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98 unusual facts about Ontario


ACF2

Barry Schrager, Eberhard Klemens, and Scott Krueger combined to develop ACF2 at London Life Insurance in London, Ontario in 1978.

Ahead by a Century

The song's music video, directed by Eric Yealand, was filmed on a small farm in Whitby, Ontario.

Alison Goring

Alison Goring (born November 15, 1963 in Toronto) is a Canadian curler, who currently skips her own team, while throwing lead stones, out of the Milton Curling Club, in Milton, Ontario.

Almont, Michigan

The name could therefore have migrated from Ontario to Michigan, although the town of Almonte, Ontario was named for the Mexican General Juan Almonte in 1855.

Andy Boychuk

Andrew ("Andy") Boychuk (born May 17, 1941 in Orono, Ontario) is a retired long-distance runner.

Angela Bulloch

Angela Bulloch (born 1966 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada), is an artist who often works with sound and installation; she is recognised as one of the Young British Artists.

Battle of Longwoods

Late in December, 1813, the British established an outpost at Delaware, roughly halfway between these two positions, and another at Port Talbot on the shore of Lake Erie.

Benjamin Pierce Cheney, Jr.

She was born at Hamilton, Ontario, on May 3, 1868, the daughter of Thomas J. Lewis, a tobacco manufacturer, and Elizabeth (Arthur) Lewis.

Bill Gairdner

William ("Bill") Gairdner (born October 19, 1940 in Oakville, Ontario) attended Appleby College in Oakville, and is now a resident of Willowdale, Ontario.

Canadian Action Party candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election

Victor Knight was a special education teacher in Kent County.

Canadian Association of Magicians

The first 5 conventions were scheduled to take place every second year, and the first 4 took place in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario.

CCGS Griffon

On February 13, 2009, The vessel broke ice at the mouth of the Grand River that had caused a flood in the small towns of Dunnville and Cayuga, Ontario.

Centennial College

Located at 755 Morningside Avenue in the Morningside Avenue-Ellesmere Road area of Scarborough, this campus is commonly known as Morningside Campus.

Centre Wellington, Ontario

The township also contains the smaller communities of Aboyne, Alma, Belwood, Dracon, Ennotville, Inverhaugh, Living Springs, Oustic, Pentland Corners, Salem, Shiloh, Simpson Corners, Speedside and Spier, and the ghost town of Ponsonby.

Cephas Mark

He was born in Little Britain, Ontario, the son of Joseph Mark and Philipa Netterton, and was educated in Lindsay and at the Toronto School of Pharmacy.

CFS Carp Almonte Detachment

The Almonte Detachment was a military-operated radio communications receiver station linked by land line to CFS Carp located off Lanark County Road 49 East of Almonte, Ontario.

CFS Carp Dunrobin Detachment

A second antenna receiver site was located further West near Almonte, Ontario; the Almonte Detachment.

Chankanai

It is so popular, immigrant community in Toronto (Scarborough), Canada has opened a market with the same name in their new country.

Church of the Universe

Tucker founded the church at a water-filled former quarry in Puslinch, Ontario in Wellington County between Hamilton and Guelph in 1969.

CJDL-FM

The request was denied, and the frequency ultimately went to CFRS (Now CHCD-FM) in nearby Simcoe, Ontario.

CKJN-FM

CHCD contested the station could only survive on advertising revenue from Simcoe and Norfolk County, even in spite a condition of license barring it from soliciting local advertising in Simcoe (and also nearby Brantford).

Doug Reycraft

Reycraft returned to municipal politics, and was elected mayor of Southwest Middlesex, Ontario in 2000.

Duncan Frederick Campbell

Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Frederick Campbell, DSO (28 April 1876 Simcoe, Ontario – 4 September 1916) was Unionist MP for North Ayrshire who died in World War I.

Essex, Ontario

The current Town of Essex was created on 1 April 1999 through the amalgamation of the former towns of Essex and Harrow, along with the former townships of Colchester North and Colchester South.

FC London Academy

FC London Academy, started on April 1, 2011, is the highest level of soccer for boys U6-U18 in London, Ontario.

Francis Fletcher

Born in Allerston, Yorkshire, England, he immigrated with his parents, William and Mary Fletcher and four brothers, to Nassagaweya Township, Ontario, Canada in 1825.

Frank Gross

Gross was born in Chesley, Ontario, had lived in Listowel, Ontario until 1948, and established his residence in Chatham at 11 Stone Avenue in April, 1948.

