Ontario Travel Guide
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Ontario is Canada’s most varied province with its large
southern cities, tranquil farm country and wild remote northern
areas where polar bears outnumber humans. It is in the central area
of the country, bordered by Manitoba and Quebec, bounded in the
north by James and Hudson Bay, and bordering on the United States
in the south. Ontario hosts the capital city of Canada, Ottawa, but
also has Canada’s largest city, Toronto, within its
borders.
The province has a wealth of water, being the site of four of
the five 'Great Lakes' of North America, as well as the mighty St
Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers and about 200,000 inland lakes. Last,
but by no means least, in the far south is the most famous water
spectacle of all, the Niagara Falls. Ontario is home to one third
of Canada's population and has amassed great wealth from its
mineral resources, heavy industrialisation, forestry, agriculture
and fishing.