Ontario Home

Casinos
Play the First Nations casinos, bingo halls, and gaming facilities.

Events
Visit Ontario powwows, festivals, concerts, rodeos, and other celebrations.

Places to Visit
Enjoy Ontario's cultural and heritage centers, museums, historical sites, archaeology sites, libraries, national parks and monuments.

First Nations
Contact information for the First Nations and Bands of Ontario.

"Ontario" is derived from the Huron word onitariio, meaning "beautiful lake," or from the Iroquois word kanadario, which translates as "sparkling water".

Ontario's first peoples arrived about 10 000 years ago, during the last ice age. The European explorers encountered the Iroquois and Algonquin descendants of those first migrants in the 17th century

With over 11 million people, Ontario is the country's most heavily populated province.

In 1996, Ontario had over 141 000 people of Aboriginal, Metis or Inuit origin.