Fred J. Slater

In 1937, he was injoined by federal judge John Knight to refrain from selling stock of the Craig Gold Mine, of Madoc, Ontario.

Freedom Lite SS-11 Skywatch

The Freedom Lite SS-11 Skywatch (also called the Skywatch SS11) is a Canadian ultralight aircraft that was produced by Freedom Lite of Walton, Ontario and later by Legend Lite of New Hamburg, Ontario, introduced in 1996.

Geography of Toronto

Tornado warnings have been posted for the city on a few occasions in the past few years, however no touchdowns have been confirmed in the city since a weak tornado hit Scarborough in the mid−1990s.

George Arthur Welsh

After retiring from politics, Welsh served as sheriff for Ontario County.

GRTensorII

This package was developed at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario by Peter Musgrave, Denis Pollney and Kayll Lake.

H. Hugh Bancroft

After nine years, he left for the Church of the Ascension in Hamilton, Ontario, but stayed there only nine months.

Helicopter AirStair

The Helicopter AirStair, designed in house at Hydro One Inc, Ontario, Canada, can be attached to a Eurocopter AS 350 B2 helicopter.

Henry Joseph Walker

Prior to his federal political experience, he was reeve and councilor of Percy Township, Ontario.

Hilda Woolnough

Emigrating to Canada in 1957, she settled in Hamilton, Ontario, but then left in 1965 to go to San Miguel de Allende Instituto in Mexico to study experimental etching, graduating in 1967 with a focus on graphics and a Master's of Fine Arts.

Homedale, Idaho

State Highway 19 heads westward for five miles (8 km) and enters Oregon to become Oregon Route 201, which turns northward to Ontario.

Hurricane Connie

In Burlington, 27 boats were destroyed, and one person drowned in Lake Erie after his boat sank.

Hurricane Isabel

At Hamilton, the waves surpassed seawalls and produced spray onto coastal streets.

Ice resurfacer

In 1967, an Elmira, Ontario-based welder named Andrew Schlupp built his own ice-resurfacer and started the Resurfice Corporation.

Jack Bickell

That year, he also built a mansion, adjacent to the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club, in Port Credit, Ontario where he would live for the rest of his life.

James Bell Forsyth

James bell Forsyth's father, Joseph Forsyth, came to Canada in 1784 as the agent for Forsyth, Richardson & Co., at Kingston, Ontario.

James Kudelka

James Kudelka, OC, (born at Newmarket, Ontario on September 10, 1955), is a choreographer, dancer, and director.

Jamy Franco

In 2005 at the age of 14, Franco won the 10,000 meter race walk at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Windsor, Canada, setting a new record in the event.

Jennifer Bragg

She was born in Scarborough, Ontario, the eldest daughter of Catherine and George Bragg.

Jennifer Hedger

A native of London, Ontario, Hedger grew up in Lambeth and Westminster, Ontario and later graduated from the University of Western Ontario.

Joane Somarriba

She also achieved a time trial victory at the 2003 World Championships in Hamilton, Canada.

Juan Almonte

The town of Almonte, Ontario is named after Almonte, to commemorate the general's futile resistance against the United States.

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania

It streaked over the Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario area, dropped metal debris over Michigan and northern Ohio, and caused sonic booms in Western Pennsylvania.

Kelly-Ann Way

Kelly-Ann Way (born September 18, 1964 in Windsor, Ontario) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Canada, who won the silver medal in the women's individual pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Ken Millin

Millin works as a school teacher at Jacob Beam Public School in Beamsville, Ontario and has a wife (Jennifer) and daughter (Raiya).

Lake Muskoka

The Town of Bala, Ontario is located on the southwest shores of the lake, where the Moon River starts.

Linda Ann Ward

Linda Ann Ward (born May 24, 1947 in Puslinch, Ontario) is a Canadian former figure skater who competed in pairs.

Louis Shannon

Shannon was raised in Vankleek Hill where his father was the editor of small newspaper.

Mackenzie House

An interesting addition to the grounds are the side panels of the Memorial Arch that once stood at the foot of the Honeymoon Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Malcolm Burn

Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Burn grew up in Deep River, Ontario and became lead singer/keyboardist for the 1980s Canadian band Boys Brigade.

Mark Teahen

Prior to the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Teahen, whose father was born in St. Marys, Ontario, became a naturalized Canadian citizen and played for Team Canada in that event.

Markus Fothen

In 2003 Fothen won the under-23 World Championship time trial in Hamilton, Canada.

