Grade 3: Social Studies: People and Environments: Living and Working in Ontario

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Suggested Search Terms for Destiny

Ontario, mining, forestry, Canadian Shield, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Lowlands, Hudson Bay Lowlands, tourism, manufacturing, agriculture

• Ontario Key Facts
• Geography and climate
• Ontario Municipalities
• Map of Ontario--includes cities and towns 
• Cities and towns in Ontario
• Ontario's symbols
• Working in Ontario 
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• Ontario's Symbols
• Stories From the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada
• Canadian Museum of History: An Aboriginal Presence- Naming the Land

• Mining facts 
• Machines used in mining
• What is mining? (general--not limited to Ontario) 

  What is mining? Why do it? How does mining affect the people and the environment? This site is not Ontario based, but has some good information on world wide mining.

• Dairy Farmers of Ontario
• Farm & Food Care Ontario
• Foodland Ontario
• DairyCraft
• Farm & Food Care

• Forestry in Ontario
• Forests Ontario
• Ontario Woodlot


• Ontario's forests 
• The Tree Atlas

Ontario is home to many major automobile manufacturing company's. They are as follows:

• General Motors Canada
• Ford Motor Company
• Fiat Chrysler Group
• Toyota Motor Corporation
• Honda Motor Company

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