Ontario

Have you ever thought, “Is there a solution for fresh air, clean water, local food, and a thriving economy with great jobs?” Yes there is, and for us here in Ontario, it’s the Greenbelt. Ontario’s Greenbelt was established February 5th, 2005. It’s a 2 million acre (809 thousand hectare) solution for all Ontarians. The Greenbelt goes as far north as Tobermory and extends 325 km from Rice Lake in Northumberland County, east of Toronto, to the Niagara River, west of Toronto. It’s even larger then PEI (1.4 million acres). The Greenbelt’s purpose is to protect environmentally delicate areas, and productive farmlands from urban sprawl and development. There are approximately 5,500 farms in the Greenbelt. It preserves agricultural lands that produce fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, beef, pork, poultry, sheep and lambs, as well as mushrooms, maple syrup and grapes, used to make prize- winning wines. The list just goes on and on. On average, food travels 2500 km before it arrives in Ontario. Food from the Greenbelt travels less then 250 km to reach us, reducing air pollution and CO2 emissions. The average farm in the Greenbelt is 33% smaller then an average Ontario farm, but the lands are richer, producing 12% more income. This is why Ontario’s Greenbelt is our solution. Producing 161,000 full- time jobs and $9.1 billion in…

Overview In the Ontario School Curriculum, Grade 2 Social Studies is designed to help students develop their understanding of their local community and begin to examine the global community. Students are given the opportunity to explore a variety of tradition with their own families as well as their local and global communities. The social studies program enables students to develop “an understanding of how these traditions contribute to and enrich their own community and Canadian society.”…

For me, the understanding and colouring of the modern history of Blackstone Lake starts with the stories and biographies of the settlers that tamed and worked the land surrounding the lake. As they did so, a historical framework of personalities, knowledge of the of the lake and a system of morals developed. I started out to answer what seemed to be some major questions to ask the archives and of history itself. They being the origins of each settler, why they or their ancestors came to Canada,…

controlled by the Horseshoe cottagers. 2003 The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), interested in reducing the significant effort in maintain the two lakes levels through the seasons, droughts and heavy rains decide a new dam is required. Initially the lake level was to be reduced a substantial 18 cm to 198.38 m above sea level. Also no sluice for a 100 year flood and no consideration for the habitat downstream. With objections from cottagers and a new proposal was made by the MNR. 2009-2010…

Then in 1791, the Constitutional Act divided the province of Quebec into two separate colonies, Upper and Lower Quebec. Lord Durham and others identified the problem that the French presence was a negative driver in British-North America, suggesting French people need to be assimilated into British culture. In 1841, the Act of Union reunited Upper and Lower Quebec and sanctioned unilingualism in the legislature of the Province of Canada, which resulted such sharp protest from francophone members…

If one was to look at Ontario as a region we find a great variation in ecosystems. We may divide the province into four regions, the Hudson Bay Lowlands in the northern reaches of the province, the Boreal Forest, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest and Deciduous forest (Government of Ontario). 26 million hectares, covering one of the largest expanses of wetland in the world, the Hudson Bay Lowlands is characterized by bogs, fens, few slow growing forest and tundra, of this two-thirds of this…

The card shows the driver’s name, address, DOB, class/level, signature, and etc.The image shows a male driving a vehicle. The OHIP is for people residing in Ontario to have access to free emergency or preventive healthcare and other medical services that is paid by the taxes we give to the government.The photo I used shows the former-health minister holding the new health card design in 1995. The Ministry of Education is responsible for creating our provincial curriculum and setting…

Niagara Falls, Ontario is most commonly known for its stunning waterfall bordering the United States and Canada. Niagara Falls has much more to offer than the cascading current and natural beauty of the falls. Whether it be the physical attraction of the area, the excitement on Clifton Hill, or the vast array of tourist destinations, that makes the area such a lively city. Niagara Falls has been fascinating since the moment it was created. (74) Approximately 18,000 years ago, Ontario was covered…

25000 volunteers. Two years of war, more than 350 000 Canadians volunteered. Yet French Canadians, farmers, unionists, etc opposed participation. Voluntary was failing to sustain troop numbers and that’s when Prime Minister Borden and the conservatives decided there was a need of conscription. Anglophone Canadians, British Immigrant and families of soldiers generally supported it but mostly the people who opposed conscription were the Quebec population. English Canadians claimed that Quebec was…

In the last year of high school, students of Ontario should only be educated on Canadian literature within English courses. Even though other writers from all cultures provide excellent teaching tools to assist with the provinces educational curriculum, the focus should be related to Canadian literature and it’s writers. As a matter of fact, the direr need for students to become accustomed with the literacy of Canada is greatly important. In all honesty, three reasons are; requiring to…