Matthew Barber

Barber was born and grew up in Port Credit, which is part of Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, attending Lorne Park Secondary School before moving to Kingston, Ontario to attend Queen's University, where he volunteered at campus radio station CFRC-FM and performed at campus pubs.

Metro Morning

However Metro Morning was broadcast on the Paris, Ontario transmitter (serving Kitchener-Waterloo) until the start of local morning programming on March 11, 2013.

No. 162 Squadron RCAF

A Canso at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is restored in the markings and colors of No. 162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force The museum is located in Hamilton, Ontario.

Oakwood–Vaughan

Oakwood–Vaughan is a multicultural neighbourhood in the York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Of All People

This series featured profiles of Canadians who were not celebrities such as couple Fred and Mary Allison celebrating a 50th anniversary, octogenarian coin and stamp collector Vinnie Green, Newfoundlander Leonard Evans and his 14 children, Uxbridge Township dogcatcher Anne Barrett.

Ol' Time Killin'

The featured rappers, Wio-K and IRS (Korry Deez and Black Cat) from Scarborough's Monolith crew, were chosen by Kardinal, because he used to hang out with them, and musically, they were as hyper as he was.

Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers

The Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers is an honour presented annually by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for outstanding contributions by young volunteers in the province of Ontario.

Ottawa Valley Twang

Ottawa Valley Twang is the accent, sometimes referred to as a dialect of English, that is spoken in the Ottawa Valley, in Ontario, Canada.

Peter Camani

Peter Camani is a Canadian artist and sculptor who has created an unusual residence, castle, and sculpture garden on an old farm near Burk's Falls, Ontario, Canada, which is most commonly known as Screaming Heads.

Peter Desbarats

Currently, he lives in a heritage home with his actress wife, Hazel, in the East Woodfield Heritage Conservation District in London, Ontario, Canada.

Philip Greening

He married one Mary Gainer on October 13, 1849 in Ingersoll, Ontario, and worked in the Woodstock area for about ten months before emigrating to Wisconsin.

Pycnanthemum incanum

It is listed as an endangered species in Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as in Ontario, where there are only two remaining populations located within a single stretch of oak savanna in Burlington.

Remote surgery

To date Dr. Anvari, a laparoscopic surgeon in Hamilton, Canada, has conducted numerous remote surgeries on patients in North Bay, a city 400 kilometres from Hamilton.

Robert Erie Nay

He was born in Huron County, Ontario, the son of J.J. Nay, and was educated in Minga, Manitoba and at Manitoba University.

Roger Hale Sheaffe

Early on 13 October the Americans began crossing the Niagara at Queenston, a few miles south of Fort George.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario

Little further expansion took place until about 1836 when Rev. Proulx began an expansion which reached Fort William in 1849.

Rouge Hill GO Station

Rouge Hill is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located at 6251 Lawrence Avenue East, near the former Port Union station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ryan Hreljac

Ryan graduated St. Michael's Catholic High School in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada in June 2009.

Samuel Lyness Howe

He was born in St. Vincent township, Grey County, Ontario, the son of Andrew Howe and Margaret Lyness, and was educated at the Ontario College of Pharmacy.

Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator

The album was released in 1991 and recorded live in London and Kitchener (misspelled in the liner notes at "Kitchner") Ontario, Canada, in October 1990.

Snettisham, Alaska

It was led by President and General Manager John N. Tisdale of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, and Superintendent Wythe Denby.

SS James Carruthers

During the height of the storm late on the afternoon of the 9th, several witnesses heard steamer whistles and sighted distress rockets far offshore of Inverhuron.

SS North American

The company used her in cross-lake service between Erie, Pennsylvania and Port Dover, Ontario for one year until she was retired in 1964.

Steve Arpin

Arpin made his racing debut in Go-Karts at Riverside Speedway in Rainy River, Ontario at the age of 10.

Students Coalition Against War

The Students Coalition Against War is a Canadian organization with members in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Edmonton, Alberta, Victoria, British Columbia, Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.

Sutton District High School

It is the primary secondary school for most communities in the town of Georgina, including Sutton West, Pefferlaw, and Udora.

Taiwan ROCSAUT

Headquartered at downtown Toronto, Taiwan ROCSAUT also establishes two branches in Scarborough and Mississauga with executives supporting from the corresponding University of Toronto campuses.

The Cornish Trilogy

Their first essay into the world of humanist patronage is to support a precocious composer in completing an unfinished opera by E.T.A. Hoffmann entitled Arthur of Britain, or the Magnanimous Cuckold, and then bringing it to the stage at Stratford, Ontario.

