Ontario is 35.1× the size of Belgium
Ontario (province of Canada) covers about 1,078,000 km² (416,000 mi²) and Belgium (Europe) about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,078,000km²Ontario
- 30,700km²Belgium
500 km
- Ontario
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium fits inside Ontario about 35.1 times by area.
- Ontario is larger by 1,047,000 km² (404,000 mi²), which is 3,414% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Ontario is about 26.0, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Ontario also has the larger population: 14.2 million against 11.8 million, 1.20× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 13 in Ontario: Belgium is 29.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,980 km apart.
- Together Ontario and Belgium cover 1,108,000 km², close to the size of Ethiopia (1,127,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,047,000 km², is about the size of Mauritania (1,036,000 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Ontario would have 415.5 million people (it has 14.2 million). At Ontario's density, Belgium would have 405,000 (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 0.7° of latitude, about 80 km, farther north than Ontario's.
- Ontario is the 4th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 11% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 50°N and 51°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ontario would have about 75,760 m² and each person in Belgium about 2,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Ontario and Belgium would cover 1,108,000 km², about the same size as Ethiopia.
- Together they have 26.0 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
- Counted as a country, Ontario would rank 29th by area and 76th by population.
Side by side
| Ontario | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 1,078,000 km²416,000 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Official area | 1,076,000 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 13in Canada | 140th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 14.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 13in Canada | 80th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 13 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Capital | Toronto | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 57°N | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,076,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,078,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12