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(
2001 Census population 155,219) is a city in
Northern Ontario . Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the
Regional Municipality Of Sudbury , along with several previously unincorporated geographic townships.
It is the largest city in Northern Ontario in population, and the 20th largest metropolitan area in
Canada . In land area, it is now the largest city in Ontario, the
Seventh Largest Municipality in Canada, and the largest municipality in English Canada legally designated as a city.
It is also the only city in Ontario which has two official names -- its name in French is ''Grand-Sudbury''. Unlike designations such as
Greater Toronto or
Greater Montreal , the name "Greater Sudbury" refers to a single city, not a conurbation of independent municipalities. However, the name ''Sudbury'', without its official modifiers, is still the more common name for the city in everyday usage.
The city's
Census Metropolitan Area consists of the city proper and the
First Nations Reserves of
Whitefish Lake and
Wanapitei .
Sudbury was incorporated as a town in
1883 , and as a city in
1930 . Originally named Sainte-Anne-des-Pins ("St. Anne of the Pines"), it started as a lumber camp.
During construction of the
Canadian Pacific Railway , blasting and excavation revealed high concentrations of
Nickel -
Copper Ore at Murray Mine on the edge of the
Sudbury Basin . The community, renamed Sudbury in honour of the CPR commissioner's wife's
Hometown in England, grew rapidly as a mining town.
Through the decades that followed, Sudbury's economy went through boom and bust cycles as world demand for nickel rose and fell. Demand was high during the
First World War , then bottomed out when the war ended. It rose again in the mid-1920s, then fell as the
Great Depression hit, and rose again during the
Second World War . After the end of that war, however, Sudbury was in a good position to supply nickel to the
United States government, who chose to stockpile non-
Soviet supplies during the
Cold War .
In
1940 , Sudbury became the first city in Canada to install
Parking Meter s.
In the 1950s and 60s, Sudbury was beset by extensive labour unrest, as
Inco and
Falconbridge employees not only fought their companies for the right to unionize, but also fought amongst themselves as to what union would represent them.
Hardrock Miners , c.
October 5 ,
1942 ]]Both the
Mine, Mill And Smelter Workers and the
United Steelworkers Of America had support among Sudbury miners, and there were often riots in the streets as the rival factions confronted each other. Ultimately, the two unions settled into an uneasy truce, with Mine Mill winning the right to unionize Falconbridge, and the Steelworkers winning the right to unionize Inco.
In February
1956 , the Mine Mill held its Canadian convention, which was particularly notable for being the first non-US concert given by
Paul Robeson after the US government instituted its travel ban against him.
On
August 20 ,
1970 , a
Tornado struck the city and its suburbs, killing six people and remaining the eighth deadliest tornado in Canadian history.
Labour issues would continue to be Sudbury's dominant economic challenge. In
1979 , Inco workers embarked on a
Strike over production and employment cutbacks, which lasted for nine full months. As Inco was by this time Sudbury's largest employer, the strike decimated Sudbury's economy.
When the strike finally ended in
1980 , the city's government recognized the urgent need to diversify the city's economy. Through an aggressive strategy, the city tried to attract new employers and industries through the 1980s and 1990s. Today mining remains an important industry, but Sudbury also derives economic strength as a centre of commerce, government, tourism and science and technology research. Although Inco remains the city's largest single ''employer'', the mining industry is no longer the city's largest ''sector'' of employment.
On
October 11 ,
2005 , Inco announced a proposal to buy out the operations of longtime rival Falconbridge for $12 billion. If approved, the deal would make Inco the world's largest producer of nickel, and would also bring all of Sudbury's mining operations under the ownership of a single company for the first time in the city's history.
In 2006, there has been renewed debate on the issue of the municipal amalgamation. The former town of
Rayside-Balfour , and many of its residents, are unhappy with their position in the city, and have lobbied for a deamalgamation
Referendum during the
2006 Municipal Elections to be held in the fall. However, as the provincial government of Ontario would have to approve any such referendum, it is not currently known whether this will in fact take place.
Prior to 1973, Sudbury comprised portions of the
Geographic Townships of Neelon and McKim.
