Windsor, Ontario
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Windsor (/ˈwɪndzər/ WIND-zer) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 229,660 at the 2021 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London and Kitchener. The Detroit–Windsor urban area is North America's most populous trans-border conurbation. Linking the Great Lakes Megalopolis, the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border.
Windsor | |
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City of Windsor | |
Nicknames: | |
Motto(s): The river and the land sustain us. - “The Place to Be.” | |
Coordinates: 42°18′08″N 82°59′37″W[2] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Census division | Essex |
Settled | 1749 |
Incorporated | 1854 |
Named for | Windsor, Berkshire |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• Mayor | Drew Dilkens |
• Governing body | Windsor City Council |
• MPs | Brian Masse (NDP), Irek Kusmierczyk (LPC) |
• MPPs | Lisa Gretzky (NDP), Andrew Dowie (PC) |
Area | |
• City (single-tier) | 146.32 km2 (56.49 sq mi) |
• Urban | 175.77 km2 (67.87 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,022.84 km2 (394.92 sq mi) |
Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• City (single-tier) | 229,660 (23rd) |
• Urban | 306,519 (16th) |
• Metro | 422,630 (16th) |
Demonym | Windsorite |
Gross Metropolitan Product | |
• Windsor CMA | CA$16.4 billion (2019)[5] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Forward sortation area | |
Area codes | 519, 226 and 548 |
Website | www.citywindsor.ca |
* Separated municipalities |
Windsor is a major contributor to Canada's automotive industry and is culturally diverse. Known as the "Automotive Capital of Canada", Windsor's industrial and manufacturing heritage is responsible for how the city has developed through the years.