Windsor, Ontario
Windsor skyline
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname: The City of Roses, The Automotive Capital of Canada
Motto: The river and the land sustain us. The Flag of Windsor Ontario is a flag that was adopted in 1992. The Coat of Arms of Windsor Ontario is a coat of arms that symbolizes the City's past present and its culture A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group
Location in the County of Essex, in the Province of Ontario
Coordinates: 42°16′32″N 82°57′20″W / 42.27556, -82.95556
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Essex*
Settled	1748
Incorporated	1854
Government
- Type	Council-Manager
- Mayor	Eddie Francis
- Governing body	Windsor City Council
- CAO	John Skorobohacz
- MPs	Joe Comartin (NDP) Brian Masse (NDP)
- MPPs	Dwight Duncan (LIB) Sandra Pupatello (LIB)
Area
- City	46. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec In the Canadian province of Ontario, there are three different types of Census divisions: single-tier municipalities upper-tier municipalities (which can Essex County is a County and Census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada In the council-manager form of government an elected city council (typically between five and 11 people is responsible for making Policy, passing Ordinances voting Appropriations Eddie Francis (born May 1974 is a Canadian politician currently serving as Mayor of Windsor, Ontario. The Windsor City Council is the governing body of Windsor Ontario, Canada A chief administrative officer ( CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private public or governmental corporations The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Joseph J "Joe" Comartin (born December 26, 1947 in Stoney Point Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and Politician. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots Brian S Masse (born July 9, 1968) is a Canadian Politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2002 representing Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots See also Politics of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or OntLA) is the Legislature Dwight Duncan, MPP (born January 3, 1959) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. Sandra Pupatello (born October 6, 1962) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 6 sq mi (120. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 6 km²)
- Metro	394. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi (1,022. 5 km²)
Elevation	622 ft (190 m)
Population (2006)
- City	216,473 (Ranked 20th)
- Density	4,474. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The table below lists the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2006 census for Census subdivisions This list Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/sq mi (1,727. 7/km²)
- Metro	323,342
- Metro Density	779. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central 8/sq mi (301. 1/km²)
	Data Source: Stats Canada
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	N8P to N8T, N8W to N9G
Area code(s)	(519), (226)
* Separated municipality of Essex County. UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks In the Canadian province of Ontario, municipalities operate in various hierarchies
Website: City of Windsor

Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Windsor is located directly south of Detroit and is separated from that city by the Detroit River. The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system about 32 miles (51 km long and 0 The city has views of the Detroit skyline. The region marks the only border crossing where entering the mainland United States from Canada involves traveling north. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The current mayor of Windsor is Eddie Francis. Eddie Francis (born May 1974 is a Canadian politician currently serving as Mayor of Windsor, Ontario. It is nicknamed the "Rose City. "

Contents 1 History 2 Economy 3 Demographics 4 Government 4.1 Current representation 5 Climate 5.1 Tornadoes 5.2 Pollution 6 Cityscape 6.1 Upgrades 7 Culture and tourism 7.1 Media 7.1.1 Radio 7.2 New services 7.2.1 Television 7.2.2 Print 7.2.3 Film 8 Education 9 Infrastructure 9.1 Health systems 9.2 Transportation 9.3 Ambassador Bridge 10 Sister cities 11 Sports teams 11.1 Former teams 12 Famous people 12.1 Business 12.2 Sports 12.3 Art and entertainment 12.3.1 Politics 12.3.2 Sciences 13 See also 14 References 15 External links

History

See also: Neighbourhoods of Windsor, Ontario. Windsor Ontario has a very diverse population and this diversity is shown in its many neighbourhoods

Prior to European exploration and settlement, the Windsor area was inhabited by the First Nations and Native American people. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Windsor was first settled in 1748 as a French agricultural settlement, making it the oldest continually inhabited settlement in Canada west of Montreal. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The area was first named Petite Côte (Little Coast), and later became known as La Côte de Misère (Poverty Coast) because of the sandy soils near LaSalle. LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario. It is located on the Detroit River, south of the City of Windsor. Windsor's French heritage is reflected in many French street names, such as Ouellette, Pelissier, Francois, Pierre, Langlois, Marentette and Lauzon. There is a significant French speaking minority in Windsor and the surrounding areas. Many of them are in the Lakeshore, Tecumseh and LaSalle areas. Lakeshore is a Town in southwestern Ontario, Canada on Lake St Tecumseh (2001 population 25105 is a Town on Lake St Clair east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario. It is located on the Detroit River, south of the City of Windsor. The current street system of Windsor (grid with elongated blocks) reflects the French method of agricultural land division where the farms were long and narrow, fronting along the river.

In 1794, after the American Revolution, the settlement of Sandwich was founded. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" It was later renamed to Windsor, after the town in Berkshire, England. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Sandwich neighbourhood on Windsor's west side is home to some of the oldest buildings in the city including Mackenzie Hall, originally built as the Essex County courthouse in 1855. Today, this building functions as a community centre. The oldest building in the city is the Duff-Baby House built in 1792. It is owned by Ontario Heritage Trust and houses government offices. The Ontario Heritage Trust is a Canadian non-profit agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture responsible for protecting preserving and promoting Ontario's built The François Baby House was built in 1812 and houses Windsor's Community Museum, dedicated to local history. The François Baby House is a historic residence located in Windsor Ontario Canada which was owned by the prominent local politician François Baby Windsor Community Museum is a historical Museum located in Windsor Ontario, Canada which displays the city's rich and colourful past

The City of Windsor was the site of the Battle of Windsor during the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837, and was also a part of the Patriot War, later that year. The Patriot War was a series of battles that occurred in 1837 between Canadians who had come down from Upper Canada into Western New York State, and the The Upper Canada Rebellion was along with the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada, a rebellion against the British colonial government in 1837 and 1838 The Patriot War was a series of battles that occurred in 1837 between Canadians who had come down from Upper Canada into Western New York State, and the

Windsor was established as a village in 1854 (the same year the village was connected to the rest of Canada, by the Grand Trunk Railway/Canadian National Railway), then a town in 1858, and ultimately gained city status in 1892. The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American

A fire consumed much of Windsor's downtown core on October 12, 1871, destroying over 100 buildings. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ^[1]

What's in a name?

The Windsor Star Centennial Edition in 1992 covered the city's past, its heyday as a railway centre, and its contributions to World War I and World War II. The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor Ontario (the only daily newspaper in Windsor and Essex County) and is owned by CanWest Global World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including It also recalled the naming controversy in 1892, when the town of Windsor wanted to become a city. The most popular names listed in the naming controversy were "South Detroit", "The Ferry" (from the ferries that linked Windsor to Detroit), Richmond (the runner-up in popularity), and Windsor (which won out over the others). Windsor was chosen over the others because of its English name (to promote the heritage of many English settlers in the city), and so that it would be named after Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited Castle in the world and dating back to the time of Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South However, Richmond was a popular name used until the Second World War, mainly by the local Post Office. A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail.

Amalgamations

Sandwich, Ford City and Walkerville were separate legal entities (towns) in their own right until roughly 1935. They are now historic neighbourhoods of Windsor. Windsor Ontario has a very diverse population and this diversity is shown in its many neighbourhoods Ford City was officially incorporated as a village in 1912. Ford City is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the municipal boundaries of Windsor. It became a town in 1915, and became a city in 1929. It only lasted a few years, as it was amalgamated into Windsor in 1935, along with several other nearby villages. Walkerville was incorporated as a town in 1890, and was merged into Windsor with Sandwich and Ford City in 1935. Walkerville Ontario, Canada is an area of Windsor Ontario Canada that was founded and developed by Hiram Walker, maker of Canadian Club Sandwich was established in 1817 as a town with no municipal status. Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It was incorporated as a town in 1858 (the same time as neighbouring Windsor was incorporated as a town). It lasted until 1935. The nearby village of Ojibway was incorporated as a town in 1913, and was annexed by the City of Windsor in 1966, at the same time as the town of Riverside. Windsor Ontario has a very diverse population and this diversity is shown in its many neighbourhoods Riverside was incorporated in 1921, and was merged into Windsor in 1966^[2]. Windsor Ontario has a very diverse population and this diversity is shown in its many neighbourhoods

Economy

Windsor's economy is primarily based on manufacturing, tourism, education and government services.

