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Population (2001). 11,410,046--rank, 1st province. Urban, 81.7%; rural, 18.3%. Persons per square mile, 24.4 (per square kilometer, 9.4)--rank, 4th province.
Urban dwellers total 81.7 percent, and 18.3 percent of the people are classified as rural. Although the southern peninsula is one of Canada's most thickly settled areas, Ontario ranks only fourth among the provinces in population density, with 24.4 persons per square mile (9.4 persons per square kilometer).
Extent.
Area, 412,582 square miles (1,068,582 square kilometers), including 68,490 square miles (177,388 square kilometers) of water surface (2nd province in size).
Greatest length (north to south), 1,050 miles (1,690 kilometers);
greatest width (east to west), about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers).
Elevation. Highest, Ogidaki Mountain, 2,183 feet (665 meters), lowest, sea level; average, 800 feet (244 meters).
Temperature. Extremes--lowest, -73o F (-58o C), Iroquois Falls, Jan. 23, 1935, highest, 108o F (42o C), Atikokan, July 11 and 12, 1936, Fort Frances, July 13, 1936, and Biscotasing, July 20, 1919.
Land Use. Agricultural, 7.5%; forest, 64.0%; urban and developed, 0.8%; wildland, 27.7%.
Major Products
Agricultural. Corn, vegetables, soybeans, wheat, tobacco, potatoes, cattle, dairy products, pigs.
Manufactured. Automobiles, iron and steel, machinery, commercial and industrial equipment, pulp and paper, publishing and printing, refined petroleum, food and beverages, plastics, chemicals.
Mined. Nickel, copper, uranium, gold, zinc, salt, cement, clay products, lime, sand and gravel, stone.
-90% of Ontario land is wilderness, and 10% is population
-the population of Ontario is 10 085 000 people
-16% of Ontario is covered in fresh water
-Ontario stretches from New York in the East to Minnesota in the West.
Urban dwellers total 81.7 percent, and 18.3 percent of the people are classified as rural. Although the southern peninsula is one of Canada's most thickly settled areas, Ontario ranks only fourth among the provinces in population density, with 24.4 persons per square mile (9.4 persons per square kilometer).
Extent.
Area, 412,582 square miles (1,068,582 square kilometers), including 68,490 square miles (177,388 square kilometers) of water surface (2nd province in size).
Greatest length (north to south), 1,050 miles (1,690 kilometers);
greatest width (east to west), about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers).
Elevation. Highest, Ogidaki Mountain, 2,183 feet (665 meters), lowest, sea level; average, 800 feet (244 meters).
Temperature. Extremes--lowest, -73o F (-58o C), Iroquois Falls, Jan. 23, 1935, highest, 108o F (42o C), Atikokan, July 11 and 12, 1936, Fort Frances, July 13, 1936, and Biscotasing, July 20, 1919.
Land Use. Agricultural, 7.5%; forest, 64.0%; urban and developed, 0.8%; wildland, 27.7%.
Major Products
Agricultural. Corn, vegetables, soybeans, wheat, tobacco, potatoes, cattle, dairy products, pigs.
Manufactured. Automobiles, iron and steel, machinery, commercial and industrial equipment, pulp and paper, publishing and printing, refined petroleum, food and beverages, plastics, chemicals.
Mined. Nickel, copper, uranium, gold, zinc, salt, cement, clay products, lime, sand and gravel, stone.
-90% of Ontario land is wilderness, and 10% is population
-the population of Ontario is 10 085 000 people
-16% of Ontario is covered in fresh water
-Ontario stretches from New York in the East to Minnesota in the West.