Province of Canada
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada. It covers about 1,078,000 km² (416,000 mi²), the 4th largest of the 13 provinces and territories in Natural Earth’s file for Canada, and about the same size as Bolivia. About 14.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 1,078,000 km²416,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,076,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Canada | 11%of the area of the 13 provinces and territories |
| Rank by area | 4th of 13provinces and territories of Canada |
| Population | 14.2 millionWikidata, 2021 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 13 people per km² |
| Capital | Toronto |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 57°N |
| Type | ProvinceCA-ON |
What the numbers say about Ontario
- Ontario covers 11% of the area of Canada and ranks 1st of 13 by population, against 4th by area.
- It would take 9.23 provinces and territories the size of Ontario to cover Canada.
- Ontario holds 38% of the 37.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2021 figures give for the 13 provinces and territories together: about 1 in 3.
- The largest, Nunavut, is 1.93× the size of Ontario; the smallest, Prince Edward Island, is 0.5% of it.
- Closest in size within Canada: British Columbia (946,000 km², 1.14×) and Northwest Territories (1,348,000 km², 1.25×).
- Counted as a country, Ontario would be larger than 211 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 29th by area, between Bolivia (1,087,000 km²) and Mauritania (1,036,000 km²).
- With 14.2 million people it would rank 76th of 238 by population.
- Ontario has 13 people per km², about the density of Turkmenistan, which has 13 per km².
- That makes Ontario the 3rd most densely populated of the 13 provinces and territories, 3.55× the average for Canada (3.7 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large in area, so Ontario looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Ontario stretches about 1,690 km north to south and 1,570 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,076,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,078,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaTibet0.95× · 1,130,000 km²PeopleTianjin1.03× · 13.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaAlaska72% · 1,505,000 km²PeoplePennsylvania1.09× · 13.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreanone within 2×PeopleJammu and Kashmir1.16× · 12.3 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBavaria1.09× · 13.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleÎle-de-France1.15× · 12.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy1.41× · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAndalusia1.65× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTokyo1.00× · 14.3 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaPará88% · 1,231,000 km²PeopleBahia1.01× · 14.1 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaSouth Australia1.10× · 984,000 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.66× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleState of Mexico88% · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Ontario sits in Canada
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021. Canada’s units share the 2021 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12