Windsor, Ontario
Windsor | |
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| City of Windsor | |
From top, left to right: Downtown Windsor skyline, Ambassador Bridge, WFCU Centre, Dillon Hall at University of Windsor, and Caesars Windsor | |
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| Motto(s): The river and the land sustain us. - “The Place to Be.” | |
Location in the Detroit–Windsor region | |
| Coordinates: 42°18′08″N 82°59′37″W / 42.30222°N 82.99361°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Census division | Essex |
| Settled | 1749 |
| Incorporated | 1854 |
| Named after | Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Drew Dilkens |
| • Governing body | Windsor City Council |
| • MPs | Harb Gill (CPC), Kathy Borrelli (CPC) |
| • MPPs | Lisa Gretzky (NDP), Andrew Dowie (PC) |
| Area | |
| 146.32 km2 (56.49 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 175.77 km2 (67.87 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,022.84 km2 (394.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| 236,789 (23rd) | |
| • Urban | 306,519 (16th) |
| • Metro | 422,630 (16th) |
| Demonym | Windsorite |
| Gross Metropolitan Product | |
| • Windsor CMA | CA$16.4 billion (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area codes | 519, 226 and 548 |
| Website | www.citywindsor.ca |
| * Separated municipalities | |
Windsor (/ˈwɪndzər/ WIND-zer) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 229,660 at the 2021 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London and Kitchener. This represents a 5.7 percent increase from Windsor's 2016 population census of 217,188.
The Detroit–Windsor urban area is North America's most populous trans-border conurbation. Linking the Great Lakes Megalopolis, the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border, carrying about one-quarter of the two countries' trade volume.
Windsor is a major contributor to Canada's automotive industry and is culturally diverse. Known as the "Automotive Capital of Canada", Windsor's industrial and manufacturing heritage is responsible for how the city has developed through the years.