Windsor is one of Canada's major automobile manufacturing centres and is often referred to as the Automotive Capital of Canada. The city is home to the headquarters of Chrysler Canada. Automotive industries include the Chrysler mini-van assembly plant, a Ford Motor Company engine plant, a General Motors transmission plant (scheduled to close in June, 2010), along with a number of smaller tool and die and automotive parts manufacturers. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Tool and die makers are highly skilled workers in the manufacturing industry.

Windsor is the headquarters of Hiram Walker & Sons Limited, which is now owned by Pernod Ricard. Pernod Ricard ( is a French company that produces Alcoholic beverages The company's most famous products Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are Its historic distillery was founded by Hiram Walker in 1858 in what was then Walkerville, Ontario. Hiram Walker ( 4 July 1816 &ndash 12 January 1899) was an American grocer and distiller and the Eponym of the famous distillery in Walkerville Ontario, Canada is an area of Windsor Ontario Canada that was founded and developed by Hiram Walker, maker of Canadian Club

There is also a significant local pharmaceutical industry with companies such as Accucaps, Pharmaphil, Jamieson Laboratories and Gelcell.

Windsor has a well-established local tourism industry. Caesars Windsor (formerly Casino Windsor) ranks as one of the largest local employers and has been a major draw for U. Caesars Windsor —formerly Casino Windsor —in Windsor, Ontario is one of four Casinos in the Detroit-Windsor area Caesars Windsor —formerly Casino Windsor —in Windsor, Ontario is one of four Casinos in the Detroit-Windsor area S. visitors since it's opening in 1996. The city also boasts an extensive riverfront parks system and fine restaurants such as on Erie Street in Windsor's Little Italy which are also destination for many Americans. Additionally, the Lake Erie North Shore Wine Region in Essex County is bringing further tourism and employment growth to the region.

Both the University of Windsor and St. Clair College are significant local employers and have enjoyed substantial growth and expansion in recent years. The University of Windsor is a Non-denominational, provincially-supported Coeducational, public comprehensive university in Windsor, Ontario St Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a College in the southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent. The recent addition of a full-program satellite medical school for the University of Western Ontario will open in September, 2008 at the University of Windsor is expected to further enhance both the region's economy and the status of the university. The University of Windsor is a Non-denominational, provincially-supported Coeducational, public comprehensive university in Windsor, Ontario

Other notable employers are Sutherland Global Services, VistaPrint and Green Shield Canada which are reflective of the Windsor region's diversifying economy. VistaPrint is the world's largest online Print shop with 15 million customers "over 90 percent of the online printing market" and 3

Windsor is also home to the Great Lakes Regional office of the International Joint Commission, which is housed in the Bank of Commerce Building, a 14-storey tall bank tower occupied by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the International Boundary The Bank of Commerce Building is a tall Office tower in downtown Windsor Ontario. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce () better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canada 's major Banks CIBC is classified as a Domestic

Windsor is also home to prominent software companies, such as Netmon, ROBOdrs, System 3 POS, and VisionWorks Solutions. VisionWorks Solutions Inc, is a privately held Canadian software company founded in 2003

Demographics

Selected Ethnic Origins, 2001[3]
Ethnic origin	Population
French	75,780
English	62,210
Irish	42,645
Scottish	38,545
Italian	30,730
German	24,580
Polish	11,545
Visible minorities	39,325
multiple responses included

In the 2006 Canadian census, the city had a population of 218,473 and its official metropolitan area (consisting of Windsor, Tecumseh, Amherstburg, LaSalle and Lakeshore) had a population of 323,342^[4]. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Visible minority is a term used primarily in Canada to describe persons who are not of the majority race in a given population A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population Tecumseh (2001 population 25105 is a Town on Lake St Clair east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Amherstburg (2006 population 21748 UA population 13410 is a Town near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario. It is located on the Detroit River, south of the City of Windsor. Lakeshore is a Town in southwestern Ontario, Canada on Lake St In March 2007, Statistics Canada released the latest census information and metropolitan Windsor's population had grown 7. Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help 3% since 2001^[5].

Windsor attracts many immigrants from around the world. Over 20% of its residents as foreign-born - the fourth-highest proportion for a Canadian city.

According to the 2001 census, the Windsor metropolitan area had a population that was 49. 3% male and 50. 7% female. Children under five accounted for approximately 6. 3% of the resident population of metro Windsor, compared to 5. 8% in Ontario and 5. 6% for Canada overall. Persons of retirement age (65 and over for males and female) accounted for 14. 1% of the resident population in metro Windsor compared with 12. 9% for Canada overall. The average age in metro Windsor is 36. 0 years compared to 37. 6 years for Canada. The population density of metro Windsor is 1728 people per square kilometre compared with an average of 12. 6 for Ontario.

Religion

In 2001, there were 160,525 Roman Catholics (52. 63 percent), 72,950 Protestants (23. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. 92 percent), 10,825 Orthodox Christians (3. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world 54 percent), 10,745 Muslims (3. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion 52%), and 8,600 other Christians (2. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth 82%). No other religions totalled more than 1 percent of the total population. A total of 33,730 residents (11. 06 percent) identified themselves as atheist, agnostic, or did not respond, a low proportion for a large city in Ontario. Atheism Agnosticism ( Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the [1]

Government

The city's history as an industrial centre has given the New Democrats (a party partially founded, governed and supported by labour unions), a dedicated voting base. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming During federal and provincial elections where NDP members do poorly nationally, Windsorites have maintained the party's local representation in the respective legislatures. The Liberal Party of Canada also has a strong electoral history in the city. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political U.S. Canada's twenty-first Prime Minister Paul Martin was born in Windsor. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Paul Edgar Philippe Martin. PC, MP (also known as Paul Martin Jr His father Paul Martin (Sr.), a federal cabinet minister in several portfolios through the Liberal governments of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, was first elected to the House of Commons from a Windsor riding in the 1930s. Paul Joseph James Martin, PC, CC, QC ( June 23, 1903 &ndash September 14, 1992) often referred to as A minister or a secretary is a Politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional Government. Martin (Sr. ) practised law in the city and the federal building on Ouellette Avenue is named after him. Eugene Whelan was a Liberal cabinet minister and one-time Liberal party leadership candidate elected from Essex County in the 1980s. Eugene "Gene" Francis Whelan, PC, OC (born July 11 1924) is a retired Canadian Politician. Other public monuments to Liberal Cabinet Ministers include a recent bust of Herb Gray at the foot of Ouellette Avenue near Dieppe Park. Herbert Eser Gray, PC, CC, QC (born May 25 1931 is a retired Canadian politician Gray was an MP from 1962 through 2003, winning thirteen consecutive elections from the same riding which made him the longest serving MP in Canadian history. ^[6].

Current representation

Currently, Windsor's Mayor is Eddie Francis, a Lebanese-Canadian who was the city's youngest-ever mayor when he was first elected at age 29 in 2003. This is a list of Mayors of Windsor Ontario. Reeve of the Village of Windsor S Eddie Francis (born May 1974 is a Canadian politician currently serving as Mayor of Windsor, Ontario. Windsor is governed under the Council-Manager form of local government, and includes the elected City Council, and mayor, and an appointed Chief Administrative Officer. In the council-manager form of government an elected city council (typically between five and 11 people is responsible for making Policy, passing Ordinances voting Appropriations Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. The Windsor City Council is the governing body of Windsor Ontario, Canada The city is divided into five wards, with two councillors per ward. They are: Ward 1 (South Windsor), 2 (West Side), 3 (Downtown), 4 (East Windsor), and 5 (Far East Side). The mayor serves as the city's chief executive officer, as well as its ceremonial head. Day-to-day operations of the government are carried out by the Chief Administrative Officer.