In
1973 , provincially-mandated restructuring of municipal government organized the city of Sudbury and surrounding towns into the
Regional Municipality Of Sudbury , which consisted of seven municipalities. The population figures cited next to each are for
1996 , the last Canadian
Census before the amalgamated city came into effect:
Municipal responsibilities were distributed between the council of the Regional Municipality and the councils of the individual towns and cities. The region covered 2,607 square kilometres.
In
1979 , Sudbury became the first city in Canada to install a
TTY line in the mayor's office to help improve service to
Deaf citizens.
The five towns and two cities of the region, as well as several unorganized townships, were amalgamated by provincial order on
January 1 ,
2001 to become the city of Greater Sudbury. The city is headed by a
Council and
Mayor . The main municipal office is at
Tom Davies Square , named for a former chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury.
The current mayor of Greater Sudbury is
David Courtemanche , who succeeded retiring longtime mayor
Jim Gordon in
2003 .
The city is represented federally by
Members Of Parliament Diane Marleau in the
Sudbury Riding , and
Ray Bonin in
Nickel Belt . Their counterparts in the
Legislative Assembly Of Ontario are
Rick Bartolucci in Sudbury and
Shelley Martel in Nickel Belt.
The provincial
Ministry Of Northern Development And Mines has its head office in the city.
The name ''Greater Sudbury'' is almost exclusively a political designation. In common usage, the city is still generally referred to as ''Sudbury''.
It should be noted that outside of the region, the name "Sudbury" is still commonly understood to refer only to the ''former'' city of Sudbury, with the outlying communities often believed to remain distinct from the city itself. Some of the outlying communities, for example, still retain their own distinct
Postal and
Telephone Exchange codes — as of 2006, these services have still not been fully integrated into a single citywide system.
In local usage, however, the name "Sudbury" refers to the whole city, although the former municipal names of the
Regional Municipality Of Sudbury also remain in informal use to designate the different areas of the city.
Communities within the city are listed below. Communities listed in bold are those which are listed as distinct telephone and postal exchanges by
Bell Canada and
Canada Post :
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The ore deposits in Sudbury are part of a large geological structure known as the
Sudbury Basin , believed to be the remnants of a 1.85-billion year old
Meteorite Impact Crater . Sudbury ore contains profitable amounts of many elements, especially
Transition Metal s, including
Platinum . It also contains an unusually high concentration of
Sulfur .
Sudbury was known for many years as a wasteland. During the
Apollo manned lunar exploration program,
NASA astronauts trained in Sudbury, to become familiar with
Shatter Cone s, a rare rock formation connected with meteorite impacts. However, the popular misconception that they were visiting Sudbury because it resembled the lifeless surface of the
Moon dogged the city for years.
When nickel-copper ore is smelted, this sulfur is released into the environment. The sulfur is toxic to vegetation. Carried aloft, it combines with atmospheric water to form
Sulfuric Acid . This contaminates atmospheric water, resulting in a phenomenon known as
Acid Rain . Acid rain erodes rocks and masonry, kills plants, and acidifies soil, discouraging regeneration of vegetation. In the Sudbury area, vegetation was decimated, both by acid rain and by
Logging to provide fuel for early
Smelting techniques. The erosion exposed
Bedrock , which was charred in most places to a pitted, dark black appearance. (It should be noted that there was not a complete lack of vegetation in the region.
Paper Birch and wild
Blueberry are notable examples of plants which thrived in the acidic soils.)
In the late
1970s , private, public, and commercial interests combined to establish an unprecedented "regreening" effort.
Lime was spread over the charred soil of the Sudbury region by hand and by aircraft. Seeds of wild
Grass es and other vegetation were also spread. In twenty years, over three million trees were planted. The ecology of the Sudbury region has recovered dramatically, due both to the regreening program and improved mining practices, and in
1992 the city was given the "Local Government Honours Award" by the
United Nations , in honour of its innovative community-based strategies in environmental rehabilitation.
Sudbury is on the
Canadian (Precambrian) Shield . Over 300 lakes lie within its municipal boundaries, including
Lake Wanapitei , which holds the record for the largest lake in the world completely contained within the boundaries of a single city. (Before the municipal amalgamation of 2001, this status was held by
Lake Ramsey , which is just a few kilometres south of downtown Sudbury.)
Greater Sudbury is served by a number of provincial highways.
