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People and Culture - Population Densities
With a population of more than 13 million, Ontario is home to about one in three Canadians. More than 85 per cent live in urban centres, largely in cities on the shores of the Great Lakes.
About Ontario - Overview
Welcome to Ontario, the province that one in three Canadians calls home.
About Ontario
This section provides links to detailed information about the people, places and events in Ontario.
2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games
Hosting the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games in Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe is cause for all of us to celebrate—but it's more than just fun and games. The Games are also important to Ontario—and for all Canadians.
Niagara Parks
The Niagara Parks Commission is a self-financed agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The Niagara Region offers an unparalleled variety of sights and sounds, from the majestic Niagara Falls to theatres, festivals and wineries. All the Niagara Falls & Great Gorge attractions, like Journey Behind the Falls and the Whirlpool Aero Car, and beautiful gardens like Oakes Garden Theatre are owned and operated by Niagara Parks.
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport supports delivery of high quality tourism and recreation experiences to Ontarians and visitors to Ontario. The ministry also encourages the arts and cultural industries, protects Ontario's heritage and advances the public library system.
Indian and Inuit Art Centre
The Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Art Collection represents works of art by Canadian First Nations (Indian), Métis and Inuit artists as well as works by young emerging and mid-career artists.
National Parks of Canada
National Parks are a country-wide system of representative natural areas of Canadian significance. By law, they are protected for public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment, while being maintained in an unimpaired state for future generations. National Parks have existed in Canada for well over a century.
Travel Guides
The Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation produces a number of helpful and informative free publications that showcase Ontario's unique and diverse range of travel experiences.
Food and Wine
If you have a taste for the pleasures of great food and drink, Ontario offers a tempting menu for your next culinary adventure. Share the passion of epicurean experts who present the finest seasonal offerings. Discover the secrets of celebrated culinary masters at classes designed to make learning a delicious pleasure.
Urban Experiences
Let Ontario's vibrant urban energy sweep you to amazing new experiences. Tease your palate in trattorias and taverns, bistros and bars. Toronto, alone, offers 5,000 restaurant choices. Swing to the beat of jazz, salsa, big bands and pops or prepare yourself for perpetual motion during an international festival.
Sports and Gaming
Whoop and holler for the home team at a major league game or grab some ice level seats and catch spirited amateur hockey action. Feel the roar of the Indy cars as you watch the world's best drivers play cat and mouse.
Spas
Slip into a thick terry robe and surrender to total relaxation. Whether you seek an urban oasis or rural retreat, Ontario's spas will cater to your well-being. Find tranquility amid the green hills at a yoga retreat.
Natural Wonders
Come and explore a vast and diverse landscape unlike anywhere else in the world. Look out upon the rugged beauty of canyons gouged deep in the earth. Feel the mist on your face as majestic waterfalls thunder down from incredible heights. Follow hiking paths and canoe routes through glorious outdoor havens where moose, caribou and bears roam freely.
Golf
Ontario is a golfer's paradise! Tee off on lush fairways weaving through wilderness that just dares you to drive one over the water. Sink a putt on emerald greens that cleverly hide their slope.

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