This province of Canada located in the east central part of the country, takes its name from Lake Ontario, derived from skanadario which means beautiful water in Iroquoian.
The region consists of mainly three geographical regions—the thinly populated Canadian shield, the virtually unpopulated Hudson Bay and the fertile Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Valley.
The vast majority of the Ontarians are of British or European descent and the others are mainly Franco-Ontarian.
Ontario's rivers including its share of the Niagara River make it rich in hydroelectric energy and the main source of industry is the manufacturing.
Toronto the capital of Ontario is the centre of Canada's financial services and the banking industry.
The students applying in colleges in Ontario will have a choice of 2,400 programs in almost 600 sub areas.
The province of Ontario has two types of publicly funded colleges—Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The centre of Advanced Learninf is also publicly funded.
There are 21 universities in the region. Some of the important colleges and universities of the region are:
- Herzing College
- Canadian Business College
- Canadian College of Business and Community
- The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine
- Franshawe College
- George Brown College
- Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology etc
Most of these colleges and universities provide scholarships, have degrees in graduate, undergraduate, masters and the doctoral level. There are many community colleges and theological colleges which offer courses in continuing education and courses in distance education which makes these colleges a favorite haunt amongst the local and the international students.
