"Ontario - land of contrasts" Province of Ontario by Bernd_L

Province of Ontario Travel Guide: 13,660 reviews and 26,042 photos

The parliament reflected in a modern building

The province of Ontario is a land full of contrast. You find extended farmland in the south and endless woods in the northern part.

Nature attracts you with lots of calm lakes, rivers and forest and on the other hand bothers you with armies of mosquitos and black flies during the summer.

You can find busy cities like Toronto and the Canadian capital Ottawa as well as nice little villages and attractive small towns.

The population is a variety of immigrants and especially Toronto is a melting pot. There are all sorts of races, cultures, languages and religions and it seems that they all live peaceful together.

Indian Summer - an explosion of colours

A visit to Ontario should be done in late September and early october. Normally the weather is still nice and you can see the Indian Summer. The colours are fascinating.

a wide country

And take enough time for your trip. There is so much to see and the distances in this huge country are enormous.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Interesting mixture of nature and civilization
Cons:Too far away from my home - I would like to visit more often

Last visit to Province of Ontario: Sep 2003
Intro Updated Apr 9, 2004
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Comments (18)

kenHuocj Nov 16, 2010 at 2:26 AM Report Abuse

We have had a short but very colourful Fall ;-)))
KiKitC Sep 15, 2009 at 3:40 AM Report Abuse

Oh, I love the little cottage along the shore...could spend a long time there just gazing. Thanks for the interesting tour. Birthday greetings from New Jersey.
nhcram Apr 28, 2009 at 5:30 AM Report Abuse

Good tips Bernd. That cottage looks bigger than my house!
HORSCHECK Dec 3, 2006 at 9:05 AM Report Abuse

Bernd, gorgeous little page with some nice photos. Brings back memories of my days in Ontario. I visited Toronto, Niagra Falls and Ottawa. See you in two weeks ... :-)
gilabrand May 17, 2006 at 1:53 AM Report Abuse

My family used to rent a cottage in Ontario every summer when I was little.
Nemorino Sep 15, 2005 at 4:03 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday, Bernd! Nice tips and photos here. An uncle of mine used to have a cottage on a lake (but in Wisconsin, not Ontario) and we all spent our summers there when I was a child.
tini58de Jul 5, 2005 at 2:42 AM Report Abuse

What a nice destination - great page as usual, Bernd!
nepalgoods Mar 25, 2005 at 11:44 PM Report Abuse

Such a nice part of the world! Lovely page!
rwlittle Mar 7, 2005 at 2:59 PM Report Abuse

Used to live in Kingston, when I was going to grad school...good tips!
nighthawk Feb 16, 2005 at 1:16 PM Report Abuse

lovely page! i m going there this june and i just cannot wait!! tx!