Bert Corbeau 1925�1927
In
The 2016 Census
Ontario Had
A Population Of 13,448,494 Living
In 5,169,174 Of Its 5,598,391 Total Dwellings
A 4.6 Percent Change From Its 2011 Population Of 12,851,821
With
A Land Area Of 908,607.67 Km2 (350,815.38 Sq Mi)
It Had
A Population Density Of 14.8/km2 (38.3/sq Mi)
In 2016
The Percentages Given Below Add
To More Than 100 Per Cent Because Of Dual Responses (e.g
"French
And Canadian" Response Generates An Entry Both
In
The Category "French Canadian" And
In
The Category "Canadian")
The Majority Of Ontarians
Are Of English Or Other European Descent Including Large Scottish
Irish
And Italian Communities
Slightly Less Than 5 Per Cent Of
The Population Of Ontario
Is Franco-Ontarian
That
Is Those Whose Native Tongue
Is French
Although Those With French Ancestry Account
For 11 Per Cent Of
The Population
In Relation
To Natural Increase Or Inter-provincial Migration
Immigration Is
A Huge Population Growth Force
In Ontario
As
It Has Been Over
The Last Two Centuries
More Recent Sources Of Immigrants With Large Or Growing Communities
In Ontario Include South Asians
Caribbeans
Latin Americans
Europeans
Asians
And Africans
Most Populations Have Settled
In
The Larger Urban Centres
In 2011
25.9 Per Cent Of
The Population Consisted Of Visible Minorities
And 2.4 Per Cent Of
The Population Was Indigenous
Mostly Of First Nations
And M�tis Descent
There Was Also
A Small Number Of Inuit People
In
The Province
The Number Of Aboriginal People
And Visible Minorities Has Been Increasing At
A Faster Rate Than
The General Population Of Ontario
Religion
. .
. ; The 1795 Jay Treaty officially set
the borders between British North America and
the United States north
to
the Great Lakes
and St
Lawrence River
on 1 February 1796
the capital of Upper Canada was moved from Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake)
to York (now Toronto)
which was judged
to be less vulnerable
to attack by
the US
The Act of Union 1840
passed 23 July 1840 by
the British Parliament
and proclaimed by
the Crown
on 10 February 1841
merged Upper Canada with Lower Canada
to form
the short-lived United Province of Canada
Government. An 1824 land deed
for Upper Canada
City Clerk
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to cameras.
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