At the provincial and federal levels, Windsor is divided into two ridings: Windsor West and Windsor—Tecumseh. The Government of Ontario refers to the provincial government of the province of Ontario. The Canadian Government, formally Her Majesty's Government in Canada, is the Federal government of Canada. Windsor West is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons Windsor—Tecumseh is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons The city is currently represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by two Liberal MPPs, Sandra Pupatello (Windsor West), and Dwight Duncan (representing Windsor—Tecumseh). See also Politics of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or OntLA) is the Legislature The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Sandra Pupatello (born October 6, 1962) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. Dwight Duncan, MPP (born January 3, 1959) is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

Federally, Windsor West was a longtime Liberal stronghold under Herb Gray, while Windsor—Tecumseh has traditionally been a Liberal-NDP swing riding. Herbert Eser Gray, PC, CC, QC (born May 25 1931 is a retired Canadian politician Windsor—Tecumseh is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots Both ridings are currently represented in the federal Parliament by NDP Members of Parliament Brian Masse (Windsor West) and Joe Comartin (Windsor—Tecumseh). The 39th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 3 2006 until September 7 2008 Brian S Masse (born July 9, 1968) is a Canadian Politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2002 representing Joseph J "Joe" Comartin (born December 26, 1947 in Stoney Point Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and Politician.

Climate

See also: Weather Records in Windsor, Ontario. Extreme weather has been known to hit Windsor Ontario, and the city is home to several local national and international Weather records.

Windsor has a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfa) with four distinct seasons. The humid continental climate is a Climate found over large areas of land masses in the temperate regions of the mid-latitudes where there is a zone of conflict between The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems It was developed by Wladimir Köppen, a German climatologist The yearly average temperature is 10 °C (50°F), the coldest month being January with an average daily maximum temperature of 0°C (32°F), and the warmest month being July with an average daily maximum temperature of 27°C (81°F). The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Windsor is -29. 1°C (-20°F) and the warmest was 40. 2°C (104°F). ^[7]

Winters are fairly cold, with an average of 126 cm (48 inches) of snowfall annually. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. Located away from the lake effect snowbelts, Windsor receives less snow than most cities in the Great Lakes region [2], and the snow cover is at best intermittent throughout the winter; nevertheless, there are typically several major snowfall events each winter. Summers are warm and humid, and thunderstorms are common. Windsor is Canada's leader in days with lightning, haze, humidity, and daily maximum temperatures over 30°C (86°F). Overall, summers in Windsor are some of the warmest in Canada (there are some cities in British Columbia's Interior that have a higher average maximum July temperature, but have lower minimum temperatures). Windsor's average annual precipitation is 861 mm (34 inches) and is relatively well-distributed throughout the year, although winter is the driest season.

Tornadoes

The strongest and deadliest tornado to touch down in Windsor was an F4 in 1946. The Windsor-Tecumseh Tornado of 1946 was the most powerful Tornado to hit Windsor Ontario, being an F4 in strength touching down on June 17 of that Windsor was the only Canadian city to experience a tornado during the Super Outbreak of 1974, an F3 which killed nine people at the Windsor Curling Club. The Super Outbreak is the largest Tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period Windsor was grazed in 1997 by the Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak, with one tornado (an F1) forming east of the city causing some local street flooding. The Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak occurred on July 2, 1997 in the built-up area of Detroit Michigan. The waters of Lake Erie, The Detroit River, and Lake St. Clair act as a slight natural deterrent to tornadoes but also add humidity and instability to the warm summer air thus fuelling strong thunderstorms. Tornadoes have been recorded crossing the Detroit River (in 1946 and in 1997), and waterspouts are regularly seen over Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie in autumn. The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system about 32 miles (51 km long and 0 A waterspout is an intense columnar Vortex (usually appearing as a Funnel -shaped Cloud) that occurs over a Body of water and is connected to Lake St Clair ( French Lac Sainte-Claire) is a Lake that lies between Ontario, Canada, and Michigan in the Lake Erie (ˈɪəriː is the fourth largest Lake (by surface area of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally

Weather averages for Windsor, Ontario
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	0 (32)	0 (32)	5 (41)	13 (55)	19 (66)	25 (77)	27 (80)	26 (78)	22 (71)	16 (60)	8 (46)	1 (33)	13 (55)
Average low °C (°F)	-8 (17)	-7 (19)	-2 (28)	2 (35)	8 (46)	14 (57)	16 (60)	16 (60)	12 (53)	6 (42)	0 (32)	-5 (23)	4 (39)
Precipitation mm (inches)	53. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric 3 (2. 1)	53. 3 (2. 1)	71. 1 (2. 8)	78. 7 (3. 1)	81. 3 (3. 2)	86. 4 (3. 4)	81. 3 (3. 2)	83. 8 (3. 3)	73. 7 (2. 9)	63. 5 (2. 5)	68. 6 (2. 7)	71. 1 (2. 8)	861. 1 (33. 9)
Source: weatherbase. com [8] 2007-08-01

Pollution

Windsor was called "The most polluted city in North America" by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who added that "A lot of the industries in Detroit, the air emissions make their way to Windsor. Robert Francis Kennedy Jr (born January 17, 1954 in Washington D Windsor has some of the highest cancer rates, particularly thyroid cancer rates. Many other respiratory illnesses that are associated with pollution are more prevalent here than any other place in Canada. The air quality is regularly the worst in Canada, as Windsor is downwind from several strong polluters. " ^[9]

A 2001 Article in the Environmental Health Prospectives journal stated that "The rates of mortality, morbidity as hospitalizations, and congenital anomalies in the Windsor Area of Concern ranked among the highest of the 17 Areas of Concern on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes for selected end points that might be related to pollution in this relatively highly industrialized city. "^[10]

The Weather Network has designated Windsor as "the smog capital of Canada" ^[11] and Windsor's Citizens Environment Alliance holds a yearly art event entitled Smogfest to raise awareness of Windsor's appalling air quality.

During the summer of 2003, Transit Windsor provided free transit on smog action days. Transit Windsor is a company that provides public transportation in the city of Windsor Ontario. According to the Transit Windsor website, "The pilot project was extremely successful and drew interest from across the country and Europe from the media, industry and the general public. Transit experienced increases of up to 50 percent on smog advisory days when service was free. Hundreds of emails, phone calls and letters were received to say thanks for the service. In addition to local media coverage, feature stories were televised on The Weather Network and CBC's NewsWorld. Newspapers and radio stations across the nation also featured stories about this project. " ^[12]. Despite the success, the pilot project was cancelled after only 4 days as the budget for the program was quickly expended.

Cityscape

Main article: Parks in the city of Windsor, Ontario

See also: Skyscrapers of Windsor, Ontario

Windsor's Department of Parks and Recreation^[13] maintains 3,000 acres (12 km²) of green space, 180 parks, 40 miles (64 km) of trails, 22 miles (35 km) of sidewalk, 60 parking lots, vacant lands, natural areas and forest cover within the city of Windsor, as well as the bike trails, bike lanes, and bike-friendly streets. Windsor's Department of Parks and Recreation maintains 3000 Acres (12 km² of green space 180 parks 40 miles (64 km of trails 22 miles (35 km of sidewalk 60 parking lots 75 Riverside Drive 75 Riverside Drive is a tall Office tower This is a residential condominium with commercial space on the ground floor The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U The largest park is Mic Mac Park, which can accommodate many different activities including baseball, soccer, biking, and playgrounds for children. Windsor has numerous bike trails that criss-cross the city, the largest being the Ganatchio Trail on Windsor's far east side. In recent years, city council has pushed for the addition of bicycle lanes on city streets to provide links throughout the existing trail network.

