X-Nico

99 unusual facts about Ontario


2013 The Dominion All-Star Curling Skins Game

The 2013 Dominion All-Star Curling Skins Game was held from January 19 to 20 at the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre in Rama, Ontario.

Alexander Grant MacKay

Alexander Grant MacKay was born in Sydenham, Ontario in Grey County on March 7, 1860 to parents Hugh MacKay and Katherine McInnis.

Alexander M. Hardy

Born in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, Hardy pursued a college course and studied law.

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.

Andre Champagne

Andre Joseph Orius Champagne (born September 19, 1943 in Eastview, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey left winger.

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.

Angelique Seriese

Other medals include eight European championship victories, bronze at the 1987 World Championships in Essen and silver at the 1993 World Championships in Hamilton.

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.

Beaverton, Michigan

The town was founded in 1890 by the Donald Gunn Ross & Sons lumber company, from Beaverton, Ontario.

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.

Brian Stemmle

Brian Stemmle (born October 12, 1966, Aurora, Ontario) is a retired Canadian skier who competed primarily in the downhill and Super-G disciplines.

Canada's Worst Handyman 6

Charlene Hunt, from Pickering, Ontario, is an "idea gal", but when it comes to actual work, her husband is usually the one to step in and fix her errors.

Canadian Action Party candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election

Victor Knight was a special education teacher in Kent County.

Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act

Saad Gaya from Oakville, a fellow suspect in the same case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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.

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.

Chris Begg

Christopher Stephen Begg (born September 12, 1979 in Uxbridge, Ontario) is a Canadian baseball pitcher.

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.

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.

Ecce Cor Meum

The Canadian première took place on 27 October 2007 at Metropolitan United Church in London, Ontario.

Elias Sunny

He bettered the 4-year old world record for best figures on T20I debut 4/15 by Ajantha Mendis (against Zimbabwe cricket team at Maple Leaf Cricket Club at King City in Canada) in October 2008.

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.

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.

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.

Gord Renwick

Gord Renwick (from Cambridge, Ontario was part of the first class of recipients to be honored with the Order of Hockey in Canada.

GRTensorII

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

Healey Willan

Healey Willan Park is a local public park named in his honour, situated immediately to the east of The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, on the site of the former convent of the Sisters of the Church, which had relocated first to Oakville and later to Burlington.

Helicopter AirStair

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

Hockley Valley

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

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.

Jacob Æmilius Irving

He married Elizabeth (died 1875), daughter of John Innes Mackenzie, of Hamilton.

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.

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).

Kristen Hager

Hager was born in Red Lake, Ontario, and made her first television appearance in the mini-series Beach Girls in 2005.

Lake Muskoka

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

Lockhart Duff

Lockhart Duff, (1793, Scotland - 11 February 1858, Hamilton, Ontario) was a Landowner.

Louis Shannon

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

Louis-Hector de Callières

The situation of the colony at that time was most critical, owing to Frontenac's departure, the weakness of Governor de la Barre, and the woeful error of the French government in sending to the galleys in France some Iroquois chiefs captured at Cataracoui (Kingston).

Malvern, Toronto

On June 15, 2007, the Ontario government had released MoveOntario 2020, a plan that would fund 52 different transit projects throughout Toronto and Hamilton for the cost of $17.5 billion, including the Scarborough RT extension to Sheppard Avenue, which would meet the proposed Sheppard East LRT line, also to be funded by MoveOntario 2020.

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.

Michael Mulhall

Returning to the Diocese of Peterborough in 2002, he served again briefly in Huntsville and then in Hastings.

Murder of Victoria Stafford

On Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at 9:00 am police confirmed the remains found near Mount Forest, Ontario, approximately 500 metres from Concession Road 6, were that of Tori.

National Government candidates, 1940 Canadian federal election

Charles Homer Russell (July 29, 1877-1952) was born in Exeter, Ontario.

National Ringette League

From March 27 till April 2, 2011, the NRL Championship Tournament took place in Cambridge, Ontario.

Niles Searls

When the family moved to Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, Searls attended school in Wellington for five years before returning to New York to study at Rensselaerville Academy for the next three years.

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.

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

Recipients are selected by an independent advisory council made up of seven members appointed by the lieutenant governor on the advice of his or her premier.

Orenda Iroquois

By 1958, the Iroquois had completed more than 5,000 hours of ground running, and many thousands of hours had also been spent testing the engines' principal components, at the Orenda testing facilities at Nobel, near Parry Sound, Ontario.

Pagwa

Pagwa River, Ontario, a community in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Peel County, Ontario

Village of Port Credit, in Toronto Township, named for French trading post Port-de-crédit.

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.

QNX

Both were convinced there was a commercial need for such a system, and moved to the high-tech planned community Kanata, Ontario, to start Quantum Software Systems that year.

Rand formula

Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ivan Rand, the eponym of this law, introduced this formula in 1946 as an arbitration decision ending the Ford Strike of 1945 in Windsor, Ontario.

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.

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.

Skylands Park

The Hamilton Redbirds, the Cardinals' New York-Penn League affiliate, were in a transition to move out of their home in Hamilton, Ontario, to Augusta, New Jersey, and had temporarily spent the 1993 season in Glens Falls, New York, as the Glens Falls Redbirds.

