Ontario is a province located in the central Canada and it is the largest province in the country in terms of population and second in land area. It is bordered by Manitoba, Quebec, and the United States via Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Most of the border that Ontario shares with the US is natural and starts at the Lake of the Woods through four of the Great Lakes. Toronto serves as the capital city of Ontario.

The population of the province has steadily increased since 1851. It started with a population of under a million in its founding year and as of 2006, Ontario has an estimated population of over 12 Million residents. Canadians make up a majority of the population closely followed by the British, the Scotts, the Irish, the French, and the Germans. South Asians and the Chinese make up most of the non-Caucasian population, followed by people of African descent and then by Filipinos and Latin Americans.

Electric power in Ontario is generally derived from its rivers and from its share of the Niagara Falls. This creates affordable power for the entire province. It has also encouraged manufacturing industry to set up business there. The province leads Canada in the manufacturing industry and is said to account for over 50% of the total national manufacturing shipments in 2004. Agriculture is another dominant industry in Ontario. Farms have been decreasing in number but increasing in size since 1991. They have also become more mechanized. The agricultural produce in Ontario includes cattle, dairy, and small grains.