RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON ONTARIO 



(An Outline Multable for Ontario will be found wlta the article "Province." > 



How many of the fifty largest cities of Canada are in the province of Ontario? 

 (See list of cities in article CITY, page 1394.) 



What city of the United States most closely resembles in size the largest city in 

 this province? 



How many cities has the Dominion of Canada which are larger than the largest 

 city in Ontario? 



In what sense may this province be called the connecting link between the old 

 and the new in Canada? 



How many provinces of Canada are larger than Ontario? How many have a 

 larger population? 



Of which province would you rather draw a map, Ontario or Saskatchewan? 



What city of the United States is about in the same longitude as the easternmost 

 point of Ontario? What city is just south of the western boundary? 



How does the population of Ontario compare with the combined populations of 

 the two great states of the American Union which it almost equals in area? 



Which is larger, Old Ontario or New Ontario? How much? 



How do the combined populations of all the other provinces compare with that 

 of Ontario? 



How does the average density of population of the province compare with that 

 of the Dominion as a whole? 



Trace on the map, using the direction of flow of the rivers as your guide, the main 

 watershed of the province. 



How does the greatest altitude of this province compare with the greatest altitudes 

 of the provinces on which it borders? With those of the states to the south of it, 

 across the Great Lakes? 



How does the lieutenant-governor obtain his office? 



Why has the southeastern part of Ontario a mild climate? 



How do climatic conditions aid the chief industries of the northern part of the 

 province? 



What is done to prevent the extermination of the fur-bearing animals of the 

 province? 



What product of the fisheries is produced in Ontario, prepared in New York, and 

 sold in the markets of Europe? 



Of what two minerals does this province produce more than any other region in 

 the world? 



Describe the interesting method by which salt is procured in the Lake Huron 

 region. 



What part of the area of the province is forest land? Has the Dominion as a 

 whole a greater or a smaller proportion of its land under forests? 



How large a proportion of the total area of the province is in forest reserves? 

 If 10,000,000 feet of pine were cut in these reserves each year, how long, according to 

 estimates, would the supply hold out? 



Why are the logs from the lumbering regions taken to tin- nulls in the spring, and 

 not in the fall or winter? 



How does Ontario rank among the provinces as a producer of cheese? How many 

 states of the United States surpass it? (Sec chart with article CHEESE.) 