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 Midland City

She was then brought to Georgian Bay where the steamer ran a regular route from Midland to Parry Sound, stopping in Honey Harbour, Minnicog, Whalen's, Go-Home-Bay, Wah-Wah-Taysee, Manitou, Copperhead, Sans Souci, and Rose Point.

Starlight Investments

Starlight Investments is a Canadian real estate asset management company based in Toronto, Ontario.

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.

Sydenham High School, Ontario

Sydenham High School is located about 20 minutes north of Kingston, Ontario in the village of Sydenham, Ontario.

The Comedy Mill

The Comedy Mill was a Canadian sketch comedy series, which aired from 1986 to 1991 on Hamilton, Ontario's CHCH-TV, and through syndication on other Canadian television stations.

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.

Theodore H. Rowell

As Chairman of the International Bridge Committee, he successfully raised $1.6 million for construction of the International Bridge spanning the Rainy River, linking Baudette and Rainy River, 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.

Timiskaming District municipal elections, 2010

Across the region, Doug Shearer and Bill Brookfield were elected as school trustees on District School Board Ontario North East, Martin Drainville, Rick Brassard and Steve Malciw were elected to the Northeastern Catholic District School Board and Roger Brazeau was elected to the Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l'Ontario.

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 Edwin Brooks

William Edwin Brooks (July 30, 1828, near Dublin, Ireland - January 18, 1899, Mount Forest, Ontario) was a civil engineer in India and an ornithologist.

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.

Wrong Place, Right Time

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

York East

Called the East Riding of York, it consisted of the Townships of Markham, Scarborough, the Village of Yorkville and the portion of the Township of York lying east of Yonge Street.


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.

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.

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.

Brampton Excelsiors

Brampton Excelsiors Jr. A, a box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, who compete in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League

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.

Chi-Ming Chow

He is currently a board member and media spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

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.

Disgorge Mexico

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

Duluth pack

A Duluth pack is traditional portage pack used in canoe travel, particularly in the Boundary Waters region of northern Minnesota and the Quetico Provincial Park of Ontario.

Eurybia radula

Eurybia radula is present in every province of Canada east of and including Ontario and is also present on the French territory of St. Pierre and Miquelon.

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.

Garth Dyke

Garth became an award-winning producer after working for two years with Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting (now CanWest Mediaworks Inc.) in Toronto, Ontario.

George Clarke Chandler

George Clarke Chandler was born in Ontario, March 18, 1906 and died in Vancouver, BC April 20, 1964 at the age of 56.

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.

Kazutoshi Nagahama

Nagahama's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 33rd in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit at Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1995.

Kenji Ogiwara

Ogiwara's twin brother Tsugiharu competed with him at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario, sharing a gold with him in the 4 x 5 km team event.

Lynn R. Williams

In 1973 Williams was elected District Director of USW District 6 (Ontario) at that time in Canada, where he became close friends with George Becker.

Mark Romanchuk

Romanchuk represents the 124,475 residents of Richland County, including Mansfield, Shelby, Ontario, Lexington and Bellville, Ohio.

Mary Lake

Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery, the property, monastery and retreat centre in King City, Ontario, Canada

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.

Mitchell Moffit

Mitchell Moffit (born March 28, 1988) is a singer, actor and Biology student from Guelph, Ontario.

Niagara Scow

Since a rescue boat was out of the question, the Niagara Falls (Ontario) Fire Department tried using a grappling gun to shoot a life line out towards the barge, from atop the roof of the Toronto Power House while awaiting the arrival of the US Coast Guard from Youngstown, New York to bring a heavier grappling gun.

Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania

The mine closed in 1893 because of competition from the new nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

North Perth, Western Australia

:For the municipality in Ontario, see North Perth, Ontario

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.

Peter Shurman

Shurman subsequently brought a resolution to the floor of the Ontario Legislative Assembly condemning Israeli Apartheid Week on Ontario campuses.

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.

Robert Baxter

Robert Andrew Baxter (1879–?), farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada

Rod Beattie

Other productions include The Loveliest and Sylvia in Victoria, The Crucible and Blessings in Disguise in Manitoba, Oleanna at the National Arts Centre opposite Sandra Oh, and Love Letters opposite wife Martha Henry in an Ontario tour.

Roderick Rose

Roderick Rose (born Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada May 15, 1838; died Jamestown, North Dakota, September 10, 1903) was a Canadian-born American educator, lawyer, politician, and judge.

Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League

The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey that lasted from the late 1960s until 1977 in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Susan Fish

She ran for Bill Davis' Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1981 Ontario election and was elected as Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the St. George constituency in downtown Toronto.

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).

Wayne Tuck, Jr.

At the 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, he skipped the Ontario team to a 10-1 round robin record, but they lost both their playoff matches, including the final to Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey.

WGLI

Primarily serving the reservation and Keweenaw Peninsula at 100,000 watts, WGLI's signal can also be picked up across Lake Superior in Cook County, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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).

William John Beattie

In both 1988 and 1989, Beattie organized neo-Nazi rallies on his property in Minden, Ontario.

William R. Morrison

William Robert Morrison (1878-1947), Canadian politician and Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario