Greater Sudbury metropolitan area

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metropolitan area

The Greater Sudbury metropolitan area is a major urban and economic center in Northern Ontario, Canada, known for its mining industry, lakes, and role as a regional service hub.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Greater Sudbury 8
City of Greater Sudbury 1
Walden area of Greater Sudbury 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan area ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
economicActivity mineral extraction ⓘ
mineral processing ⓘ
service sector ⓘ
economicRegion Northern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody City of Greater Sudbury Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoreCity City of Greater Sudbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Dynamic Earth science museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Science North NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalHistory mining-related land degradation and regreening efforts ⓘ
hasHealthFacility Health Sciences North NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Cambrian College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Collège Boréal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurentian University NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasMajorEmployer Glencore (Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vale Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature Canadian Shield geology NERFINISHED ⓘ
numerous lakes ⓘ
hasOfficialStatus census metropolitan area ⓘ
hasTransportationInfrastructure Greater Sudbury Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
Highway 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
rail connections to Southern Ontario ⓘ
isRegionalCentreFor education in Northeastern Ontario ⓘ
health services in Northeastern Ontario ⓘ
retail and commerce in Northeastern Ontario ⓘ
isRegionalHubFor government services in Northeastern Ontario ⓘ
mining technology and services ⓘ
knownFor large number of lakes ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ
regional service hub role ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Sudbury District (census division) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Canadian Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorIndustry mining ⓘ
nickel mining ⓘ
smelting ⓘ
partOf Census Metropolitan Areas of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryResource copper ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Sudbury Basin → administrativeRegion → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
Sudbury District → borderedBy → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Architecture → city → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
northeastern Ontario → hasMajorCity → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Northeastern Ontario
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
Naughton, Ontario, Canada → locatedIn → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
Sudbury Basin → locatedNear → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
Espanola, Ontario → locatedWestOf → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
Sudbury → officialName → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sudbury
Naughton, Ontario, Canada → partOf → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Greater Sudbury
Naughton, Ontario, Canada → regionalIdentity → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walden area of Greater Sudbury
CYSB → servesMetropolitanArea → Greater Sudbury metropolitan area ⓘ