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By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Canada is a huge country. Most of it is unfit for human habitation. After the American Revolution , many American colonists who were loyal to Britain moved to Ontario.
They were known as United Empire Loyalists. In , the British enacted the Constitutional Act , which split Quebec into two parts. Ontario was upstream of the St. In , the capital was moved to York now Toronto to protect it from American attacks. Throughout the nineteenth century, many immigrant groups moved to Upper Canada, including Germans, Scots and Mennonites.
By , the population of Canada was about , Toronto became the first city in Ontario in In , Ontario and Quebec became separate provinces. This was declared in the British North America Act. Ontario is Canada's second largest province, covering more than 1 million square kilometres , square miles - an area larger than France and Spain combined. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to the south.
Learn more about these resources below:. Ontario's many lakes, rivers and streams played a central role in the province's history and development. For Aboriginal peoples and the early European settlers, the lakes and rivers were a means of transportation and a source for food. Waterways determined the patterns of settlement as well as the patterns of industrialization. Harvested wood is used to make building materials, pulp and paper and a wide range of other value-added products, such as furniture and flooring.
But there is more than one kind of forest in Ontario. These include the deciduous forest of southern Ontario and the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest of central Ontario. Ontario's varied climate and geography support habitat for more than 3, species of plants, species of fish, 50 species of amphibians and reptiles, species of birds, and more than 81 species of mammals.
In Ontario's southernmost regions, you will find prickly pear cactus and sassafras trees, while polar bears roam our northern tundra. Common fish in Ontario include yellow perch, bluegill, northern pike, and walleye. The mammals that call Ontario home include beavers, black bears, muskrats, gray wolves, white-tailed deer and walrus. Familiar birds include blue jays, northern cardinals, great blue herons, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls and pileated woodpeckers.
Look carefully and you might see some reptiles and amphibians, including eastern garter snakes, northern leopard frogs, eastern massasauga rattlesnakes, midland painted turtles or one of 11 types of salamanders and newts.
The two least populated territories in Canada include Yukon and Nunavut which account for 0. Ontario, located in east-central Canada, is the most populous province and the second largest by total area in the country. Immigration plays a huge role in the population growth of Ontario which has been experiencing an influx of Latin American, Asian, African, European, and Caribbean immigrants.
Urbanization due to industrialization has also played a role in the population growth of Ontario because it provides job opportunities, better living environments together with good educational institutions. The region is a vast area of arable land which also helps encourage population density.
Nunavut, located in the northern region of Canada, is the largest territory as well as the least populated. Upon arriving in Canada—at an international airport, for example—you must report to Customs Services. Depending on where you choose to study, there will be different types of accommodations available to you.
Whether you live on-campus in a residence, a studio apartment, or otherwise you will have options. You may be pleasantly surprised by the fact that the high level of quality of life in Ontario does not necessarily come at a high cost. In various cost-of-living studies, Ontario cities compare favorably with other international urban centers. Ontario: at the heart of Canada Ontario is predominantly English-speaking.
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