The Windsor trail network is linked to LaSalle, Ontario's trail network ("LaSalle Trail") in the west end, and will eventually be linked up to the Chrysler Canada Greenway (part of the Trans Canada Trail), with a second branch to the trail via LaSalle within the next 10-15 years. LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario. It is located on the Detroit River, south of the City of Windsor. The Chrysler Canada Greenway is a 42 km-long Rail trail in Essex County Ontario, stretching from Oldcastle Ontario (near Windsor Ontario The Trans Canada Trail is a proposed corridor in Canada. The creation of the trail was announced as part of Canada's 125th anniversary celebrations in 1992 The current greenway is a 42-km abandoned railway corridor that has been converted into multi-use recreational trail, underground utility corridor and a natural green space. The corridor begins south of Oldcastle, and continues south through the Towns of McGregor and Harrow. Here, it turns east and proceeds through Kingsville to Ruthven at Colasanti's Tropical Gardens. In the past several years, additional extensions have been purchased and currently, the Greenway is nearly 50 kilometres in length. The Greenway is one of Canada's most beautiful trails for hiking, biking running, birding, cross country skiing and in some areas, horseback riding. It connects natural areas, rich agricultural lands, historically and architecturally significant structures, award winning wineries and many other features that make the Windsor-Essex County Region unique. As a direct result from the city's portion of casino revenues, an upgraded 5-km landscaped trail has been filled along the riverfront with various modern and post-modern sculptures from artists in Essex County. Essex County is a County and Census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada Families of elephants (see picture), penguins and horses, among other themes intersect the trail.

Upgrades

In November 2007, the city completed the reconstruction of an aging rail overpass that at the intersection of Wyandotte Street and Drouillard Road. The overpass was built in the late 1930s. The rail bridge contains three tracks which are used by nearly a dozen VIA Rail trains per day and by the occasional Canadian National Railway train hauling goods to and from the Hiram Walker and Canadian Club distillery. VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; ˈviːə 'vee-ah' is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail Hiram Walker ( 4 July 1816 &ndash 12 January 1899) was an American grocer and distiller and the Eponym of the famous distillery in Canadian Club is a brand of Whisky from Canada.Popularly known as C

The rail bridge over Wyandotte Street East, east of Walker Road, has been demolished. It was abandoned in 1988. The underpass has been filled and Wyandotte Street is now at-grade. The reconstruction of the Walker Road and Wyandotte Street intersection is planned in the near future.

Walker Road at Grand Marais Road is closed for the long-anticipated grade-separation project with the CP rail line. Walker Road is one of the busiest roads in Windsor Ontario. It has an average annual daily traffic (AADT level of 32000 cars per day at the CP Rail crossing Grand Marais Road ( French for "Big Marsh Road" is a road that travells through Windsor Ontario. It will remain closed until November 2008. The portion of Grand Marais Road west of Walker Road will be re-opened as a cul-de-sac with no access to Walker Road, while the portion east of Walker Road will meet Walker Road at a below-grade intersection. After the Walker Road grade separation project is completed, a similar project will begin on the intersection with the same rail line and Howard Avenue. The intersection with Memorial Drive will be below-grade the meet the suken roadway. This entire project is being done by the Ontario provincial Ministry of Transportation, to help with improve the city of Windsor's border crossings (as the tracks lead to the Michigan Central Tunnel into Detroit, Michigan). The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO is an Ontario government ministry responsible for Transport Infrastructure and Law The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a Railroad tunnel under the Detroit River connecting Detroit Michigan, USA with Windsor Ontario

Culture and tourism

Windsor tourist attractions include Casino Windsor, a lively downtown, Little Italy, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Odette Sculpture Park, Ojibway Park, and nearby Point Pelee National Park. Caesars Windsor —formerly Casino Windsor —in Windsor, Ontario is one of four Casinos in the Detroit-Windsor area The Odette Sculpture Park is an open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that shows 28 large-scale contemporary Sculptures by world-renowned The Ojibway Prairie Complex is a 350- Hectare complex of Parks and Nature reserves on the west side of Windsor, Ontario, Canada Point Pelee National Park (in French Parc National de la Pointe-Pelée extends from the mainland of Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Windsor was a major entry point into Canada for refugees from slavery via the Underground Railroad and a major source of liquor during American Prohibition. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol The Capital Theatre in downtown Windsor had been a venue for feature films, plays and other attractions since 1929, until it declared bankruptcy on March 14, 2007. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Windsor's nickname is the "Rose City" or the "City of Roses" and the city is noted for its several large parks and gardens found on its waterfront. The Queen Elizabeth II Sunken Garden is located at Jackson Park in the central part of the city. A World War II era Avro Lancaster was displayed on a stand in the middle of Jackson Park for over four decades, but has since been removed for restoration. "Lanc" redirects here Distinguish from Lank (adjective and from Amon Lanc (a place in Tolkien's fiction This park is now home to a mounted Spitfire replica and a Hurricane replica. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Of the parks along Windsor's waterfront, the largest is the five-kilometre (three mile) stretch overlooking the Detroit skyline. It stretches from the Ambassador Bridge to the Hiram Walker Distillery. The Ambassador Bridge is a Privately-owned Suspension bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, with Windsor Hiram Walker ( 4 July 1816 &ndash 12 January 1899) was an American grocer and distiller and the Eponym of the famous distillery in The western portion of the park contains the Odette Sculpture Park which features over 30 large-scale contemporary sculptures for public viewing, along with the Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Odette Sculpture Park is an open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that shows 28 large-scale contemporary Sculptures by world-renowned The central portion contains Dieppe Gardens, Civic Terrace and Festival Plaza, and the eastern portion is home to the Bert Weeks Memorial Gardens. Albert H "Bert" Weeks was the mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, from 1975 to 1982 Further east along the waterfront is Coventry Gardens, across from Detroit's Belle Isle. Conventry Gardens (Reaume Park is a park in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Riverside Drive, in the Pillete Village. Belle Isle may refer to In Canada: Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador, an island and strait In England, UK The focal point of this park is the Charles Brooks Memorial Peace Fountain which actually floats in the Detroit River and has a coloured light display at night. Charles Brooks may refer to Charles Brooks (cartoonist, editorial cartoonist Charles Timothy Brooks (1813-1883 American poet and The fountain is the largest of its kind in North America and symbolizes the peaceful relationship between Canada and the United States.

Every summer Windsor co-hosts the two-week-long Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, which culminates in a gigantic fireworks display that celebrates Canada Day and the American Independence Day. International River Days a five day festival along the International Riverfront marked the 2007 opening of the River Walk along the east river leading up to the International Canada Day (Fête du Canada formerly Dominion Day, is Canada 's national day, a federal statutory holiday, celebrating the anniversary of the In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July (or the Fourth) is a Federal holiday commemorating the adoption The fireworks display is among the world's largest and is held on the final Wednesday in June on the Detroit River between the two downtowns. Each year, the event attracts over a million spectators to both sides of the riverfront. In 2008 the fireworks will be held on Wednesday, June 23.

Windsor has also been the place where many metro Detroiters find what is forbidden in the United States. With the minimum legal drinking age at twenty-one in Michigan and nineteen in Ontario, a number of nineteen and twenty year-old Americans frequent Windsor's bars. The legal drinking age is a limit assigned by governments to restrict the access of Children and Youth to Alcoholic beverages Legal drinking ages vary from The city also became a gaming attraction with Casino Windsor's opening in 1994, five years before casinos opened in Detroit. Caesars Windsor —formerly Casino Windsor —in Windsor, Ontario is one of four Casinos in the Detroit-Windsor area In addition, one can purchase Cuban cigars, less-costly prescription drugs, certain imported foods, and other items not available in the United States. A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented Tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth

Media

Main article: Media in Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is considered part of the Detroit television and radio market for purposes of territorial rights. Due to this fact, and its proximity to Toledo and Cleveland, radio and television broadcasters in Windsor are accorded a special status by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, exempting them from many of the Canadian content ("CanCon") requirements most broadcasters in Canada are required to follow. This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state CRTC may also stand for Cathode Ray Tube Controller. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC, in French Conseil Canadian content (abbreviated cancon or can-con) refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that Radio The CanCon requirements are sometimes blamed in part for the decline in popularity of Windsor radio station CKLW, a 50,000 watt AM radio station that in the late 1960s (prior to the advent of CanCon) had been the number one radio station not only in Detroit and Windsor, but also in Toledo and Cleveland.

