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  1. 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. 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 ...

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    The land first was from Native Americans. Then in 1749, the French got the land and made it a farm. The land was named la Petite Côte, meaning "Little Coast". It was later called La Côte de Misère, meaning "Poverty Coast" because of the sandy soil near LaSalle. In 1797, after the American Revolution, the British made the city "Sandwich". It was lat...

    Windsor has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa). Windsor has the hottest climate in Ontario due to hot summers. The yearly temperature is 9.9 °C (50 °F). The coldest month is January and the hottest month is July. The coldest temperature ever was −32.8 °C (−27.0 °F) on January 29, 1873,and the hottest was 40.2 °C (104.4 ...

    In the 2021 Census of Population by Statistics Canada, Windsor had 233,763 living in 94,273 of its 99,803total houses in the city. At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Windsor CMA had a population of 422,630 living in 165,665 of its 174,072 total houses, a change of 6% from its 2016 population of 398,718. With a land ...

  2. 3 days ago · Windsor, city, southern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River, opposite Detroit, Michigan. Settled by French farmers shortly after 1701, when a fort was established at Detroit, the city was known as ‘the Ferry’ and later as Richmond and then was renamed in 1836 for Windsor, England.

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  3. Nov 1, 2012 · Last Edited August 10, 2020. Windsor, Ontario, incorporated as a city in 1892, population 217,188 (2016 census ), 210,891 (2011 census). The city of Windsor is Canada’s southernmost city. It is located on the Detroit River in the extreme southwest corner of the province. Lying directly south of Detroit on the rich agricultural peninsula ...

  4. Ethanol tourism: The Ontario Wine Route logo. Several breweries and distilleries – most notably Canadian Club – were established in the Windsor/Essex County area due to "dry laws" during the American prohibition experiment. Today, a significant part of Windsor's tourism is still directly related to alcohol, with Ontario's lower drinking age (and more liberal "exotic dance" regulations ...

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    Feb 16, 2024 · Windsor is located on the shore of the Detroit River across the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit, Michigan. It is the southernmost city in all of Canada and is connected to the wider region via Highway 401. The city is also serviced by VIA Rail, regional bus and Windsor International Airport. Public transit is provided by Transit Windsor ...

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