Regions are defined in Webster's or Funk & Wagnall's as a large and 'indefinite' part of the surface of the earth.
In Ontario, ODP editors have 'defined' seven regions organized by geographic area, and containing specific counties and districts. The Ontario Regions below, list the Counties and Districts which they embrace.
Please note that these seven regions should not be confused with regional municipalities, of which there are a number in Ontario. Regional municipalities are listed in the Localities sub-category.
By editor funk, revised 2000.05.11
The title should be either the company''s name or, where it seems more appropriate, that of the site itself -- and no more than this. In other words, phrases like "Welcome to ..." and "Your friendly/local ..." are both superfluous and destined for deletion. In turn, the Description should be free of personal pronouns and worded the way an observer and/or reviewer of the site would describe it and its content. Thus "Our mission is to serve your needs" needs altering to something like "Company''s emphasis is on customer service." In effect, the title and description should simply let people know who''s at the back of it and what information it contains or conveys.
The Region of Ontario that includes counties of Dufferin, Durham, Haliburton, Halton, Northumberland, Peel, Peterborough, Toronto, Victoria, Waterloo, Wellington and York.
Submit only sites with a focus in all, or part of the Central Region, which contains the counties and/or districts of Dufferin, Durham, Haliburton, Halton, Northumberland, Peel, Peterborough, Toronto, Victoria, Waterloo, Wellington and York.
Sites in Eastern Region of Ontario, comprising Cities of Kingston and Ottawa and Counties of Dundas and Glengarry, Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Leeds-Grenville, Lennox Addington, Prescott-Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Stormont.
Submit only sites with a focus in all, or part of the Eastern Region, which contains the counties and/or districts of Dundas and Glengarry, Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Leeds-Grenville, Lennox Addington, Prescott-Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew and Stormont.
Web sites located in Georgian Bay region of Ontario, which encompasses the counties or districts of Bruce, Grey, Muskoka, Parry Sound and Simcoe.
Submit only sites with a focus in all, or part of the Georgina Bay Region, which contains the counties of Bruce, Grey, Muskoka, Parry Sound and Simcoe.
The Golden Horseshoe is a secondary region of Southern Ontario, Canada, which lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Lake Scugog and Lake Simcoe. It includes the Greater Toronto Area. - Description from Wikipedia.
Also known as the Golden Horseshoe Region, York, Durham and Headwaters halo the outer fringes of the Greater Toronto Area like a crescent and extend up to the southern shore of Lake Simcoe.
The District of Muskoka was established by Provincial legislation and commenced operations on January 1, 1971.
It is bordered on the North by Parry Sound District, to the South by Simcoe County, to the East by Nipissing District and Haliburton County On the West it is bordered by Georgian Bay.
According to the Algonkin native language, Muskoka is loosely translated as "the land of red earth." Both the Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts have been well known to tourists for over 100 years.
This category lists general interest online guides and directories specific to the region; those that are specific to a particular topic should instead be placed within the appropriate topic subcategory within the region.
This category contains sites that have an overall focus on all (or sometimes part) of Ontario's Niagara Region, which contains the counties/districts of Brant, Haldimand, Niagara, and Norfolk.
The major portion of the Niagara Region is taken up by the Niagara Peninsula, which lies between Lake Erie on the south and Lake Ontario on the north, with the Niagara River forming its western border and the City of Hamilton its eastern one. In other terms, the Peninsula encompasses the Regional Municipality of Niagara, the City of Stoney Creek, and eastern part of the recently created Norfolk County.
Note: The Localities categories linked to this Regions category contain sites that have a more localized association with it. On the whole, each of these sites is allocated to the municipality that contains its bricks and mortar address. In turn, the categories that contain these sites are broken down into subcategories as the sites start to exceed a manageable number. This subdivision is based on the existence of groups of sites that have an obviously -- or at least somewhat -- similar content.
The title should be either the company''s name or, where it seems more appropriate, that of the site itself -- and no more than this. In other words, phrases like "Welcome to ..." and "Your friendly/local ..." are both superfluous and destined for deletion. In turn, the Description should be free of personal pronouns and worded the way an observer and/or reviewer of the site would describe it and its content. Thus "Our mission is to serve your needs" needs altering to something like "Company''s emphasis is on customer service." In effect, the title and description should simply let people know who''s at the back of it and what information it contains or conveys.
Encompasses the counties of Algoma, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing.
Submit only sites with a focus in all, or part of Northeastern Ontario, which contains the counties and/or districts of Algoma, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming and Nipissing.
Sites in counties of Rainy River, Kenora, Thunder Bay
Submit only sites with a focus in all, or part of the Northwestern Region, which contains the counties and/or districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay.
Southwestern region of Ontario encompasses the counties of Elgin, Essex, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Perth.
Submit only sites with a focus in all, or part of the Southwestern Region, which contains the counties and/or districts of Elgin, Essex, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxfordand Perth.
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is located approximately 100km West of Toronto. It is bisected from north to south by the Grand River and east to west by Highway 401. The area was first settled in the early 1800's by Pennsylvania German Mennonites by purchase of a grant of land known as the German Company Tract. Waterloo County was first organized in 1852. The County seat was the Town of Berlin, now the City of Kitchener. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo was formed in 1972 as part of the general reorganization and modernization of municipal government in Ontario. The Regional Municipality has the same boundaries as the former County. Within the Regional Municipality are the Cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge. The City of Kitchener has amalgamated with it the villages of Bridgeport, Freeport, and Doon. The City of Cambridge has amalgamated with it the towns of Preston, Hespler, and Galt and the villages of Blair, and Shade's Mills. There are also four rural Townships, North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich. The Township of North Dumfries has amalgamated with it the villages of Ayr, Branchton, Clyde, Hawkesville, Haysville, and Macton. The Township of Wellesley has amalgamated with it the villages of Bamburg, Crosshill, Linwood, Phillipsburg, and Wellesley. The Township of Wilmot has amalgamated with it the villages of Baden, Mannheim, New Dundee, New Hamburg, Petersburg, and St. Agatha. The Township of Woolwich has amalgamated with it the town of Elmira, and the villages of Breslau, Bloomingdale, Conestogo, Floradale, Heidelberg, Maryhill, St. Clements, St. Jacobs, Wallenstein, West Montrose, and Winterbourne.