Category: Ontario

What Town Has The Highest Elevation In Ontario?

Dundalk has the highest elevation of any populated place in southern Ontario at 526m (1,735 feet). Dundalk, Ontario Incorporated 1887 Government • Mayor Brian Milne Elevation 529 m (1,736 ft) Which city in Ontario has the highest elevation? Ishpatina Ridge is the highest point of land in the Canadian province of Ontario, at an estimated […]

Why Is Ontario Upper Canada?

The “upper” prefix in the name reflects its geographic position along the Great Lakes, mostly above the headwaters of the Saint Lawrence River, contrasted with Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) to the northeast. Is Ontario Upper or Lower Canada? Canada West, also called Upper Canada, in Canadian history, the region in Canada now known as Ontario. […]

Does Windsor Ontario Have Mountains?

Windsor Mountain is a high point on the ten kilometre long Windsor Ridge. Castle Peak is the prominent high point at the northwest end of the mountain. This prominent peak has a distinctive look about it compared to the other mountains in the area and there is a geological reason for this. What is special […]

Does Ontario Freeze?

NMDD values in Toronto for the Winter season (DJF) from 1840/41 to 2014/15. There have been five reported (anecdotally, not instrumentally) occurrences when the surface of Lake Ontario has frozen over: 1829/30, 1873/74, 1893/94, 1911/12 and 1933/34 (May, 2008). Does Lake Ontario freeze solid? Lake Ontario is also nearly all ice free, but Ontario never […]

Where Is The Coldest Spot In Ontario?

White River. White River advertises itself as “The Coldest Spot in Canada” with recorded temperatures as low as −58 °C (−72 °F). Where is the coldest place in Ontario? Thunder Bay, Ontario Thunder Bay is located over 1,000km northwest of Sudbury, with a metropolitan population of 121,621. During the winter months, it averages at a […]

How Much Does Ontario Spend On Debt?

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 […]

What Landform Is Southern Ontario?

Ontario is divided by three of Canada’s seven physiographic regions. These three regions are the Hudson Bay Lowlands, the Canadian Shield and the St. Lawrence Lowlands. What is Southern Ontario considered? Southern Ontario is a primary region of the province of Ontario, Canada, the other primary region being Northern Ontario. It is the most densely […]

How Much Does Ontario Spend On Education?

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 […]

Who Is Ontario’S Biggest Trading Partner?

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 […]