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 | | Ontario, five times as large as France, covers some 412,579 square miles (1,068,580 square kilometers) and is bordered on the north by Hudson Bay; on the east by Québec; on the south by the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the US state of Minnesota; and on the west by Manitoba. |
 | | The populous regions of southern Ontario are divided into counties, regional municipalities, the Municipality of Metro Toronto, the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the Restructured County of Oxford. |
 | | English is the only official language, but Ontario's French speakers play an essential part in the province's cultural life and are the largest language minority The provincial government provides services in French in the regions where the French-speaking population is sufficiently high. |
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