Ontario is located in south eastern Canada.
The population in Ontario is 12,851,821.
Although
Ontario is not the largest Canadian province geographically, it ranks first in
terms of population, gross domestic product (GDP), manufacturing output, and
agricultural production. Its capital, Toronto, is the most populous city in
Canada and presides as the nation’s center of industry, high technology, and
finance.
Types of communities within the physical regions of Ontario
The Canadian Shield region
Farming communities: Growing seasons are short and the crops
usually don’t survive. The soil is also very boggy and farming areas are
isolated, so farming is not a major industry in this region. But, the farming
that does occur is centered on dairy farming. Vegetable and grain farming are
also minor practices.
Mining communities:
Igneous rock in the Shield contains copper, gold, zinc, iron ore, nickel
and uranium. There are at least 140 mining sites in the Shield, and the dug up
minerals are transported to the Manufacturing Core. When a mine is closed, the
town around it is useless, and it is closed as well.
Forestry communities: The Shield is covered by the world’s largest
boreal forest. Waterways are used to transport the logs to where they are
manufactured. Paper made here is shipped to the US to make newspaper. It is
expensive to log the trees, replant them, and there is no capital to start new
logging centers.
Nearly
all of the region’s mineral wealth lies buried beneath a portion of the
Canadian Shield, which stretches across most of southern and central Ontario.
The Canadian Shield features a low, rocky landscape of level plateaus and
rounded hills, highlighted by swift-running rivers and most of the province’s
250,000 lakes.
Great Lakes Lowlands
There
are numerous industries found in this region. Some of these include
manufacturing, construction, power generation, mining, agriculture, forestry,
and fishing. The Great Lakes themselves are often considered a resource
of the region.
St. Lawrence Lowlands
St.
Lawrence Lowlands account for the province’s enormous agricultural production. Vast forests of spruce, pine, poplar, and
birch spreading across nearly 70 percent of Ontario supply the raw materials
for key pulp and timber industries.