Ontario

=Welcome to Ontario! = ﻿This Wiki is here to inform students, parents, and our community about the province of Ontario. Be sure to follow the links to find out about all the great things Ontario has to offer. Visit the activities page to find out fun ways to continue learning about Ontario not only at school but at home as well!


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Picture from [|Canada Maps]

===Ever been to Ontario, Canada? It has some weird facts! ===
 * The world's largest gum wrapper chain is in Waterdown, Ontario. As of March 11, 2004, the chain was 44,378 feet long! That's a lot of gum to chew!
 * Ontario contains over 250,000 lakes.
 * The largest freshwater lake in the world is Lake Superior, measuring approximately 560 km from west to east and 260 km from north to south.
 * Leamington, Ontario is known as the tomato capital of Canada.

** It also has some very normal facts! **

 * Capital - Toronto
 * Provincial Flower - White Trillium
 * Provincial Bird - Common Loon
 *  Provincial Tree - Eastern White Pin e

===** And even some statistics! ** ===

All above information from [|Canadian Geographic]
 * Confederated - 1867
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Population - 12, 536,031
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Land area (in km) - 1,076,395

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">Picture from [|Blogspot]

===<span style="color: #a300ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Ontario, Canada is also home to the great Niagra Falls! ===

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Wiki Copyright - Kristen Sanders | krsande@ilstu.edu | Created Spring Semester 2011 | Last revised May 2