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Ontario
province, Canada
- Capital:
- Toronto
- Population:
- (2021) 14,223,942; (2023 est.) 15,801,768
- Date Of Admission:
- 1867
- Provincial Motto:
- "Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains)"
- Provincial Flower:
- white trillium
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Ontario, second largest province of Canada in area, after Quebec. It occupies the strip of the Canadian mainland lying between Hudson and James bays to the north and the St. Lawrence River–Great Lakes chain to the south. It is bordered to the east by the province of Quebec, to the south by the United States, and to the west by the province of Manitoba. The most populous Canadian province, Ontario is home to more than one-third of Canada’s total population. Ontario is also the nation’s wealthiest province, having a substantial share of the country’s natural resources and its most mature ...(100 of 7297 words)