Central Ontario
| Central Ontario | |
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| Secondary region | |
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| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Area | |
| • Total | 39,814 km2 (15,372 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 1,035,792 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code prefixes | K, L, M, N |
| Area code(s) | 519/226, 905/289, 613/343, 705 |
Central Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies between Georgian Bay and the eastern end of Lake Ontario.
The population of the region was 1,070,644 in 2011; however, this number does not include large numbers of seasonal cottage country residents, which at peak times of the year swell its population to well in excess of 1.5 million. Although it contains many small and medium-sized urban centres, much of Central Ontario is covered by farms, lakes (with freshwater beaches), rivers or sparsely populated forested land on the southern edge of the Canadian Shield.
Central Ontario is located within Southern Ontario. The Parry Sound territorial or judicial district and Muskoka district municipality are geographically within Central Ontario, but are treated as part of Northern Ontario by federal economic development programs because of these districts' special economic circumstances. Parry Sound, but not Muskoka, is now classed administratively with an extended Northern Ontario region by the provincial government for reasons similar to those at the federal level.
All or part of Grey County and Bruce County may on occasion be included with Central Ontario as they are north of 44 degrees in latitude but are far more often treated as part of Southwestern Ontario or the Georgian Triangle area, which includes parts of both Central and Southwestern Ontario. Hastings County and Prince Edward County may be considered part of Central Ontario by different sources but are more often included with Eastern Ontario, mostly because they share the same telephone area code (613), have better transportation links to this region, and are part of the coverage area of Kingston-area media.
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