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.
Windsor | |
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| City of Windsor | |
From top, left to right: Downtown Windsor skyline, Ambassador Bridge, WFCU Centre, Dillon Hall at University of Windsor, and Caesars Windsor | |
 Coat of arms  Logo | |
| Nicknames: "The City of Roses", "Automotive Capital of Canada"[1] | |
| Motto(s): The river and the land sustain us. - “The Place to Be.” | |
 Location in the Detroit–Windsor region | |
  Windsor Location within southern Ontario  Windsor Location within Ontario  Windsor Location within Canada | |
| 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 |
The land first was from Native Americans. Then in 1749, the French got the land and made it a farm. The land was named la Petite Côte, meaning "Little Coast". It was later called La Côte de Misère, meaning "Poverty Coast" because of the sandy soil near LaSalle. In 1797, after the American Revolution, the British made the city "Sandwich". It was later renamed Windsor, after the town in Berkshire, England.
Windsor was part of a battle in the Upper Canada Rebellion. It was attacked by Detroit rebels who burned a steamboat and 2-3 houses.[7] They were kicked out by the police. Windsor was also part of the Patriot War.
In 1846, Windsor had 300 people. They had ferries that would go from Detroit to Windsor. The city being close to the US border made it a stop for slaves along the Underground Railroad.[8][9] People said there were 20,000 to 30,000 refugees in Canada.[10] Most of them stop at Essex County.[11][12][8]
Windsor was incorporated as a village in 1854,. The village was then connected to the Canadian National Railway. In 1858, it turned into a town. In 1892 when Windsor tried to become a city, they let people decide the name. Some names are South Detroit, The Ferry, Windsor, and Richmond. Windsor was chosen to promote English people in the city. It was also for Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. But, Richmond was used until World War II.
The Windsor Police Service was created on July 1, 1867.
A fire burned a lot of downtown Windsor on October 12, 1871, destroying more than 100 buildings.[13]
In 1935, the towns Sandwich, Ford City and Walkerville were merged into Windsor.
On October 25, 1960, a explosion destroyed the Metropolitan Store on Ouellette Avenue. 10 people were killed and at least 100 injured.[14] It was featured on History Television's Disasters of the Century.
In 1966, the nearby villages of Ojibway and Riverside were also merged into Windsor.[15]
Windsor has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa).[16][17] Windsor has the hottest climate in Ontario due to hot summers.[18] The yearly temperature is 9.9 °C (50 °F). The coldest month is January and the hottest month is July. The coldest temperature ever was −32.8 °C (−27.0 °F) on January 29, 1873,[19] and the hottest was 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) on June 25, 1988.[20]
Emergencies
Windsor had historic flooding in 2016, 2017 and 2019. In 2016, the mayor of Windsor, Drew Dilkens, declared a state of emergency because of the really bad flooding that occurred.[21] In spring of 2019 Windsor asked for money following a lot of flooding.[22]
In 2013 when a fire broke out at a plastic recycling warehouse. This state of emergency was called due to bad air quality caused by the fire.[23]
In 2017, Windsor faced a storm that left 285 millimetres (11.2 in) of rain in 32 hours.[24]
Windsor had a lot of tornadoes. The worst tornado to touch down Windsor was an F4 in 1946.[25]
In the 2021 Census of Population by Statistics Canada, Windsor had 233,763 living in 94,273 of its 99,803 total houses in the city.[26]
At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Windsor CMA had a population of 422,630 living in 165,665 of its 174,072 total houses, a change of 6% from its 2016 population of 398,718. With a land area of 1,803.17 km2 (696.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 234.4/km2 (607/sq mi) in 2021.[27]
Windsor has a lot of immigrants. In 2016, 17.7% of the people are foreign-born in the metropolitan area, 22.9% of the population was foreign-born. Visible minorities make up 25.7% of the people, making it the most diverse city in Ontario outside of the Greater Toronto Area.[28][29]
Windsor has 12 twin towns:[30]
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