2 Where does most of Ontario population live? More than 85% live in urban centres, largely in cities on the shores of the Great Lakes. The largest concentration of people and cities is in the “Golden […]

southeastern Ontario. Kingston, city, seat (1792) of Frontenac county, southeastern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, at the point where it joins the St. Lawrence River, 135 miles (220 km) northeast of Toronto. Is Kingston considered Northern Ontario? Kingston is now a separate municipality from the County of Frontenac. Kingston is the […]

1896 ft. Southern Ontario Range Type Bogus mountain grouping for this site Highest Point Southern Ontario High Point (578 m/1896 ft) Countries Canada States/Provinces Ontario (99%), Québec (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area) Area 136,942 sq km / 52,873 sq mi Area may include lowland areas What’s the highest elevation in Southern Ontario? […]

Average daytime temperatures are about 8°C in March and rise slowly through the rest of the season. The nights are cool. July and August can be very hot and humid. In southern Ontario, daytime temperatures are usually above 20°C and frequently above 30°C. How hot does Ontario get in the summer? Summer, from June to […]

The La Cloche Mountains, also called the La Cloche Range, are a range of mountains in Northern Ontario, Canada, along the northern shore of Lake Huron near Manitoulin Island. Are the Blue Mountains in Ontario actually mountains? It turns out that there really isn’t one, single ‘blue mountain’, either a town or geological feature, anywhere […]

Both gophers and groundhogs can be found throughout Canada. Where are gophers found in Canada? The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) lives in southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in south-central BC. The larger plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) barely extends into Canada via the RED RIVER valley, Man. Do gophers live in Canada? Distribution. […]

Daily high temperatures are around 93°F, rarely falling below 83°F or exceeding 102°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 93°F on August 23. Is it hot in August Ontario? August Weather in Toronto Canada. Daily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 77°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 85°F. Daily low temperatures […]

In May 2017, the Ontario government completed the third and final sale of Hydro One shares worth $2.8 billion. After the offering, Ontario held 48.9% of Hydro One’s common shares: 47.4% directly held by the government, and 1.5% held by Ontario Power Generation. Who split up Ontario Hydro? While it was the Ontario Liberals that […]

To help you better understand which trade best fits your abilities, the skilled trades have been categorized into four main sectors: Construction, Motive Power, Industrial, and Service . What are the 4 main trades? Generally, these trades fall within four main categories: Construction. which includes trades such as electricians, carpenters, plumbers, pipefitters, welders, heavy equipment […]