What is Central Ontario?
[[File:Map of Ontario CENTRAL.svg|300px|thumb|Map of Central Ontario]] '''Central Ontario''' is part of [[Southern Ontario]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[province]] of [[Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/environment/impacts-adaptation/assessments/10037 |title=Introduction - Ontario |publisher=Canada.ca |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229080744/http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/environment/impacts-adaptation/assessments/10037 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is between [[Georgian Bay]] and the [[east]]ern end of [[Lake Ontario]]. Its area is {{convert|39814|km2}}. The [[population]] was 1,070,644 in 2011. It is mostly [[rural]]. The [[south]]ern part is more [[wikt:dense|dense]]ly populated than the [[north]]ern part. Some of the largest [[city|cities]] include [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], [[Barrie]], and [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]]. == Counties == There are five counties in Central Ontario: * [[Dufferin County]] * [[Haliburton County]] * [[Hastings County]] * [[Northumberland County, Ontario|Northumberland County]] * [[Peterborough County]] * [[Simcoe County]] * [[Prince Edward County, Ontario|Prince Edward County]] is a [[single-tier municipality]]. Ten towns, villages and townships merged with the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pecounty.on.ca/government/ |title=Government |publisher=The Corporation of the County of Prince Edward |access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref> The [[county]] [[government]] provides all services. == References == {{reflist}} {{Subdivisions of Ontario}} [[Category:Regions of Ontario]] {{multistub|geo|Canada}}