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''Flag and Coat of Arms'' |
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| Motto: ''Building Communities, Building Lives'' |
''Location of the Niagara Region within Ontario'' |
| Area : | 1,852 sq. km. |
Population
- Total (2001)
- Cdn. CD Rank:
- Density |
410,570
Ranked 13th
220.4/km&2 |
| MP s |
Dean Allison , Rick Dykstra , John Maloney , Rob Nicholson
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| MPP s |
| Jim Bradley , Kim Craitor , Tim Hudak , Peter Kormos , Jennifer Mossop |
| Regional Chair | Peter Partington
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| Governing body | Niagara Regional Council
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| Regional Niagara |
(
2001 population 410,574), also known as Niagara Region, or (colloquially) Regional Niagara, is an area covering 12 municipalities located in
Southern Ontario in
Canada .
The region occupies most of the
Niagara Peninsula . Its eastern boundary is the
Niagara River , which is also the border with the
United States . It is bounded on the north by
Lake Ontario and on the south by
Lake Erie .
The most important agricultural enterprise in Niagara is
Viticulture , or wine-growing.
Canadian Wine s outscored the very best
French Wine at the historic
St. Catharines Wine Tasting Of 2005 .
The region's ''Wine Country'' is one of the major tourist attractions, along with the
Shaw Festival and the internationally-renowned
Niagara Falls .
In total, the region has an area of 1850 square kilometres. The regional seat is in Thorold, where the
Niagara Regional Council meets.
''Data from the
Canada 2001 Census .''
- White : 349,390 or 95.9%
- Black : 2,990 or 0.8%
- Mixed : 2,665 or 0.7%
- Chinese : 2,345 or 0.6%
- Asian : 2,320 or 0.6%
- (based on single responses)
- Canadian - 121,660 (those who are most likely of British / French origin whose ancestors have been in Canada for many generations)
- English - 108,425
- Scottish - 66,385
- Irish - 56,640
- German - 49,435
- French - 48,155
- Italian - 44,645
- Dutch - 23,805
- Ukrainian - 16,735
- Polish - 16,295
- Clifton Hill (Niagara Falls)
- Lundy's Lane Tourist District (Niagara Falls)
- Niagara Olde Town (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
- Welland Canal Centre (St. Catharines)
- Wet and Wild (Lincoln)
- Short Hills Provincial Park
- Wainfleet Bog Provincial Wildlife Preserve
- Ball's Falls Conservation Area
- Chippawa Creek Conservation Area
- Long Beach Conservation Area
- Morgan's Point Conservation Area
- Cave Springs Conservation Area
- St. John's Conservation Area
- Rockway Conservation Area
- Louth Conservation Area
- Mountainview Conservation Area
- Beamer Memorial Conservation Area
- Woodend Conservation Area
- Woolverton Conservation Area
- Wainfleet Wetlands
- Humberstone & Willoughby Wetlands
- Mud Lake Wetlands
- E.C. Brown Conservation Area
- United Empire Loyalist Conservation Area
- Port Davidson Weir Conservation Area
- Sugar Bush Conservation Area
- Stevensville Conservation Area
- Virgil Dams Conservation Area
- Happy Rolph's Bird Sancuary
