| Historic counties of Ontario Historic_counties_of_Ontario
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| Great Toronto Fire Great Toronto Fire of 1904 was a fire that destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 19, 1904.The fire was first spotted at 8constable on his regular street patrol. The flames were rising from the elevator shaft of the Currie neck wear factory at 58 Wellington Street West, just west of Bay Street. Great_Toronto_Fire
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| Crown land Crown land is a designated area belonging to the Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the monarchy and could not be alienated from it. In the United Kingdom and during the British Empire, the hereditary revenues of Crown lands were a feature until the start of the reign of George III when the Crown Estate was surrendered to the Parliament of Great Britain in return for a fixed civil list payment - the monarch retains the income from the Duchy of Lancaster. Crown_land
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| Amelanchier alnifolia The Saskatoon, Saskatoon berry, serviceberry or Juneberry is a shrub native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north central United States. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m altitude in California and 3,400 m in the Rocky Mountains.It is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow to 1–8 m (rarely to 10 m) in height. Amelanchier_alnifolia
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| Yonge-University-Spadina (TTC) Yonge-University-Spadina_(TTC)
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| Cumberland, Ontario For the village with the same name located within this former township, see Cumberland, Ottawa. For other uses, see Cumberland (disambiguation).Cumberland was a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, that existed from 1800 to 1999, when it was incorporated as the City of Cumberland. It ceased to be a separate municipality in 2001, when it was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. Cumberland,_Ontario
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| Confederation College Confederation College is a provincially funded community college located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1967, and has area campuses in Dryden, Fort Frances, Geraldton, Kenora, Marathon and Sioux Lookout. The college, with its area campuses, serves an area of approximately 215,000 square kilometres. It is one of only two community colleges supporting Northwestern Ontario. The press, Opus, is a member of CUP. Confederation_College
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| Dundas County, Ontario Dundas County is an historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Dundas was created in 1792. It was named after Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. The original territory of Dundas included portions of Carleton County, which became a separate county in 1800. On June 20, 1784 the first settlers arrived. These settlers were German Loyalists who had fought with Sir John Johnson in the American Revolutionary War. These Loyalists were descendants of the Palatine immigrants to America in 1710. Dundas_County,_Ontario
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| Prince Edward County, Ontario Prince Edward County is a single-tier municipality and a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Prince_Edward_County,_Ontario
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| George Brown College George Brown College (GBC) is a public, fully-accredited college of applied arts and technology with three full campuses in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Like many other colleges in Ontario, GBC was founded in 1967 by the government of Ontario.George Brown offers a wide variety of programs in art and design, business, community services, early childhood education, construction and engineering technologies, health sciences, hospitality and culinary arts, preparatory studies, as well as specialized programs and services for recent immigrants and international students. George_Brown_College
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| Sand River (Ontario) The Sand River (French is a river in the Algoma District of Ontario, Canada which flows from Sand Lake and empties into Lake Superior south of Wawa, Ontario.The Ojibway name for the river is Pinguisibi. Where pingui means fine white sand and sibi means river. Sand_River_(Ontario)
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| Matricaria recutita Matricaria_recutita
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| Ottawa Public Library The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is the library system of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The library was founded in 1906 with a donation from the Carnegie Foundation. Ottawa_Public_Library
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| List of colleges in Ontario The province of Ontario, in Canada, has two types of publicly-funded community collegesColleges of Applied Arts and Technology and Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning. Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology offer both Ontario College Diploma (OCD) and Ontario College Advanced Diploma (OCAD) programs or two years and three years in length, respectively. List_of_colleges_in_Ontario
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| Humber College Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber) is a polytechnic college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber provides over 150 programs including Humber_College
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| Seneca College Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology is a community college for applied arts and technology in Toronto, Ontario. Seneca College is a member of Polytechnics Canada. Seneca_College
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| Collège Boréal Collège Boréal is a francophone College of Applied Arts and Technology based and with its principal campus in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The college also has satellite campuses in Hearst, Kapuskasing, Timmins, Temiskaming Shores, Toronto and West Nipissing, as well as a network of access centres throughout the province to promote the college and its programs.The college began operations in 1995, taking over the francophone programs of Sudbury's Cambrian College. Collège_Boréal