Windsor is also exempt from concentration of media ownership rules: all of its commercial broadcast outlets are owned by a single company, CTVglobemedia, although Blackburn Radio-owned CKUE-FM has a booster station on 100. Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation) is a commonly used term that refers to the majority of the media outlets being owned by a small number of CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies. Blackburn Radio is a Canadian radio broadcasting group which owns several radio stations in Southwestern Ontario. CKUE is the callsign for a Radio station located in Chatham-Kent Ontario, with a booster station ( CKUE-FM-1) in Windsor Ontario, and an office 7 FM in Windsor, as well has its studios and offices located at Wyandotte St. E and Walker Rd. in Walkerville.

Radio

• 540 AM - CBEF, La Première Chaîne
• 580 AM - CKWW, oldies
• 800 AM - CKLW, news/talk
• 1550 AM - CBE, CBC Radio One
• 88. Première Chaîne is a Canadian French language radio network the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a Radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s (about 1955-1977 News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues CBE is the Callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Windsor Ontario, Canada. CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information Radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 FM - CIMX, 89X modern rock
• 89. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that CIMX is the call sign of a Radio station based in Windsor Ontario, Canada. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. 9 FM - CBE, CBC Radio Two
• 91. CBE-FM is the Callsign of the CBC Radio Two station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. CBC Radio 2 is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 FM - CJAM, University of Windsor campus radio
• 93. CJAM is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts at 915 FM in Windsor Ontario. The University of Windsor is a Non-denominational, provincially-supported Coeducational, public comprehensive university in Windsor, Ontario Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of Radio station that is run by the students of a college 9 FM - CIDR, The River 93. CIDR is the callsign for a radio station broadcasting at 939 FM in Windsor Ontario. 9 adult contemporary
• 100. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in 7 FM - CKUE, The Rock active rock (rebroadcaster of a station from Chatham-Kent)
• 103. CKUE is the callsign for a Radio station located in Chatham-Kent Ontario, with a booster station ( CKUE-FM-1) in Windsor Ontario, and an office Active rock is a Radio format used by many commercial Radio stations across Canada and the United States. For the town in England see Chatham Kent. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent ( 2006 9 FM - CJBC-2, Espace Musique

New services

On May 9, 2008, the CRTC has approved Blackburn Radio's application for a station on 95. CJBC-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 903 FM in Toronto, Ontario. Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada 's national public broadcaster the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common CRTC may also stand for Cathode Ray Tube Controller. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC, in French Conseil 9 FM, and has approved in part for an application by Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a new radio station undertaking at Windsor. [3] The commission has also approved applications by the CBC to add FM transmitters to rebroadcast the AM signals of CBE and CBEF in Windsor. [4]

See also radio stations in the Detroit market.

Television

See also: Template:Detroit TV

• Channel 9 - CBET, CBC
• Channel 22 - CIII, Global Television, from Stevenson, northeast of Wheatley
• Channel 32 - CICO-32, TVOntario
• Channel 54 - CBEFT, SRC
• Channel 60 - CHWI, A-Channel

Almost all of Detroit's television stations (with the exception of a few very low-power transmitters) can also be seen in Windsor, as well as some stations from Toledo and Cleveland. CBET, channel 9 is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's owned-and-operated television station in Windsor Ontario. CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. CIII-TV is a Television station owned by Canwest that serves much of the population of the Canadian province of Ontario, featuring content Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network Wheatley is a community in Southwestern Ontario within the municipality of Chatham-Kent. TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language CBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor. Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language Television network. CHWI is a Canadian Television station owned by CTVglobemedia. This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state

Curiously, Windsor doesn't receive a clear over-the-air signal from CTV. CTV is a Canadian English language Television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network the main television asset of CTVglobemedia CKCO-TV's Sarnia translator only puts a marginal signal into the city, but is available on cable. CKCO-TV is a Television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Sarnia is a City in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (city population 71419 census area population This is the same with Global's transmitter in Stevenson, Ontario, which serves Chatham-Kent, and sends only a marginal signal to the Windsor area. Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network For the town in England see Chatham Kent. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent ( 2006

Print

Windsor and its surrounding area is served by the Windsor Star, a daily newspaper operated by CanWest Global Communications. The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor Ontario (the only daily newspaper in Windsor and Essex County) and is owned by CanWest Global Canwest Global Communications Corp () operating under the corporate brand Canwest, is one of Canada 's largest International media companies

"Windsor Life" is a magazine sent to residents every month or so. ^[14]

Biz X magazine is a business and lifestyle publication serving Windsor and Metro Detroit for over 11 years. Its publisher, Deborah Jones, was the recipient of 2007 Windsor Business Excellence "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award as seen here at the Windsor Chamber of Commerce Windsor Business Excellence Awards website

Film

Windsor has figured in a number of films:

• A number of scenes featuring Harrison Ford in the 1990 film Presumed Innocent were filmed in Windsor's Coventry Gardens. Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA -nominated as well as Golden Globe -winning American Presumed Innocent, published in 1987 is Scott Turow's first novel which tells the story of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague Conventry Gardens (Reaume Park is a park in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Riverside Drive, in the Pillete Village. The house in the film is located on Riverside Dr. just east of the Hiram Walker Distillery. The scenes of the Renaissance Center in the film were shot from Windsor.

• It is featured in the backdrop of Tony Scott's 1993 film True Romance. Anthony D L "Tony" Scott (born 21 July 1944) is a British Film director. True Romance is a 1993 American romantic Crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino Windsor can clearly be seen in the background during the Christian Slater/Dennis Hopper trailer scene along the Detroit River. Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American Actor who has starred in films such as Heathers, Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Film -maker The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system about 32 miles (51 km long and 0

• The 2000 film Borderline Normal, featuring Robin Dunne, Stephanie Zimbalist, Corbin Bernsen and Michael Ironside, is set in Windsor. Robin Dunne (born November 19, 1976) is a Canadian Actor, known for a lead role in As If, a series of appearances in the sequels/prequels Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8 1956 is an American actor Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor known for his work on television Michael Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian method actor. Many exterior locations, such as Ouellette Avenue, Dieppe Park and the Ambassador Bridge were featured.

• The 2002 film Bowling for Columbine had several scenes including a snow scene filmed in Windsor, Ontario. Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 American Documentary film written directed produced by and starring Michael Moore. Director Michael Moore returned to Windsor to film scenes for his 2007 film Sicko. Sicko is a 2007 Documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore that investigates the American health care system, focusing on its

• The 2007 film Baby Blues starring Jenny Levine, Sean O'Neil, Melanie Scrofano, and Michie Mee was shot throughout Windsor, Ontario. Baby Blues is an American comic strip series produced by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott since January 7, 1990. The film is scheduled for a Canadian theatrical release in Windsor on January 11, 2008 and nation-wide the following weekend. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Education

Windsor is home to the University of Windsor, which is Canada's southernmost university. The University of Windsor is a Non-denominational, provincially-supported Coeducational, public comprehensive university in Windsor, Ontario It is a research oriented, comprehensive university. It has a student population of over 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students. The university is just east of the Ambassador Bridge, south of the Detroit River. The Ambassador Bridge is a Privately-owned Suspension bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, with Windsor Windsor is also home to St. Clair College, a community college. St Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a College in the southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent.

