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Regions

Greater Toronto Area (Toronto, Durham, Halton, Peel , York Region)
The wealthiest and most urban region, made up of several different communities centred on Toronto. Filled with museums, architecture, restaurants, shopping, nightclubs, live theatre and professional sports.

Hamilton and the Niagara Peninsula
Includes the once-rough, now gentrifying city of Hamilton, Canada's leading wine region, multiple historic sites related to the War of 1812, and the world-famous Niagara Falls

Eastern Ontario (Ottawa-Rideau, Ottawa Valley, Prescott-Russell, Quinte-Northumberland, Seaway Region)
A land of rivers, lakes, and boreal forests, it also contains the elegant national capital: Ottawa. Along the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers and Rideau Canal (a world heritage site) there is a multitude of historic towns.

Southwestern Ontario (Bruce County, Wellington and Dufferin Counties, Lake St. Clair, Waterloo, Lake Erie Shore, Western Ontario, Grey County, Brantford and Brant County)
Ontario's breadbasket with extensive farmland and quiet, historic villages sprinkled throughout. Also contains Canada's main information tech hub in Waterloo.

Central Ontario (Haliburton Highlands, Kawarthas, Muskoka, Simcoe County)
Peaceful lakes and rivers earn this region the nickname "Cottage Country". Where urbanites spend their summer weekends, but available any time for quintessentially Canadian moments relaxing on the lake shore.

Northern Ontario (Northwestern Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, Lake Superior North Shore, Near North)
A vast region of extensive boreal forests and isolated communities. Home of the ancient rock formations of the Canadian Shield, indigenous cultures persevering in the modern world, and literally millions of clean, swimable lakes with some of the world's best freshwater sport fishing.

The Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton and the Niagara Peninsula are usually described as the Golden Horseshoe. These are, together with Southwestern Ontario, described as "Southern Ontario".