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Southern Ontario is the portion of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies south of the French River and Algonquin Park . For most purposes, Southern Ontario is much more commonly divided into smaller regions, such as Eastern Ontario , Western Ontario , Central Ontario , the Greater Toronto Area or the Golden Horseshoe , which includes the Greater Toronto Area. It is generally considered distinct from Northern Ontario , as it is far more densely populated and contains the majority of the province's cities, major roads, and institutions (Southern Ontario contains 94% or 11.75 million of Ontario's total population of 12.5 million people); the north, in contrast, contains more natural resources and remote wilderness. The south makes up approximately 15% of the entire land area of the province as a whole. For an inland location, it has an abdundance of fresh water coastline on three of the Great Lakes , Huron, Erie and Ontario and smaller inland lakes, notably Lake Simcoe and Lake St. Clair (part of the Great Lakes system). It is a major Vineyard region and producer of Canadian Wine s. Some analyses can go as far as to consider the two regions as, essentially, separate provinces, due to the level of contrast.
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