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The Toronto skyline and CN Tower seen across the water of Lake Ontario, Ontario

Ontario

What the official study guide says about Ontario, as practice questions. The citizenship test can ask about any province or territory, so it pays to know all thirteen.

Quiz: Ontario

Question 1 of 7

In 1793, which became the first province in the British Empire to move toward abolishing slavery?

Key facts to remember

  • Upper Canada, under Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, was the first province in the Empire to start moving toward the abolition of slavery, in 1793.
  • Toronto, in Ontario, is the biggest city in Canada and the centre of the country's finance.
  • Ontario's Niagara region is well known for growing grapes and fruit and for making wine.
  • Five Great Lakes lie between Ontario and the United States. The guide names Lake Superior as the largest freshwater lake in the world.
  • According to the guide, Ontario was founded by the United Empire Loyalists.
  • The guide lists the five Great Lakes and notes that Lake Michigan is in the U.S.A.
  • The guide's table of capitals lists Toronto as the capital of Ontario.
Read "Canada's Regions" on canada.ca