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Photo: Original uploader was Ptrbnsn at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.How well do you know Canada's most populous province? Test your knowledge on Ontario's iconic landmarks, rich history, natural wonders, and unique cultural symbols.
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Toronto is the bustling capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada. Ottawa is also in Ontario, but it is the capital of the whole country. Fun fact: from 1793 to 1834 the town was called York, until it became the City of Toronto and took an Indigenous name instead.
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Niagara Falls consists of three waterfalls, with the Horseshoe Falls being the largest and located mostly on the Canadian side in Ontario. It is a massive source of hydroelectric power. In 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over the falls in a barrel.
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Lake Michigan is the only one of the five Great Lakes located entirely within the United States. Ontario borders the other four: Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Together, these massive bodies of water contain about one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water.
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS Expedition, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Ontario introduced the iconic 'Yours to Discover' slogan on its license plates in 1982 to promote tourism. Although a redesign was proposed in 2019 using 'A Place to Grow' for passenger vehicles, the government ultimately reverted to the classic blue-on-white plates due to nighttime visibility issues.
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Far up north, Ontario borders Hudson Bay and James Bay. Polar Bear Provincial Park lies there and is Ontario's largest park, yet it has no visitor facilities and can only be reached by plane. Several hundred polar bears pass through it.
Photo: Alan Wilson, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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The delicate white trillium was officially adopted as Ontario's floral emblem in 1937. It grows abundantly in the province's wild woodlands during the spring. Please don't pick them: removing the flower can weaken the plant for years. Many people believe picking trilliums is illegal in Ontario, but that's actually a myth.
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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of cinema lovers every September. Unlike many other major festivals, its top prize, the People's Choice Award, is voted on by the festival audience rather than a jury.
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The Rideau Canal was opened in 1832 as a precautionary military route between Ottawa and Kingston. Today, this UNESCO World Heritage site is a popular recreational waterway. In the winter, a section of the canal in Ottawa freezes over to become the world's largest naturally frozen skating rink.
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Algonquin Provincial Park was established in 1893, making it the oldest provincial park in Ontario. It covers a vast area of maple hills, rocky ridges and thousands of lakes. It was a major source of inspiration for the famous Canadian landscape painters known as the Group of Seven.
Photo: Original uploader was Ptrbnsn at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Standing at 553.3 meters, the CN Tower was completed by Canadian National Railway in 1976. It held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure until 2007. Thrill-seekers can try the EdgeWalk, where they walk hands-free along the open-air ledge at the top of the tower's main pod.
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