Northwestern Ontario
From the natural beauty of Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake, to the modern City of Thunder Bay, voted the most affordable urban centre to live in the world, Northwestern Ontario offers diverse lifestyle choices.
Northwestern Ontario is less populated than any other region in Ontario. It is mostly rural with 235,000 residents living across a large geographic area. Forests, rivers and lakes run through the region, and there are many wilderness parks and conservation areas between its cities and towns.
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Affordable housing and transportation, excellent municipal services, world-class health and social care, great shopping and a range of entertainment and leisure options, all add to the safe and clean environment to create a quality of life that is second to none.
Major employment sectors are in natural resource-based industries such as mining, forestry, energy and tourism. Other industries exist mainly to service the needs of the regional market, such as construction, I.T., transportation, retail and professional services.
Learning is an important part of life in Northwestern Ontario. There are hundreds of elementary and secondary schools across the region for students of all abilities, including those with special needs. Northwestern Ontario is also proud of its world-class colleges and universities which offer a range of certificate, diploma and university degree courses on a part-time or full-time basis.
Development of the Northwestern Ontario Immigration Website has been funded by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration and Citizenship and Immigration Canada through the Municipal Immigration Information Online (MIIO) program. Visit the Cities and Towns section of OntarioImmigration.ca for future municipal newcomer sites.