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| Liquor Control Board of Ontario Liquor_Control_Board_of_Ontario
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| Eastern Wolf The eastern wolf (Canis ), also known as Eastern Canadian Wolf or Eastern Canadian Red Wolf, is traditionally considered to be a subspecies of the Gray Wolf. Sometimes it is also viewed as a result of historical hybridization between gray wolves and red wolves or coyotes. However, recent molecular studies suggest that the eastern wolf is not a gray wolf subspecies, nor the result of gray wolf/coyote hybridization, but a distinct species (Canis lycaon). Eastern_Wolf
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| Durham College See also Durham College, Oxford.Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology is located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada with satellite campuses in Pickering, Uxbridge, Whitby, Port Hope, Port Perry and Beaverton. Durham College has over 6,000 full-time and 23,000 part-time students. Durham_College
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| Centennial College Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology is the oldest community college in Ontario, founded in 1966. It is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; its four campuses are situated to serve the eastern portion of the Greater Toronto Area. Centennial_College
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| Middlesex Centre, Ontario Middlesex Centre is a township in south-western Ontario, Canada. It is located to the north and west of London and is in Middlesex County. The Corporation of the Township of Middlesex Centre, formed on January 1 1998 with the amalgamation of the former Townships of Delaware, Lobo, and London (not to be confused with the nearby City of London). Middlesex_Centre,_Ontario
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| Dan Hill Dan Hill (born Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV, Dan_Hill
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| Maple Leaf Gardens This article is about the arena. For the company formerly known as Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd., see Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Maple_Leaf_Gardens
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| Byron, Ontario Byron is a neighbourhood in the City of London, Ontario, Canada.Located downriver (west) from London on the outer fringes of the city, Byron was originally called Westminster, then renamed Hall's Mill, and then finally Byron. The Byron area was settled in 1800 and first became a village in 1804. The village of Byron was annexed by the City of London in 1961 and the population grew substantially with the development of large subdivisions around the original village. Byron,_Ontario
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| Chief of police Chief_of_police
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| Equal pay for women Equal pay for women is an issue regarding pay inequality between men and women. It is often introduced into domestic politics in many first world countries as an economic problem that needs governmental intervention via regulation. Generally, in third world countries due to cultural and/or religious reasons the pay disparity is much higher. However, there may be some exceptions. Global Gender Pay Gap Equal_pay_for_women
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| Larry Di Ianni Larry Di Ianni is the former mayor of Hamilton, Ontario. Larry_Di_Ianni
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| Renison University College Renison_University_College
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| Highway 3 (Ontario) Highway 3 is a provincially maintained highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It has three segments, and it currently runs from the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor to Highway 77 in Leamington, from Talbotville Royal (near St. Thomas) to the western city limits of Port Colborne and from Highway 140 in Port Colborne to Edgewood Park (west of Fort Erie). Highway_3_(Ontario)
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| List of current Canadian first ministers Canada is a country that occupies most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. A federation that comprises ten, Canada is a parliamentary democracy, with a Prime Minister as its head of government; and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. Each of the country's provinces and territories is governed by a Premier. List_of_current_Canadian_first_ministers
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| Algonquin College Algonquin College (French:English-language college of applied arts and technology in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The college serves Canada's National Capital Region. Funded by the Province of Ontario its main campus is in Ottawa, located at 1385 Woodroffe Avenue, near the intersection with Baseline Road. Across Woodroffe Avenue from the main campus is the Baseline Transitway Station. Algonquin College's other campuses are in Perth and Pembroke. Algonquin_College
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| St. Clair College St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college in the southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent. St._Clair_College
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| Canadian and American health care systems compared Government and private health and public policy analysts have compared the health care systems of Canada and the United States. The U.S. spends much more on health care than Canada, both on a per-capita basis and as a percentage of GDP. In 2006, per-capita spending for health care in the U.S. was US$6,714; in Canada, US$3,678. Canadian_and_American_health_care_systems_compared