Highway 17 is the main branch of the
Trans-Canada Highway , connecting the city to points east and west. An approximately 25-
Kilometre (15 mile) segment of Highway 17, from Mikkola to Whitefish, is
Freeway . As of
2006 , this segment is one of only two full freeway segments (the other being
Highway 11 southeast of
North Bay ) in all of Northern Ontario.
Highway 69 leads south to
Parry Sound , where it connects to the
Highway 400 freeway to
Toronto . Highway 400 will eventually be extended to reach Greater Sudbury; although the timetable may be subject to change, this construction is currently scheduled for completion in
2017 .
Highway 144 leads north to
Timmins .
The provincial
Ministry Of Transportation has announced tentative plans to extend the Highway 17 freeway east to Coniston in the mid-
2010s , near the completion date of the Highway 400 construction. Studies have also been completed on the freeway segment's westerly extension as far as
Espanola , although no construction timetable has been set. In the longer term, the whole highway may eventually be subsumed into
Highway 417 , although to date no formal project planning has taken place and that is likely decades away.
The
Greater Sudbury Airport is served by regional carrier lines such as
Bearskin and
Air Canada Jazz . Sudbury is also served by rail and inter-city bus service. The city also maintains a
Public Transit system,
Greater Sudbury Transit .
Greater Sudbury is home to three postsecondary institutions:
Laurentian University , a bilingual university,
Cambrian College , an English college of applied arts and technology, and
Collège Boréal , a
Francophone college with additional campuses throughout Northern Ontario. (Boréal does, however, offer a few trade courses in English.)
Almost 30 per cent of the city's population is
Franco-Ontarian , particularly in the former municipalities of Valley East and Rayside-Balfour. The city has, in fact, the largest proportion of francophones to the general population of any city in Ontario. Sudbury is a very important centre in Franco-Ontarian cultural history, and the francophone community of Sudbury has played a central role in developing and maintaining many of the cultural institutions of francophone Ontario. Those institutions include the
Théâtre Du Nouvel-Ontario ,
La Nuit Sur L'étang ,
La Galerie Du Nouvel-Ontario ,
Le Centre Franco-ontarien De Folklore and the
Prise De Parole publishing company.
The Franco-Ontarian flag, as well, calls Sudbury home. It was first flown in
1975 , at Laurentian University.
Sudbury has lent its mining heritage to two major tourist attractions:
Science North , which is an interactive science museum built atop an ancient earthquake fault on the shore of Lake Ramsey, and
Dynamic Earth , an earth sciences exhibition which is also home to the
Big Nickel , one of Sudbury's most famous landmarks. Another city landmark, the
Inco Superstack , is one of the world's tallest
Chimney s. As well, the Creighton Mine site in Sudbury is the site of the
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory , a major scientific research facility.
Sudbury is also home to the
Sudbury Theatre Centre , the
Cinéfest film festival, the
Sudbury Symphony Orchestra , the
Art Gallery Of Sudbury , the annual
Northern Lights Festival Boréal folk festival, and numerous community museums. The
CBC Television series ''
Chilly Beach '', an animated comedy, is produced by a Sudbury firm,
March Entertainment .
Sudbury hosted the
International Physics Olympiad in 1997.
Sudbury was formerly home to four , the first successful
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Canada was performed at Sudbury Memorial Hospital. Under its hospital restructuring agenda, the government of Ontario amalgamated all of the hospitals into one, the
Sudbury Regional Hospital .
Sudbury was one of the first Canadian cities to plan and implement its own digital
Telecommunications strategy. Beginning in
1996 , the city began constructing a
Fibre Optic network which saw over 400 kilometres of cable laid down to serve the city's business and citizen populations. In
November of
2005 , the city was named one of the world's "Smart 21 Communities" by the Intelligent Community Forum, a worldwide project to honour technological innovation. Other named cities included
Waterloo ,
Ottawa ,
Philadelphia ,
Dubai ,
Seoul ,
London ,
Manchester and
Melbourne .
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Sudbury has an active gay community. This community is partially fuelled by local residents, out of town students attending the city's three postsecondary institutions, as well as residents of surrounding Northern Ontario cities.
Zig's, Northern Ontario's only
LGBT bar is the city's prominent gay business.
Opened in the summer of 1997 by Gilles Gervais and JP Pelletier''
Fab ''.
