Northern Ontario

E22034

geographical region region

Northern Ontario is a vast, sparsely populated region of Ontario known for its boreal forests, abundant lakes, mining and forestry industries, and predominantly rural and Indigenous communities.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Ontario canonical	145
northern Ontario	7
Northeastern Ontario	3
Northern Ontario resource region	3
Northern Ontario resource towns	2
Northern Ontario lakeshore	1
Northern Ontario mining region	1
Northern Ontario region	1
Northern Ontario tourism region	1
Northwestern Ontario	1
northwestern Ontario	1

Statements (106)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ region ⓘ
borders	Hudson Bay ⓘ James Bay ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec Northern Minnesota ⓘ surface form: United States (Minnesota) via Lake Superior
climate	continental climate ⓘ subarctic climate (far north) ⓘ
contains	Algoma District ⓘ Algonquin Provincial Park ⓘ surface form: Algonquin Provincial Park (northern portion) Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ Cochrane District ⓘ Fort Albany First Nation ⓘ Kashechewan First Nation ⓘ Kenora District ⓘ Killarney Provincial Park ⓘ Lake Nipigon ⓘ Lake Superior ⓘ Lake Superior Provincial Park ⓘ Lake of the Woods ⓘ Manitoulin District ⓘ Moose Factory ⓘ Sioux Lookout ⓘ surface form: Moosonee Nipissing District ⓘ Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities ⓘ Northern Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Ontario Northwestern Ontario ⓘ Parry Sound District ⓘ Polar Bear Provincial Park ⓘ Pukaskwa National Park ⓘ Quetico Provincial Park ⓘ Rainy River District ⓘ Ring of Fire (mineral region) ⓘ Sudbury District ⓘ Thunder Bay District ⓘ Timiskaming District ⓘ Wabakimi Provincial Park ⓘ
containsCity	Cochrane ⓘ Dryden ⓘ Elliot Lake ⓘ Fort Frances ⓘ Geraldton ⓘ Hearst ⓘ Kapuskasing ⓘ Kenora ⓘ Kirkland Lake ⓘ North Bay ⓘ Red Lake ⓘ Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada ⓘ surface form: Sault Ste. Marie Sioux Lookout ⓘ Sudbury ⓘ Temiskaming Shores ⓘ Thunder Bay ⓘ Timmins ⓘ Wawa ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European Canadians ⓘ First Nations ⓘ Inuit ⓘ surface form: Inuit (in coastal communities) Métis ⓘ
governingBody	Government of Ontario ⓘ
hasAgency	Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry (Ontario ministry) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	predominantly rural ⓘ resource-based economy ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ vast area ⓘ
hasCollege	Cambrian College ⓘ Canadore College ⓘ Confederation College ⓘ Cambrian College ⓘ surface form: Northern College Sault College ⓘ
hasUniversity	Lakehead University ⓘ Laurentian University ⓘ Nipissing University ⓘ
knownFor	Indigenous communities ⓘ abundant lakes ⓘ boreal forests ⓘ cold winters ⓘ forestry industry ⓘ mining industry ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ
language	Cree ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ surface form: Oji-Cree Ojibwe ⓘ
largestCity	Sudbury ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Canada ⓘ surface form: Central Canada Ontario ⓘ
majorIndustry	forestry ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ mining ⓘ pulp and paper ⓘ tourism ⓘ transportation and logistics ⓘ
partOf	Ontario ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Time Zone (northwest portion) Eastern Time Zone (most of region) ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	Canadian National Railway mainline ⓘ Canadian Pacific Railway mainline ⓘ Ontario Highway 11 ⓘ Ontario Highway 17 ⓘ Ontario Northland Railway ⓘ Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
vegetation	boreal forest ⓘ

Referenced by (166)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ontario → containsRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Thunder Bay → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwestern Ontario

Thunder Bay → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Ontario

Cree → region → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Northern Ontario → contains → Northern Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Ontario

Greater Sudbury Airport → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Greater Sudbury Airport → servesRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Science North → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Science North → regionServed → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Dynamic Earth → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Big Nickel → hasCoordinateRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Eastern Ontario → borders → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Michipicoten Island → region → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Central Ontario → borders → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Parry Sound → region → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Killarney Provincial Park → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

St. Ignace Island → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Ontario

Pukaskwa National Park → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Thessalon River → region → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Manitoulin Island → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

North Channel → region → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

subject surface form: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Laurentian University → regionServed → Northern Ontario ⓘ

North Bay → locatedInRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Ontario

Lakehead University → regionServed → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Highway 400 → regionServed → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Highway 400 → connects → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Ontario

Timmins → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Ontario

Timmins → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ontario resource region

Pic River → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Nipissing University → hasRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

White River → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

subject surface form: White River (Ontario)

Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) → locatedInRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Mississagi River → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Mississagi River → sourceLocation → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Mississagi River → isMajorRiverOf → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Elliot Lake → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Cochrane → isPartOf → Northern Ontario ⓘ

subject surface form: Cochrane, Ontario

this entity surface form: Northern Ontario resource region

Kapuskasing → region → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Ring of Fire (mineral region) → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Algoma District → locatedInRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry (Ontario ministry) → regionServed → Northern Ontario ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Canadian Pacific Railway mainline → traverses → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Ontario Northland Railway → serviceArea → Northern Ontario ⓘ

CYSB → servesRegion → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Greater Sudbury Airport Development Corporation → serviceArea → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Sudbury District → partOf → Northern Ontario ⓘ

Sudbury District → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Northern Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ontario resource region

Cambrian College → locatedIn → Northern Ontario ⓘ