Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario is the large and sparsely-populated region that dominates the map of Ontario but lies far away, both geographically and culturally, from the big cities of the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Thunder Bay and Sudbury.
Thunder Bay
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Thunder Bay lies at the far northwestern point of the Great Lakes of North America. It is a transportation bridge between the rich agricultural Prairies of Canada and the rest of the world, via the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway which connects it to the Atlantic Ocean.
Sudbury
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Sudbury is a city of approximately 166,000 people, in Northern Ontario, Canada. It is Northern Ontario's largest city in both area and population, and a major retail and service centre for the region.
Sault Sainte Marie
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Sault Ste. Marie is a city of approximately 72,000 people, in Northern Ontario. It is the beginning and end point of the Agawa Canyon Tour Train. Directly across the St. Mary's River—and the Canada/US border—is its twin city, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Near North and Lake Superior North Shore.
Lake Superior North Shore
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Lake Superior's North Shore is in Northern Ontario. The drive along Highway 17 is beautiful way of seeing the rugged landscape of the Canadian Shield.
Northeastern Ontario
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Northeastern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, which lies north of Lake Huron and east of Lake Superior. Greater Sudbury is its largest settlement.
Northwestern Ontario
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Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay.
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park is a national park composed of 63 islands near Midland in Ontario. Its islands are part of the world’s largest freshwater archipelago, where the windswept white pines and granite shores of the Canadian Shield turn to dense deciduous woodland.
Northern Ontario
- Type: region
- Description: primary region in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “New Ontario”
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
50° northLongitude of center
-86° or 86° westWikidata ID
Q2066392
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Satellite Map
Discover Northern Ontario from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Northern Ontario” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北安大略”
- Chinese: “北安大略区”
- Chinese: “北安大略地区”
- Chinese: “北安大略地區”
- Esperanto: “Norda Ontario”
- French: “le Nord de l’Ontario”
- French: “Nord de l’Ontario”
- French: “Nouvel-Ontario”
- French: “Ontario-Nord”
- Greek: “Βόρειο Οντάριο”
- Italian: “Ontario settentrionale”
- Japanese: “オンタリオ州北部”
- Japanese: “北オンタリオ地方”
- Persian: “انتاریوی شمالی”
- Polish: “Northern Ontario”
- Polish: “Ontario Północne”
- Polish: “Północne Ontario”
- Portuguese: “Ontário Setentrional”
- Russian: “Северное Онтарио”
- Serbian: “Северни Онтарио”
- Slovenian: “Northern Ontario”
- Slovenian: “Severni Ontario”
- Spanish: “Norte de Ontario”
- Swedish: “Nordontario”
- Swedish: “Norra Ontario”
- Ukrainian: “Північне Онтаріо”
- Venetian: “Ontàrio setentrionałe”
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