Thomas C. Brown

He attended the public schools, and a business school in Belleville, Ontario.

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo

Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Pattullo's early career was as a journalist with two newspapers in Ontario: the Woodstock Sentinel in the 1890s, and as editor of the Galt Reformer in 1896.

Thomas Lynch Raymond

Thomas L. Raymond, Jr. began his schooling at the East Orange Public School System and then went to boarding school at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario.

Thomas Marks

He was reeve of Shuniah from 1875 to 1884 and became mayor of the newly incorporated town of Port Arthur in 1884.

Tycroes

A Canadian maple tree grows at the bottom of the garden of 'Fernhill' (on Ammanford Road) where in previous years the Parry family once lived and some members of the family emigrated to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century and became a prominent family in Hamilton City, Ontario.

UWA Hardcore Wrestling

This event took place at the Bolton Fairgrounds in Bolton, Ontario and included the following participants: Osiris, Asylum, Bishop, Mickey Knight, Blue Jabroni, Nick Watts, Lionel Knight and Ruckus.

Vermont Creamery

Cows' milk is sourced from the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery in St. Albans, Vermont, while goats' milk is sourced from approximately 20 Vermont farms and and Hewitt's Dairy in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada.

Waterloo North

In 1947, it was re-defined to consist of the city of Kitchener, the town of Waterloo and the townships of Wellesley and Woolwich, and the northern part of the township of Waterloo.

West Hill, Toronto

It is located in the eastern end of the city, in the former suburb of Scarborough.

William E. Nelson

William E. Nelson (born February 18, 1941) was an environmental wax researcher from Perth, Ontario, Canada.

William John O'Grady

He served as chaplain to Connell James Baldwin's soldiers in Brazil, and followed him to Toronto Gore Township in 1828.

WPBS

WPBS-DT, a PBS member station operating on Channel 41 (virtual channel 16.1) in Northern New York and serving eastern Ontario.


2010 Men's World Floorball Championships Qualifying

The North American Qualifying rounds of the 2010 World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from February 5 to February 6, 2010.

Andreas Felder

In December that year he won the World cup competition in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Association of Regular Baptist Churches

One of its leading churches is Jarvis Street Baptist Church of Toronto, Ontario, whose well-known pastor of 45 years, Thomas Todhunter Shields (1873–1955), led fundamentalist forces in the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec during the fundamentalist/modernist controversies in the first half of the 20th century.

Atrium on Bay

Atrium on Bay hosts the spacious flagship store of the Canadian photo retailer Black's Photography, an outlet of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the main prize claiming site for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Tourism Ontario, and the Land Registry Office for the City of Toronto.

Baseball Ontario

On June 4, 1838, a year before Abner Doubleday was recognized with inventing baseball in Cooperstown, New York, two teams from Oxford and Zorra townships met in Beachville, Ontario in what is now known as the first documented game in North American history.

Betula neoalaskana

Its range covers most of interior Alaska, and extends from the southern Brooks Range to the Chugach Range in Alaska, including the Turnagain Arm and northern half of the Kenai Peninsula, easterward from Norton Sound into western Ontario, and north to Northwest Territories and southern Nunavut.

Blanche River

and flow west under Ontario Highway 11, turns south, heads through Kenogami Lake, then back under Ontario Highway 11 at the settlement of Kenogami Lake, flows under the Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) mainline and past Kenogami Lake Station, enters the municipality of Kirkland Lake and reaches the community of Swastika.

Brian Ferriman

sometime in the seventies - Brian, Jim Chapman, and Sandy WIlson renovates an old schoolhouse somewhere in Ontario to form Springfield Sound, a recording studio where such musicians as Bernard Purdie record with Brian, Jim and Sandy as their affable hosts.

Charles I. Sparks

Born on a farm near Ontario, in Jackson Township, Iowa, Sparks was educated in the rural schools and Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa.

CHOV

CHRO-TV, a television station (channel 5) licensed to Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CHOV-TV from 1961 to 1977

Cinergy

The Ontario government, across the border in Canada, followed suit at the request of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

CKEY

CFLZ-FM, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CKEY-FM from 1991 to 2011

CKOT

CKOT-FM, a radio station (101.3 FM) licensed to Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada

Daniel J. Benor

In 2006 Benor moved to Guelph, Ontario, Canada (near Toronto), where he teaches wholistic healing.

