Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Publicly Funded Health Care, Primary Sector Of The Economy, Profit Margin
25 Apr 2017
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Ontario has the largest population of canada"s regions. It has always been the economic engine of the country but in 2009 it received equalization payments from the federal government for the first time ever. Ontario is larger than most countries (over 1 million sq. km). Only 7% of its population lives in northern ontario. The niagara escarpment contains the most variable topography in southern ontario. Summers in southern ontario are hot and humid. Southern ontario has over half of the highest-quality agricultural land (class 1) in canada. In winter, invasions of arctic air masses bring cold temperatures and bitter wind chills. The french founded the first settlement in ontario in 1749 across the river from detroit and named it petite c te (this is present-day windsor). In the late 1700s, british loyalists from the u. s. began settling throughout southern ontario. Etroit: narrow or strait: strait: (narrow body of water that connects to lakes, de means de.
