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An assortment of facts and figures and interesting snippets of information
that might be new to you, about your province of Ontario. Did you
know . . . ?
Since the first Wintario draw
in 1975, lotteries have contributed $9.7 billion for charities and
hospitals in Ontario....
Since 1903 we have been collecting
historically valuable records created by both the Ontario government
and the private sector....
Profits, jobs and, in the
aggregate, the Ontario economy are dependent on the competitive
success of our goods and services in the international marketplace....
Brisk activity in both business
and industrial sectors is stimulating an already healthy flow of
investments and trade....
Ontario has Canada's largest
tourism industry, accounting for 43% of Canada's total visitors
and 35% of Canada's tourism revenues....
There are: Almost 9.1 million
registered motor vehicles in Ontario...
Small- and medium-sized businesses in Ontario make a big impact in terms of economic growth and jobs in our province....
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charities and hospitals are the Big Winners of the lotteries
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Since
the first Wintario draw in 1975, lotteries have contributed
$9.7 billion for charities and hospitals in Ontario. When such
lotteries as the Super 7 reach record figures in prize money,
that not only means that some lucky winner will hit it really
big, it also means there will be record windfalls for Ontario
hospitals and charities.
Every dollar spent on a lottery ticket is divided up as follows:
49.5 cents goes to prizes for the winners (approx. $2 billion
each year)
33.3 cents goes to the province for hospital operating funding
7.3 cents goes to the 10,000 retailers for commission
and bonuses
7.5 cents goes towards operating expenses, including
security measures
2.4 cents goes towards charities through the
Ontario Trillium Foundation
The charitable factor of the lottery is a key selling point,
because people appreciate the fact that even if they don't
win a prize, their money is going to a good cause.
Source: Caroline Mallan, The Toronto Star
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Archives of Ontario preserve the province's documentary heritage
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Since
1903 we have been collecting historically valuable records created
by both the Ontario government and the private sector. Records
from businesses, clubs and associations, labour and political
organizations, and private individuals complement the official
government records. All of these records are made available
to the public.
The collection is very large and provides a rich resource for
the study of Ontario and its people. It consists of:
- paper records (mostly files and bound volumes) take up
over 60,000 metres of shelf space.
- over 3 million photographs
- approximately 150,000 architectural drawings
- over 30,000 maps
- approximately 21,000 hours of sound and moving image recordings
- a library with over 60,000 items
Source: Management Board Secretariat
www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/index.html
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| Exports
represent over 50% of Ontario's Economy |
Profits,
jobs and, in the aggregate, the Ontario economy are dependent
on the competitive success of our goods and services in the
international marketplace. Exports of goods and services bring
in $190 billion annually, account for over 51% of Ontario's
economy and support more than 1.6 million Ontario jobs
Percentage share of total Ontario exports (1999) are:
49.68% Automotive Products
21.75% Machinery & Equipment
14.67% Industrial Goods
4.20% Forestry Products
3.43% Agriculture and Fishing
3.25% Consumer Goods
3.02% All others
Our largest market is the U.S.A, with Ontario exports (1999)
to:
92.2% United States
3.8% Europe
1.9% Asia
1.4% Latin America
3% Africa/Middle East
Source: Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
www.2.ontario-canada.com/English/ |
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| Ontario
expected to outpace growth in Canada and all G-7 countries |
Brisk
activity in both business and industrial sectors is stimulating
an already healthy flow of investments and trade. Private sector
forecasts expect Ontario to outpace growth in Canada and the
other G-7 countries over the 1996 to 2000 period. The consensus
of private sector forecasts and many of Canada's Economic Indicators
expect real growth in Ontario to average 3.2 per cent over the
same period.
- Ontario is home to over 1100 multinational companies.
- Over 50% of Canada's largest financial institutions, including
90% of the foreign bank head offices, are located in Ontario.
- The Toronto Stock Exchange <http://www.tse.com>
is one of the top 10 in the world.
- Ontario's quality of life is unsurpassed. For the sixth
consecutive year the 1999 U.N. Human Development Index ranked
Canada first out of 174 nations as the worlds best place
to live..
- Transportation equipment includes automobiles and auto
parts and is Ontario's biggest industry, providing over
110,000 jobs. Over 1.5 million cars and trucks are manufactured
every year in Ontario with about 85% exported, mainly to
the United States.
- The aviation and aerospace industry is another big transportation
equipment sector. Ontario firms produced the Canadarm for
the U.S. space program. They are world leaders in the production
of flight controllers, landing gear and avionics technology.
- Resource-based manufacturing includes pulp and paper,
wood products, non-metallic minerals, structural materials,
metal fabricating, and petroleum refining.
- Ontario's electronics and electrical products industries
produce a wide range of goods, from telecommunication products
to computers, instrumentation controls, robots, and household
appliances. The high technology industry is very strong
in Ottawa's "Silicon Valley" and in Toronto, Markham,
Mississauga and Kitchener/Waterloo.
Source: Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
www.2.ontario-canada.com/English/ |
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| Ontario
accounts for 43% of visitors to Canada |
Ontario
has Canada's largest tourism industry, accounting for 43% of
Canada's total visitors and 35% of Canada's tourism revenues.
Tourism contributed $7.7 billion to the provincial gross domestic
product in 2000.
In 2000 there were 118,515 businesses in Ontario providing tourism-related
products and services:
4,890 accommodation industry
31,232 food and beverage
6,874 recreation and entertainment
4,336 transportation
43,374 tourism-related retail
27,809 services (car rental, travel services, car parking,
repairing, personal
services)
In 2000, the Ontario's tourism industry
- Accounted for $20.1 billion in tourism expenditures, spent
by 115.8 million visitors
- Provided 268,000 direct jobs and an additional 218,000
indirect and induced jobs, representing 8.3% of Ontario's
employment
- Generated $8.7 billion in total taxes, of which $3.0 billion
was provincial tax revenue
Source: Ministry of Tourism
www.tourism.gov.on.ca/english/ |
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| Value
of Ontario's highways and bridges: $27 billion |
There
are:
- Almost 9.1 million registered motor vehicles in Ontario
- More than 8.1 million licensed drivers
- 16,500 centreline kilometres of highway in the provincial
network placed end-to-end would span Canada twice
- The replacement value of Ontario's highways and bridges
is approximately $27 billion.
Source: Ministry of Transportation
www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/ |
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| Small Business means Big Business |
Small-
and medium-sized businesses in Ontario make a big impact in
terms of economic growth and jobs in our province.
- Small businesses have created a majority of the 836,000 new jobs produced
in Ontario since 1995.
And, according to the most recent (1998) small business figures from
Statistic Canada's Employment Dynamics:
- Almost 53 per cent (52.9 per cent) of total jobs are created by small
businesses with less than 50 employees.
- Firms with less than 100 employees are responsible for 61.7 per cent of
total job creation in Ontario.
- Ontario firms with less than 50 employees account for 96 per cent of all
firms in the province.
Source: Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
www.2.ontario-canada.com/English/ |
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