Windsor is home to two International Baccalaureate recognized schools, Assumption College School, a Catholic high school, and Académie Ste. Cécile International School, a private school. The International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma Programme (DP is an Educational programme examined in one of three languages ( English, French or Spanish Assumption College Catholic High School is an International Baccalaureate authorized catholic high school in Windsor Ontario. Hon. Vincent Massey Secondary School is renowned in Canada and North America for its notable accomplishments in mathematics.

Residents attend schools in the Greater Essex County District School Board, the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest. The Greater Essex County District School Board was created on January 1, 1998 with the amalgamation of the Windsor Board Of Education and the Essex County Board of Education The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board oversees Catholic education in Windsor and the surrounding County of Essex, in Ontario, Independent faith-based schools include Maranatha Christian Academy (JK-12), First Lutheran Christian Academy (preschool-8), and Académie Ste. Cécile International School (JK-12, including International Baccalaureate), and Windsor Adventist Elementary School. The International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma Programme (DP is an Educational programme examined in one of three languages ( English, French or Spanish

Windsor public library offers education, entertainment and community history materials, programs and services. Windsor Public Library is a Library in Windsor Ontario, Canada The main branch coordinates a literacy program for adults needing functional literacy upgrading. traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use Language to read, write, listen,

Infrastructure

Health systems

There are two hospitals in Windsor, Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital and Windsor Regional Hospital. Hotel Dieu Grace is the result of an amalgamation of Grace Hospital and Hotel Dieu in 1994. The merger was a result of the Government of Ontario's province-wide policy to consolidate resources into Local Health Integrated Networks, or LHINs, which aimed to eliminate duplicate services and allocate resources more efficiently and regionally. The Government of Ontario refers to the provincial government of the province of Ontario. A Local Health Integration Network (LHIN is a type of health organization in Ontario Canada. This policy resulted in the eventual closure of many community-based and historically important hospitals across the province. Accordingly, two of Windsor's independent hospitals - Metropolitan General Hospital on Lens Ave and Windsor Western Hospital on Prince Road were joined to form Windsor Regional Hospital. The original hospital sites remain but are administratively centralized through the new collective structure.

Windsor hospitals have formal and informal agreements with Detroit area hospitals. For instance, pediatric neurosurgery is no longer performed in Windsor; The Windsor Star reported in July 2007, Hotel Dieu Grace has formally instituted an agreement with Detroit's Harper Hospital to provide this specialty and surgery for the dozen patients requiring care annually. Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics) is the branch of Medicine that deals with the medical care of Infants Children and Adolescents Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central, Peripheral nervous system and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical Leamington District Memorial Hospital in Leamington, Ontario serves much of Essex County and, along with the Windsor institutions, share resources with the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario and has a population of 28833 Essex County is a County and Census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada For the town in England see Chatham Kent. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent ( 2006

Like many Ontario communities, Windsor and Essex County experience a shortage of medical doctors. Patients needing a family doctor often wait for years to get one, and thus often seek care through medical walk-in clinics. However, the Essex County Medical Society does list family doctors accepting patients. ^[15] In particular fields, the shortage is more pronounced and recruitment of physicians is a constant preoccupation of the administration, as evident by Leamington District Memorial Hospital's website.

Transportation

See also: Roads in Windsor, Ontario, and Bike trails in Windsor, Ontario. The road network in Windsor Ontario is a Grid system with elongated blocks generally aligned with the Detroit River, with East - West roads running Windsor's Department of Parks and Recreation maintains 3000 Acres (12 km² of green space 180 parks 40 miles (64 km of trails 22 miles (35 km of sidewalk 60 parking lots

Windsor is the western terminus of both Highway 401, Canada's busiest highway, and of VIA Rail's Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; ˈviːə 'vee-ah' is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail The city is served by Windsor Airport with regular, scheduled commuter air service by Air Canada Jazz and heavy general aviation traffic. Windsor Airport,, is located in the southeast portion of the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. General aviation (abbr GA) is one of two categories of Civil aviation. The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is located roughly 20-30 minutes across the border in Romulus, Michigan and is the airport of choice for many Windsor residents as it has regular flights to a larger variety of destinations than Windsor Airport [5]. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, sometimes called Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Detroit Metro Wayne Airport, Metro Airport, or simply Romulus is a city in Wayne County in the US state of Michigan. Windsor is also located on the St. Lawrence Seaway, and is accessible to ocean-going vessels. The St Lawrence Seaway is the common name for a system of Canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

Local transportation is handled by Transit Windsor, the city-owned bus company, which shares its newly-constructed $8-million downtown depot with Greyhound Lines. Transit Windsor is a company that provides public transportation in the city of Windsor Ontario. Greyhound Lines is an intercity Common carrier of passengers by Bus serving over 3700 destinations in the United States. The new depot was opened in late June to correspond with the Summer 2007 Transit Schedule.

Main article: E.C. Row Expressway

Windsor has completed a municipal highway, E. The E C Row Expressway is an isolated Freeway serving the central portion of Windsor Ontario, Canada. C. Row Expressway, running from east-west through the city. Consisting of 15. 7 kilometres (10 mi) of highway and nine interchanges, the expressway is the fastest way for commuters to travel across the city. E. C. Row Expressway is actually in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest freeway that took the longest time to build. It is only 16 km (11 miles) long but took more than 15 years to complete, hence the popular local saying "it's 16 kilometers long, took 16 years to build, and fell apart in 16 seconds". The expressway stretches from Windsor's far west end at Ojibway Parkway east to Banwell Road on the city's border with Tecumseh. Ojibway Parkway is a very busy Arterial road on the far west side of Windsor Ontario.

As Windsor's development has sprawled out along the banks of the Detroit river and Lake St Clair, the city is wider than it is deep meaning that the majority of development stretches along the water instead of in-land. Due to this trend, there is a severe lack of east-west arteries compared to north-south arteries. Only Riverside Drive (even though it is meant to be a scenic route rather than a commuter thoroughfare), Wyandotte Street, Tecumseh Road and the E. Riverside Drive is one of the main Roads in Windsor Ontario, travelling along the Detroit River, between its riverfront Parks and Tecumseh Road is one of Windsor, Ontario 's primary Arterial roads and is the second-most travelled east-west road (only after E C. Row Expressway serve the over 20 km from the west end of Windsor eastward. All of these roads are already over-burdened with east-west commuter traffic from the booming development in the city's eastern end and suburbs.

The construction of the E. C. Row Expressway split the city in half. There are eight north-south roads (and expressway interchanges) of Huron Church Road, Dominion Boulevard, Dougall Avenue, Howard Avenue, Walker Road, Central Ave, Jefferson Boulevard and Lauzon Parkway. Huron Church Road is a principal Arterial road in Windsor Ontario and is among the busiest roads in all of Canada serving the world's busiest border crossing Howard Avenue is one of Windsor Ontario, Canada 's main north-south Arterial roads serving Casino Windsor, downtown Windsor, Walker Road is one of the busiest roads in Windsor Ontario. It has an average annual daily traffic (AADT level of 32000 cars per day at the CP Rail crossing Including three bike trails that cross E. Segregated cycle facilities are Roads tracks paths or marked lanes designated for use by Cyclists from which motorised traffic is generally excluded C. Row Expressway, the total increases to 11 north-south arteries. Traffic backups on some of these north-south roads at the E. C. Row Expressway are common.

Windsor's many rail crossings intersect with these north-south thoroughfares. The Province of Ontario is currently constructing a grade separation at Walker Road and the CP Rail line. Another grade separation is currently under review at Howard Avenue and the CP Rail line. In both cases, the road will travel under the rail lines and both will have below grade intersections with an east-west street. These plans are both parts of the "Let's Get Windsor-Essex Moving" project funded by the Province of Ontario to improve local transportation infrastructure. There also plans to widen Banwell Road south of Tecumseh Road to the rail line just south of Intersection Road.

