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With Ottawa as the capital of Canada, and Toronto such an important economic centre,
Ontario is a province turned to the US market. It has great natural resources.

It has one of the highest populations in Canada with nearly 11 million inhabitants, 4.7 million of which are
in Toronto. The Toronto Stock Exchange is famous for its transactions which make up nearly 80% of all the transactions done in Canada. In fact it is second only to the New York Stock Exchange.
The headquarters of most of the banks are established in this province.

Ontario's mining exploitation is the biggest in Canada, 29%. The main production is gold, cobalt, zinc, iron, silver and platinum.

The food industry is a properous sector, it represents 47% of the Canadian production.
Transport should not be overlooked either, representing three quarters of the Canadian production. Motor vehicle production, 95% of the total production of the country, is the dominant sector in Ontario, turning out 2.2 million automobiles. More than 6 billion dollars has been invested at short term in this industry.
The United States has found a first rate competitor as Canada outstrips them in costs.

Aerospace, aeronautics and rail transport are also very present. A prosperous production in the aerospace sector puts the country in 8th position in the world ratings, and it is still growing, +10% in 1995.
A rise of 15% was estimated for 1996.

Certain sectors of activity like telecommunications, computer sciences, medicine and pharmaceutical products are dominant in Ontario's industry. They represent 50% of the employment created
in the province. The production goes up by 20% every year.
Ontario is in fact one of the biggest suppliers of computer science to North America.

Plastic production, 60% of which comes from Ontario, has gone up a lot. The production is mainly destined for export (93%). The work force in this sector is one of the most competitive cost wise.

Ontario's production of chemical products represents more than half of the country's production,
that is 13 billion dollars each year. It is destined for export, 90% for the USA.

Commercial exchanges, in spite of a flourishing economy, are crushed by American trade
(90% exports and 75% imports). Trade with Asia is also important, in fact Asia remains the biggest trading partner. Exports represent 116 billion $Can.(230 million for France) and imports 130 billion $Can.
(764 million from France). The French are very present in Ontario with 108 companies.