Windsor, Ontario
city in Essex County, Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Windsor is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city is across the Detroit River from the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. It is the most southern city in Canada. In 2021, Statistics Canada said the city has 229,660 people living in it.[6] It is inside Essex County, but it is independent from the county.
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Windsor | |
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City of Windsor | |
Nicknames: "The City of Roses", "Automotive Capital of Canada"[1] | |
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 | N8N to N8Y, N9A to N9K |
Area codes | 519, 226 and 548 |
Website | www.citywindsor.ca |
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