The city is connected to Essex and Leamington via Highway 3, and is well connected to the other municipalities and communities throughout Essex County via the county road network. Essex is a Town in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, whose municipal borders extend to Lake Erie Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario and has a population of 28833 Highway 3 is a provincially maintained Highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada. A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian This page lists all of the numbered County roads in Essex County Ontario. Nearly 17,000 vehicles travel on Highway 3 on a daily basis. It is the main route to work for many residents of Leamington, Kingsville and Essex.

Windsor is linked to the United States by the Ambassador Bridge, the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel, and the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry. The Ambassador Bridge is a Privately-owned Suspension bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, with Windsor The Detroit–Windsor Tunnel is a partially submerged Highway tunnel connecting Detroit Michigan in the United States, with Windsor Ontario The Canadian Pacific Railway ( The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a Railroad tunnel under the Detroit River connecting Detroit Michigan, USA with Windsor Ontario The Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry is a Ferry service that has been shuttling cars and Trucks across the Detroit River for over 100 years The Ambassador Bridge is North America's #1 international border crossing in terms of goods volume: 27% of all trade between Canada and the United States crosses at the Ambassador Bridge.

Though usually considered as part of its park system, Windsor also has a fairly extensive bike trail network. Segregated cycle facilities are Roads tracks paths or marked lanes designated for use by Cyclists from which motorised traffic is generally excluded Three trails in particular have been built and extended (Riverfront Bike Trail, Ganatchio Bike Trail, and Little River Extension). The Riverfront Bike Trail is Windsor 's Crown Jewel and the current backbone of the "Windsor Trail" Bike trail network Construction on the second of Windsor Ontario 's Bike trail started upon the closure of Clairview Avenue. The Little River Extension (full name Ganatchio Trail - Little River Extension is one of Windsor's newest (and busiest trails having been built in 1996 These see a great deal of use by citizens in Windsor, and have become a blend of parkland and transportation, as people have begun to commute to work or across downtown on their bicycles.

Port Windsor is located on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System, on the Detroit River opposite Detroit, Michigan. The port is the third largest Canadian Great Lakes port in terms of shipments. ^[16]

Ambassador Bridge

Main article: Ambassador Bridge

A current major and controversial issue in Windsor concerns traffic to and from the Ambassador Bridge. The number of vehicles crossing the bridge has doubled since 1990, which is due partially by the September 11, 2001 attacks. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The only way to access the bridge or tunnel is from three municipal roads: Huron Church Road (bridge), Wyandotte Street (bridge or tunnel), and Goyeau Street (tunnel). Huron Church Road is a principal Arterial road in Windsor Ontario and is among the busiest roads in all of Canada serving the world's busiest border crossing A large portion of the traffic is 18-wheeler trucks headed towards the United States. There have been at times a wall of trucks up to eight kilometres (five miles) long on Huron Church Road. Huron Church Road is a principal Arterial road in Windsor Ontario and is among the busiest roads in all of Canada serving the world's busiest border crossing This road cuts through the west end of the city and the trucks are the source of many complaints about noise, pollution and pedestrian hazards. On 16 October 2003, a single mother of three, Jacqueline Bouchard, was struck and killed by a truck at the corner of Huron Church and Girardot Avenue in front of Assumption College Catholic High School, a tragedy argued to be due to a lack of practical safety precautions for communities on either side of Huron Church. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Assumption College Catholic High School is an International Baccalaureate authorized catholic high school in Windsor Ontario. ^[17] This event eventually led to the construction of a pedestrian overpass in front of the high school. While in a very good state of repair in most sections, Huron Church Road had the distinction of being, not surprisingly, number 17 on a list of Canada's worst roads, due to the sheer volume of truck traffic (over 14,000 trucks per day with an additional 4,000 cars per day).

In the summer of 2003, the Windsor City Council heard many complaints from residents in Sandwich Towne Neighbourhood and the West side neighbourhoods that they proposed banning all truck traffic from city streets within the city limits. The Windsor City Council is the governing body of Windsor Ontario, Canada Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Windsor Ontario has a very diverse population and this diversity is shown in its many neighbourhoods This was met with strong protests from Queen's Park (Toronto), Parliament Hill (Ottawa), and from Sarnia, Ontario, which operates the nearest bridge, the Blue Water Bridge. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Parliament Hill (colloquially The Hill, French Colline du Parlement) is a scenic location on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Sarnia is a City in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (city population 71419 census area population The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St Sarnia's city council feared a tsunami of trucks lining up along Highway 402 and I-69/94 to cross the border, if Windsor banned them from its city streets. Highway 402 is a 400-Series Highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada that runs 103  km (64  mi) from the Blue Water Bridge Interstate 69 (I-69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. Windsor, Toronto, and Ottawa quickly reached an agreement that saw the province re-assume E.C. Row Expressway as provincially-controlled and maintained (albeit, secret and un-numbered) freeway, and the City of Windsor would gain $300 million from the Federal government for assistance in repairing Huron Church Road and Wyandotte Street from the constant pounding of truck wheels on the pavement. The E C Row Expressway is an isolated Freeway serving the central portion of Windsor Ontario, Canada.

Windsor paid world famous traffic consultant Sam Schwartz to produce a proposal for a solution to this traffic problem. Samuel I Schwartz, aka Gridlock Sam, is one of the leading Transportation engineers in the United States, and is widely believed to be the man responsible The city councillors have overwhelmingly endorsed the proposal and it was presented to the federal government as the solution that the city officially approves. Unfortunately, not all of the surrounding residents support the plan the city paid for. The problem with the plan is that the proposed roadway would cut through protected green space such as Ojibway Park. The federal government wasn't expecting the city to be able to agree upon a proposal of any sort and are now pushing for short term, cheaper solutions.

On November 14, 2005, the joint Canadian-American committee studying the options for expanding the border crossing announced that its preferred option was to directly extend Highway 401 westward, using a new bridge or tunnel to cross the Detroit River and interchange with Interstate 75 somewhere between the existing Ambassador Bridge span and Wyandotte. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Interstate 75 (I-75 is a major north-south Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. Wyandotte is a city in Wayne County in the US state of Michigan. The exact route of this new highway connection has not yet been determined ^[18].

February 8, 2008 saw surprising updates in the border crossing debate. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Ontario Ministry of Transportation had announced it was buying houses on the southwest side of Windsor, near Yawkey Bush for an extension of Highway 401. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO is an Ontario government ministry responsible for Transport Infrastructure and Law Windsor Ontario has a very diverse population and this diversity is shown in its many neighbourhoods The province said they had liked the City of Windsor's "GreenLink" proposal ("sinking" Talbot Road and Huron Church Road underground, creating parkland above it, with the ramps coming out to meet the local traffic running alongside and E. C. Row Expressway, before separating and heading towards a bridge to I-75 near Zug Island). Zug Island is a heavily industrialized island in the city of River Rouge near the southern city limits of Detroit in the U However, the bi-national government committee responsible for choosing the feeder road to the new bridge unveiled their plan on May 1 2008 and makes little progress in terms of tailoring the plan to the more environmentally friendly and locally preferred Greenlink. See Highway 401 (Ontario)#Future_expansion_and_upgrades for more information.

