Ontario

[ on-tair-ee-oh ]

noun

1. a province in southern Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 square miles (1,068,585 square kilometers). : Toronto.
2. Lake Ontario, a lake between the northeastern United States and southern Canada, between New York and Ontario province: the smallest of the Great Lakes. 193 miles (310 kilometers) long; 7,540 square miles (19,530 square kilometers).
3. a city in southwestern California, east of Los Angeles.

Ontario

/ ɒnˈtɛərɪəʊ /

noun

1. a province of central Canada: lies mostly on the Canadian Shield and contains the fertile plain of the lower Great Lakes and the St Lawrence River, one of the world's leading industrial areas; the second largest and the most populous province. Capital: Toronto. Pop: 12 392 721 (2004 est). Area: 891 198 sq km (344 092 sq miles) AbbreviationOnt.ON
2. Lake Ontario
   a lake between the US and Canada, bordering on New York State and Ontario province: the smallest of the Great Lakes; linked with Lake Erie by the Niagara River and Welland Canal; drained by the St Lawrence. Area: 19 684 sq km (7600 sq miles)

Ontario

1. Province in central Canada , bordered by Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north; Quebec to the east; the St. Lawrence River , Lake Ontario , Lake Erie , Lake Huron , Lake Superior , and Minnesota to the south; and Manitoba to the west. Its capital and largest city is Toronto .

Notes

Ontario is the most heavily industrialized, populous, and prosperous province in Canada.

The Canadian side of Niagara Falls is in southern Ontario.

Ottawa , Canada's capital, is in southeastern Ontario.

Other Words From

• On·tari·an On·taric [on-, tar, -ik], adjective noun

Example Sentences

Ontario Christian’s girls basketball team won two games in Texas last week, stamping itself as the No. 1 team in California and one of the best in the nation to start the season.

From Los Angeles Times

Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, said on Monday the proposed tariff would be "devastating to workers and jobs in both Canada and the US".

From BBC

Ontario Christian’s pressure defense combined with balanced scoring left Etiwanda behind by as many as 16 points.

From Los Angeles Times

The research employed a combination of field and laboratory studies, starting with quantifying pesticide residues at suitable hibernation sites for bumble bee queens on Ontario farms.

From Science Daily

Available studies suggest there’s been a steady increase for more than a decade in the use of mental health legislation being used to detain people in Québec, Ontario and British Columbia.

From Salon