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Ontario real estate investment information with real estate listings for Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Markham and Kitchener.
Quebec offers a well regulated real estate industry which is led by The Canadian Real Estate Association. The November, 2005 average price for housing in Ontario was $270,012cd, up from $250,567cd in November, 2004.
Quebec is the largest province in Canada and the second most populous, after Ontario, with a population of 7,598,100. This represents about 24% of the Canadian population. Quebec's official language is French. Quebec is the only Canadian province where English is a minority language, and it is one of only two provinces – in addition to the federal government – where French is an official language (the other is New Brunswick). The capital is Quebec City (simply referred to as "Québec" in French) and the largest city is Montréal. The most populated region is the St. Lawrence River Valley in the south, where the capital, Quebec City, and the largest city, Montreal, are situated.
The St. Lawrence River Valley is a fertile agricultural region, producing dairy products, fruit, vegetables, maple syrup (Quebec is the world's largest producer), and livestock.
North of the St. Lawrence River Valley, the territory of Quebec is extremely rich in resources in its coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers—pulp and paper, lumber, and hydroelectricity are still some of the province's most important industries.
High-tech industries are very important around Montreal. It includes the aerospace companies like jet manufacturer Bombardier, the jet engine company Pratt & Whitney, the flight simulator builder CAE and defense contractor Lockheed Martin, Canada. Those companies and other major subcontractors make Quebec the fourth biggest player worldwide in the aviation industry.
Toronto is the centre of Canada's financial services and banking industry. Suburban cities Brampton and Mississauga are large product distribution centres, in addition to having automobile related industries. The information technology sector is also important, especially around Markham, Waterloo and Ottawa. Mining and the forest products industry, notably pulp and paper, are important to the economy of the Canadian Shield of Northern Ontario. Tourism, much of it contributes heavily to the economy of Central Ontario and in border cities with large casinos, among them Windsor and Niagara Falls.
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