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| Health care in Canada Health care in Canada is funded and delivered through a publicly-funded health care system, with most services provided by private entities. Health care spending in Canada is projected to reach $160 billion, or 10.6% of GDP, in 2007. This is slightly above the average for OECD countries. Health_care_in_Canada
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| Rick Bartolucci Rick Bartolucci (born October 10, 1943) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has represented Sudbury in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty. Bartolucci is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party. Rick_Bartolucci
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| Net metering Net metering is an electricity policy for consumers who own (generally small) renewable energy facilities, such as wind, solar power or home fuel cells. "Net", in this context, is used in the sense of meaning "what remains after deductions" — in this case, the deduction of any energy outflows from metered energy inflows. Net_metering
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| Public holidays in Canada In Canada, public holidays are legislated at the national, provincial and territorial levels. Many of these holidays are observed nationwide, but each province and territory does have its own holidays as well.While major Christian holidays such as Christmas and Good Fridays are officially observed, other religious holidays are widely accepted as well (see Multiculturalism). Public_holidays_in_Canada
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| Highway 17 (Ontario) Highway 17 is the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through Ontario, Canada. It begins at the western limit of Highway 417 near Arnprior, and continues west to the Manitoba border.It is Ontario's longest provincial highway, with a length of about 1,960 km (1,220 miles). Highway_17_(Ontario)
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| Qualicum Beach, British Columbia Qualicum Beach is a town in the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the town had 8,502 people.On the Strait of Georgia on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island in the shadow of Mount Arrowsmith, the community has been a popular tourist destination, being near Victoria and Vancouver, as well as a retirement community. Qualicum_Beach,_British_Columbia
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| Highway 4 (Ontario) Highway 4 is a provincially maintained highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Talbotville Royal (near St. Thomas) north to Clinton. The total length of Highway 4 is 100.8km. Highway_4_(Ontario)
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| Reference desk archive/July 2004 Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/July_2004
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| Highway 427 (Ontario) Highway_427_(Ontario)
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| Highway 409 (Ontario) Highway 409 is an Ontario provincial 400 series expressway that extends from the Highway 401 in Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport, west of Highway 427, in Mississauga. Highway 409 is a short freeway used mainly as a bypass for traffic approaching the airport or Highway 427 (northbound) from Highway 401 (westbound), since both are not accessible at the mega-interchange between Highways 401 and 427. It is known as the Belfield Expressway for its entire length. Highway_409_(Ontario)
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| Executive Council of Ontario Executive Council of Ontario (informally, and more commonly, the Cabinet of Ontario) plays an important role in the Government of Ontario, in accordance with the Westminster system.A council of ministers of the Crown chaired by the Premier of Ontario, the Executive Council, almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, advises the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on how to exercise the executive functions of the Ontario Crown. Executive_Council_of_Ontario
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| Fonthill Kame Fonthill Kame is a geological feature (a kame is a giant hill) located in the centre of the Niagara Peninsula in Pelham, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of sand and gravel deposited by the retreating glaciers of the last ice age. It rises some above the surrounding land (290The kame is east to west and north to south. It slopes gradually on the west side, more steeply on the south and east and merges with the Short Hills Provincial Park area of the Niagara Escarpment on the north. Fonthill_Kame
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| Roy McMurtry Roland "Roy" McMurtry (born May 31, 1932) is a judge and former politician in Ontario, Canada and the current Chancellor of York University. Roy_McMurtry
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| Cambrian College Cambrian College is a college of applied arts and technology in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1967, and funded by the province of Ontario, Cambrian has campuses in Sudbury, Espanola and Little Current.Cambrian works in partnership with school boards, training institutes, universities, and other institutions - locally, nationally and internationally - in order to provide additional educational opportunities and to share expertise and resources. Cambrian_College
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| Forensic psychiatry Forensic psychiatry is a sub-specialty of psychiatry. It encompasses the interface between law and psychiatry. Some practitioners of forensic psychiatry have taken extra training in that specific area. In the United States, one year fellowships are offered in this field to psychiatrists who have completed their general psychiatry training. Forensic_psychiatry
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| Bouncer (doorman) A bouncer or doorman is an informal term for a security guard employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs or concerts to provide security, check legal age, and refuse entry to a venue based on criteria such as intoxication, aggressive behaviour, or other standards. Bouncers are often required where crowd size, clientèle or alcohol consumption may make arguments or fights commonplace. Bouncer_(doorman)
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