Ontario

Ontario is a Canadian province, the most populous and the second largest in area (after Quebec). Its southern boundary runs along the St. Lawrence River and through Lake Ontario, the Niagara River, and Lake Erie; here the province borders on the American states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Ontario's northern boundary lies in Hudson Bay; here it borders the territory of Nunavut and the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec.

The western boundary consists of a land border with the American state of Minnesota and of Lakes Superior and Huron and their connecting waters. The boundary in Lake Huron is with the American state of Michigan, while it has boundaries with the states of Minnesota and with the Wisconsin in Lake Superior.

The capital city of Ontario is Toronto, which is also the largest city in Canada. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is also in Ontario. The 2006 Census reported 12,160,282 residents of Ontario, who constituted 38% of the national population.

The province is 1,076,395 km² in area, of which 917,741 km² are land.