Disgorge Mexico

The instruments were recorded from the 6th to the 17th of August 2007 at Liverpool Court Studios in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Eagle Premier

As a result, the automotive supplier received $10 million grants from the governments of both Canada and Ontario to expanded the metal stamping plant in Milton, Ontario.

Ernest MacMillan Family Home

The Sir Ernest MacMillan family home is a Toronto heritage property located at 115 Park Road, in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act

Both sides of the Ontario-Quebec border are highly populated with major population centres on both sides - Ottawa and Cornwall on the Ontario side, and Montreal and Hull on the Quebec side.

First Encounter Tour 1996

First Encounter Tour 1996 was recorded at various concert venues around the United States in 1996 and was produced by noted keyboardist and ambient musician Tim Story at Zeta in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Frivolous litigation

In July 2013, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed a complaint laid by a man posing as Gloria Dawn Ironbox, a fictional feminist attorney on popular television series Family Guy.

Henry Percival Biggar

Henry Percival Biggar (Carrying Place, Ontario, August 9, 1872 — Worplesdon, Surrey, July 25, 1938) was a historian and Canadian archivist.

Hockley Valley

The Hockley Valley Resort is a ski retreat, golf course, conference centre, and hotel in Mono, Ontario, Canada.

Honeoye

Honeoye, New York, a hamlet in Ontario County, New York, on north end of Honeoye Lake

Isabel Bassett

She served as the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for St. Andrew—St. Patrick for the next four years.

Jamie Brazier

Jamie Brazier made his debut for Papua New Guinea in an ICC Trophy warm-up match against Scotland at the Kaiteur Cricket Club in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Jody Wildman

He served as a municipal councillor for the Township of St. Joseph, Ontario on St. Joseph Island from 2000 to 2003, when he was elected reeve.

Laurie Gough

Gough is married, has a little boy, and lives in both Guelph, Ontario, and Wakefield, Quebec.

Louis Helbig

Louis Helbig OSA (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian aerial photographer who takes photographs from a two-seater aircraft that he pilots.

Mark Pocan

On November 24, 2006, Pocan and his long-term partner, Philip Frank, were legally married in Toronto, Ontario.

Michael J. McCann

McCann was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario where he attended Trent University and earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with a major in English literature.

Michael Lesher

In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Economic Geology, NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration, and Founding Director of the Mineral Exploration Research Centre at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.

Mickey Hennessy

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Iain Angus by 2,256 votes in Fort William.

Number nine

Number 9 Audio Group, a recording studio located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Orlando Franklin

Raised in Toronto, Ontario, he moved to Florida as a junior, attending Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach, Florida, where he was a teammate of Courtney Robinson, Jayron Hosley and Preston Parker.

PartyNextDoor

Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993), better known under the stage name PartyNextDoor (sometimes styled as PARTYNEXTDOOR), is a Canadian singer from Mississauga, Ontario who is signed to Drake's OVO Sound record label.

Reform Party of Ontario

The Reform Party of Ontario is not to be confused with the pre-Confederation Reform Party, which later became the Liberal Party of Ontario, or with the leftist United Reform party of the 1940s.

Ron Attwell

Ronald Allan Attwell (born February 9, 1935 in Humber Summit, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 22 games in the National Hockey League.

Sony Canada

With headquarters in Toronto, sales offices in Vancouver and Montreal and distribution centres in Coquitlam, British Columbia, and Whitby, Ontario, approximately 1,200 employees support a network of more than 500 authorized dealers and 70 Sony Style retail locations across Canada.

Tarandowah Golfers Club

Designed by golf course architect Martin Hawtree the course was named "Best New Course" in Ontario for 2008 by Ontario Golf Magazine and Fairways Magazine, and won Scoregolf Magazines 3rd place for "Best New" course in Canada.

Tartu College

Tartu College is an independently owned and maintained student residence on the north side of Bloor Street West, just east of Madison Avenue, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

TST Overland Express

TST Overland Express is a less than truckload carrier (LTL) located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Tumbi

20 Inch by Master P (featuring Jamaican reggae artist Cutty Ranks and rap artist Kobra Khan) included tumbi played by Toronto, Ontario, Canadian native Shawn Ramta (grandson of the famous Punjabi folk singer, Hazara Singh Ramta).

Whitby Township, Ontario

Whitby Township was one of five townships along Lake Ontario named for towns in northeast England (York, Scarborough, Pickering, Whitby and Darlington).

Wrong Place, Right Time

Shot in Toronto, Ontario in August 2008, it was directed by Alon Isocianu and produced by The Field.

YSN

St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport, the IATA code for the airport in Ontario, Canada