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  Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ontario is the most populous and second-largest in area of Canada's ten provinces.
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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 County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The county remains one of the oldest levels of government in China and significantly predates the establishment of provinces in the Ming dynasty.
The county of Oslo is equivalent to the municipality of Oslo.
Lists of counties by state can be found through U.S. counties; for more comparative information on U.S. counties, see county statistics of the United States.
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 County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In addition "County Tipperary" is actually two counties, called North Tipperary and South Tipperary while the major urban centres Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford have been separated from the town and rural areas of their counties.
At the county level there is a county administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected county council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation.
County sheriffs are the principal agents of law enforcement in some states, for areas outside of cities and towns.
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 Ontario
Ontario has a population (2001) of 11 874 400 (Ontarians) and an area of 1 076 395 km².
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Ontario is a major beekeeping province, with abundant nectar sources for honey production, and a need for fruit and vegetable pollination.
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 Blount County Daily Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though theoriginal earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office.
County governments are typically responsible for services such as record-keeping, elections administration, and judicialadministration.
In sparsely populatednorthern Ontario and Quebec, these units are called "districts" not "counties", and in densely populated areas of south-centralOntario new "regional municipalities" are used for local government instead of counties.
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The word "county" is the general English translation for the Chinese term xiàn (县 or 縣 pinyin xian4) which marks a level of government below that of province.
The name 'county' was introduced by the Normans, and was derived from a Norman term for an area administered by a Count (lord), these Norman 'counties' were geographically based upon the Saxon shires.
In 1986 however, the metroploitan county councils were abolished, and divided into a series of unitary authorities, although the counties still exist in name and for some administrative and ceremonial purposes.
www.askmytutor.co.uk /c/co/county.html   (1459 words)

  
 Perth County, Ontario|Perth County Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The island of Ireland was originally divided into Counties of Ireland32 counties in the nineteenth century, of which 26 later formed the Republic of Ireland and 6 made up Northern Ireland.
At the county level there is a County Administrative Boards of Swedencounty administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected County Councils of Swedencounty council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation.
The thirteen Traditional counties of Walestraditional counties of Wales were fixed by Statute in 1539 and most of those of Scotland are of at least this age.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Most administrative counties in England are run by county councils and divided into districts each with its own council.
In New England, counties function primarily as judicial court districts (and in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, they have even lost the governmental function and are solely geographic designations), and most local power is in the form of towns.
In Western states like California, the county is the default unit of local government and controls all unincorporated land within its boundaries.
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 Ontario
Ontario has a population (2004) of 12,536,031 (Ontarians) and an area of 1 076 395 km².
Ontario's main political parties are the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, and New Democrats.
In the summer of 2003, Ontario became the first of Canada's provinces and territories to legalize same-sex marriage.
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 ONTARIO FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Point_Pelee_National_Park is a peninsula in southwestern Ontario (near Windsor,_Ontario and Detroit,_Michigan) that extends into Lake_Erie and is the part of Canada's mainland furthest south.
The ''British_North_America_Act 1867'' section 69 stipulated "There shall be a Legislature for Ontario consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of One House, styled the Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario".
Ontario's right to Northwestern_Ontario was determined by the Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council in 1884 and confirmed by the ''Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889'' of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The county remains one of the oldest levels of government in China and significantly predates the establishment of provinces in the
Wales, Northern Ireland and a large part of England is based on the concept of smaller unitary authorities, a system similar to that proposed for most of Great Britain in the 1960s.
Lists of counties by state can be found through U.S. counties; for more comparative information on U.S. counties, see
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Premier of Ontario is the leader of the party currently holding the most seats in the legislative assembly and is president of the cabinet or Executive Council whose members are deemed "ministers of the Crown".
Ontario's main political parties are the Progressive Conservatives (commonly called the Tories), Liberals, and New Democrats.
In 1788, while part of the Province of Quebec, southern Ontario was divided into four districts: Hesse, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Nassau.
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 County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
This pattern is not generally implemented in other states, where cities are generally in the same county as the surrounding area.
Authorities in Randolph County continued Friday to investigate Wednesday's findings of the remains of a fetus in a wooded area in Randleman.
The San Diego County Fair is going Hollywood this year with the theme of "Cinema Summer." This year's fair will highlight films and television shows that have been shot in San Diego County and Baja California.
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 Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Ontario has a population (2004) of 12,439,755 (''Ontarians'') and an area of 1 076 395km².
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the United StatesAmerican states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Ontario Liberal member of Parliament Pat O'Brien announced Monday he will leave his party and sit as an Independent because he doesn't like how the Liberals are handling hearings on the same-sex marriage legislation.
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 List of Ontario counties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Below is a list of counties in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The term "county" is only used for the geographical units in the populous southern part of the province.
This list has not taken into account some recent reorganization of county boundaries.
usapedia.com /l/list-of-ontario-counties.html   (78 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Canada - Ontario
Lists genealogical resources held in Conrad Grebel College and the Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
Located in Ontario, the holdings in the archives include records for the Presbyterian Church in Canada; the Methodist Church (Canada); the Congregational Union of Canada; Local Union Churches; and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
List topics include its history and settlement by Loyalists and British and German soldiers, up to and including the year 1867.
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 List Of Ontario-related Topics Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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 "Halton & Peel Counties, Ontario Marriages ... 1869 to 1873" from Winfield Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Transcriptions of Halton and Peel Counties marriages from the records of the Office of the Registrar General for Ontario.
Marriages for Halton County are from July 1869 until the implementation of numbered registrations in 1873; while those for Peel County end in 1872.
List of ministers and priests with their denominations and where they served.
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Some still aspire to gain independence, while others would be unable to survive as an independent country based on global positioning and economic conditions.
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures.
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 List_of_Ontario_counties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In some cases, as well, a census division may retain its historical name even if it changes government type (eg.
Oxford County, Haldimand County, Norfolk County and Prince Edward County are no longer counties even though they retain "county" in their name; Oxford is a regional municipality and the others are single-tier municipalities.)
Population for Ontario Counties and Districts (Statistics Canada) (http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-UR-D.cfm?T=1andPR=35andSR=26andS=1andO=A)
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Ireland Information Guide, Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Agriculture is also significant in dairies in the St. Lawrence River Valley, along the north shores of Lake Ontario and in south central Ontario.
In particular, the government's critics accused his cuts to the environmental ministry of leading to the lack of oversight that caused the "Walkerton tragedy," an outbreak of E. coli due to contaminated water in Walkerton, Ontario, that caused a number of deaths and illnesses in May 2000.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Ontario   (1379 words)

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