SOME FAST FACTS ABOUT THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
AREA: Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest province, with a total area of 1.076 million sq. km.
KILOMETRES OF PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY: The Ministry of Transportation maintains more than 16,900 kilometres, from Ontario's widest, the 401, to Hwy. 26 through Simcoe County, and about 2,800 bridges.
WATERWAYS: One-sixth of the province is covered in water — 250,000 lakes and more than 100,000 km of rivers.
HOSPITALS: There are 145 public hospital corporations with 224 sites.
SCHOOLS: There are approximately 1.4 million students in 3,962 elementary schools, and approximately 630,000 students in 871 secondary schools.
COLLEGES: There are 24 colleges offering a combined 900 programs.
UNIVERSITIES: There are 22 universities, from the largest (University of Toronto, with 95,055 students at various campuses and schools), to the smallest (Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie with 2,000).
MUNICIPALITIES: There are 414 single and lower-tier municipalities, and 30 upper-tier (counties and regions).
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS: There are 124 ridings up for grabs in the June 2 election.
Find your riding here: elections.on.ca/en/votingin-ontario/electoral-districts.html
PROVINCIAL DEBT: $418.7 billion in publicly held debt, including the offsetting of $6.2 billion in Ontario bonds and treasury bills, plus $8.8 billion in nonpublic debt.
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