Aug. 30 - Sept. 12, 2001 . Leon Mar, Zig's was the only gay-owned and operated bar in Sudbury. It has since become the only successful gay bar in all of Northern Ontario, and a huge support to the gay, lesbian and bisexual communities in the area.
The city also has a small but active
Pride Parade , which takes place in
August of each year, and was held for the first time in
1997 .
The
Sudbury Wolves of the
Ontario Hockey League play in the city, at the
Sudbury Arena .
The city is also home to a
Harness Racing track,
Sudbury Downs . That facility, although not a full
Casino , also has
Slot Machine s.
Laurentian University is represented in the
Canadian Interuniversity Sport league by the
Laurentian Voyageurs and the
Laurentian Lady Vees . Cambrian College is represented in the
Canadian Colleges Athletic Association by the Cambrian Golden Shield, and Collège Boréal is represented by the Boréal Vipères. High school students compete in the Sudbury District Secondary School Athletic Association (SDSSAA), which is a division of Northern Ontario Secondary School Athletics (NOSSA).
The city hosted the
IAAF World Junior Championships In Athletics in
1988 . Sudbury also played host to the
Brier , Canada's annual men's
Curling championships, in
1953 and
1983 , and to the
Scott Tournament Of Hearts , the women's curling championship, in
2001 .
This list includes people from all communities within the ''current'' city boundaries.
- Al Arbour , NHL hockey coach
- Alex Baumann , Olympic gold medalist (1984)
- Todd Bertuzzi , NHL hockey player
- Hector "Toe" Blake , NHL hockey player, coached 8 Stanley Cup teams
- Michel Bock , historian and winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for French Language non-fiction
- Andrew Brunette , NHL hockey player
- Daryl Brunt , '' Canadian Idol '' competitor
- Jeffrey Buttle , figure skater
- CANO , 1970s Folk Rock band
- Robert Campeau , financier
- Randy Carlyle , NHL hockey player
- Judy Feld Carr , humanitarian who rescued over 3,000 Jewish people from wartorn Syria in the 1970s and 1980s
- Cindy Cook , children's entertainer and former host of '' Polka Dot Door ''
- Leona Czwartkowski , poet and artist
- Jean-Marc Dalpé , dramatist and two-time winner of the Governor-General's Award
- Paul Desmarais , businessman
- Robert Dickson , poet and winner of the 2002 Governor-General's Award
- Rand Dyck , Political Scientist and professor at Laurentian University
- Judy Erola , former federal cabinet minister and Member of Parliament
- Robert Esmie , Olympic gold medalist (1996)
- James Jerome , former federal Member of Parliament and Speaker Of The House Of Commons
- Gary Kinsman , Sociologist and professor at Laurentian University
- Floyd Laughren , former Member of Provincial Parliament and Ontario Minister of Finance
- Dave Lowry , NHL hockey player
- Kate Maki , Country Rock Singer-songwriter
- Bobby McIntosh and Yas Taalat , rappers ( Project Wyze , Dead Celebrity Status )
- Bruce Mau , designer
- Robert Paquette , singer-songwriter
- Jamie Rivers , NHL hockey player
- Art Ross , NHL hockey player
- Brian Savage , NHL hockey player
- Eddie Shack , NHL hockey player
- Sandra Shamas , comedian
- Sonja Smits , television actress ('' Traders '', '' Street Legal '', '' The Eleventh Hour '')
- Pat Travers , rock guitarist (''"Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)"'')
- Alex Trebek , television host ('' Jeopardy! '')
- Michelle Wright , country singer
- Robert L.J. Zenik , writer
Sudbury's daily newspaper is the ''
Sudbury Star ''. A community newspaper, which publishes three times a week, is ''
Northern Life ''. A francophone community paper, ''
Le Voyageur '', is also published weekly. A light, entertaining community newspaper called ''South Side Story'' has become quite popular as well. Local communities within the city are also served by smaller weekly papers such as ''The Valley Vision'' and the ''Walden Observer''.
Canada 2001 Census
Population: 155,219
- English: 62.4%
- French: 28.2 %
- Bilingual and Allophone : 7.4%
Population change: (1996-2001) -6.1%
Dwellings: 68690
Area: 3354 sq. km.
Density: 46.3 people per sq. km.
Approximately 18.2% of the population is under 14 years of age, whereas those over 65 number 13.8%.
- White: 93.4%
- Aboriginal: 4.6%