Sister cities

Windsor has several sister cities in the world - dates are in parentheses:

• Lublin, Poland
• Saint-Étienne, France (1963)
• Fujisawa, Japan (1987)
• Coventry, England (1963)
• Mannheim, Germany
• Las Vueltas, El Salvador
• Changchun, China
• Gunsan, South Korea
• Saltillo, Mexico
• Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
• Udine, Italy
• Granby, Quebec, Canada

Windsor also has a very close relationship with fellow Motor City:

• Detroit, Michigan

Sports teams

Windsor's sports fans tend to support the major professional sports league teams in nearby Detroit, but the city itself is home to the following youth, minor league, post-secondary and professional teams. Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355954 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Saint-Étienne ( Sant-Etiève in Arpitan) is a city in the central eastern part of France, 60 km (40 miles southwest of Lyon. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2005 the city has an estimated Population of 394990 and the density of 5682 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Coventry ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in the County of West Midlands in England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart Las Vueltas is a municipality in the Chalatenango Department in the North of El Salvador. El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Changchun ( is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the centre of the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Gunsan is a city in North Jeolla Province South Korea. It is located on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Ohrid (Охрид) is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of Macedonia (Република Udine ( Friulian Udin, Slovene Videm, German Weiden, Latin Utinum) is a city in northeastern Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Many Windsor sports teams at the amateur level are sponsored by the AKO Fraternity. AKO Fraternity, (also known as AKO or Alpha Kai Omega was formed in 1929 by seven students from the Walkerville-Windsor Technical School in Windsor, Ontario

• Windsor Spitfires (Ontario Hockey League Major Junior "A")
• Windsor St. Clair Saints (Major League Hockey Senior "AAA")
• Windsor AKO Fratmen (Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior "B")
• Windsor AKO Fratmen (Canadian Junior Football League)
• Windsor Border Stars (Canadian Soccer League)
• Windsor Mariners (Ontario Australian Football League)
• Windsor Lancers (Canadian Interuniversity Sport)
• St. Clair Saints (Canadian Colleges Athletic Association)
• Windsor Rogues Rugby[6](Ontario Rugby Union (ORU))
• Windsor FC Nationals (Ontario Youth Soccer League)(Western Ontario Youth Soccer League)
• Windsor Fight Team (Mixed Martial Arts)

In addition to these teams, Windsor has been lobbying for a Canadian Football League franchise. The Windsor Spitfires are a Junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The Windsor St Clair Saints were a Senior "AAA" Ice hockey team based in St History Major League Hockey gained its name in 2003 Since 1990 Major League Hockey was known as the Southwestern Senior "A" Hockey League. The Windsor AKO Fratmen are a member of the Junior "B" league in the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The OLA Junior B Lacrosse League is a Box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada. The Windsor AKO Fratmen Football Team is a Canadian Football team out of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Junior Football League is a national amateur Canadian football league consisting of 18 teams playing in six provinces across Canada Border Stars, also known as Windsor Border Stars, are a professional Canadian Soccer team founded in 2004. The Ontario Australian Football League is the largest Australian rules football league in North America The Windsor Lancers are the varsity athletic teams that represent the University of Windsor in Windsor Ontario, Canada. Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS is the national Governing body of University sport in Canada, comprised of the majority of degree granting universities The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (or CCAA) is the national governing body for College Sports in Canada. Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in This franchise (if awarded) would play its regular-season home games in Windsor and possibly their playoff games in Pontiac, a suburb of Detroit. Pontiac is a city in the US state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. Former CFL commissioner Tom Wright met with Windsor mayor Eddie Francis about possible expansion to Windsor during the run-up to Super Bowl XL, in which Windsor played a major role although the game itself was held in Detroit. Thomas ES Wright BPE, MBA (born 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is the former Commissioner of the Canadian Football A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Eddie Francis (born May 1974 is a Canadian politician currently serving as Mayor of Windsor, Ontario. Super Bowl XL featured the American Football Conference (AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC champion Seattle Shortly thereafter, media in the Windsor Star and other local news sources criticized this as an unrealistic pipe dream. The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor Ontario (the only daily newspaper in Windsor and Essex County) and is owned by CanWest Global

Former teams

• Detroit Cougars (National Hockey League) entire 1926-27 season
• Windsor Bulldogs (OHA Senior A Hockey League) 1953-1964, won 1963 Allan Cup)
• Windsor Royals/Bulldogs (Western Ontario Hockey League) now known as Tecumseh Chiefs
• Windsor Bulldogs (Canadian Professional Hockey League) 1920s and 1930s
• Windsor Hornets (Canadian Professional Hockey League) 1920s
• Windsor Gotfredsons (International Hockey League) 1940s
• Windsor Spitfires (International Hockey League) 1940s
• Windsor Warlocks (Major Series Lacrosse) 2004
• Windsor Clippers (OLA Senior B Lacrosse League) 1960s
• Windsor Warlocks (OLA Junior A Lacrosse League) 1970s

Famous people

Also refer to Category:People from Windsor, Ontario

Business

• Thomas LaSorda, CEO of Chrysler Group
• Hiram Walker
• J. Paul Reddam, Academic, businessman, racehorse owner

Sports

• Aaron Ward, National Hockey League (NHL) player
• Oshiomogho Atogwe, National Football League (NFL) player W. The Detroit Red Wings are a professional Ice hockey team based in Detroit Michigan, and current Stanley Cup champions The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Windsor Bulldogs are a defunct Canadian semi-professional and amateur senior Ice hockey team History The league was founded in 1929 by the Ontario Hockey Association, but the league's history can be considered retroactive to 1890 The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded to the national senior amateur men’s Ice hockey champions of Canada. History The Western had been a part of the Big '10' until 1956 when the Eastern and Western conference were split into separate leagues -- the Eastern becoming the Central the Western The Canadian Professional Hockey League, also known as Canpro, was a minor professional hockey league founded in 1926 The Windsor Gotfredsons were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team and one of the four founding members of the International Hockey League in 1945 The International Hockey League (IHL was a minor Professional Ice hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001 The Detroit Hettche were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team based in Detroit Michigan, and played at the Detroit Olympia. Major Series Lacrosse ( MSL) is a Senior A Box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association The OLA Senior B Lacrosse League is a Box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The OLA Junior A Lacrosse League is a Box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Thomas W LaSorda (born July 24, 1954 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian - American Automobile A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Hiram Walker ( 4 July 1816 &ndash 12 January 1899) was an American grocer and distiller and the Eponym of the famous distillery in John Paul Reddam BA MA PhD (born July 28, 1955 in Windsor Ontario, Canada) is a former Professor Aaron Ward (born January 17 1973 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is an Ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Boston Bruins The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Oshiomogho Isaac "O J" Atogwe (born on June 23, 1981 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian Football safety The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. F Herman Green Griffins
• Reno Bertoia, MLB baseball player
• Hank Biasatti, Major League Baseball (MLB) player, National Basketball Association basketball player
• Bob Boughner, former NHL hockey player, now head coach and part-owner of Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires
• Sean Burke, NHL hockey player
• Stubby Clapp, former MLB baseball player
• Sharon Creelman, field hockey player
• Johnny Devine, TNA Wrestler^[19]
• Scott D'Amore, TNA Wrestling personality and agent
• Ken Daneyko, former NHL hockey player
• Andy Delmore, NHL hockey player
• Tie Domi, former NHL hockey player
• Ron Fellows, Race car driver
• John Ferguson Sr, former NHL player and executive
• Dan Jancevski, NHL hockey player
• Ed Jovanovski, NHL hockey player
• Killer Kowalski, professional wrestler and trainer
• Tim Kerr, former NHL hockey player
• Steve Moore, former NHL hockey player
• Bob Probert, former NHL hockey player
• Brett Romberg, NFL football player
• Joel Quenneville, NHL hockey coach and former player

• Larry Shreve, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) professional wrestler known as Abdullah the Butcher
• Joe Siddall, former MLB baseball player
• Jimmy Skinner, 1917-2007 former NHL hockey coach and executive
• John Tucker, former NHL hockey player
• Kyle Wellwood, NHL hockey player
• Ron Wilson, NHL hockey coach
• Petey Williams, professional wrestler for TNA Wrestling
• Gavin Stevenson, National Lacrosse League player

Art and entertainment

• Garth Hudson, organist and keyboardist for Canadian rock n roll group The Band. Eric Garth Hudson (b August 2 1937 in Windsor Ontario) is a Canadian Musician.
• James Bondy, entertainer, star of the children's show Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld
• Jeff Burrows, drummer of The Tea Party
• Stuart Chatwood, bass player of The Tea Party/composer Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Ashley Coulter, Canadian Idol 2006 Finalist
• Colm Feore, actor
• Marty Gervais, poet and publisher
• Barbara Gowdy, novelist
• Richie Hawtin, techno musician
• Jeff Martin, former guitarist and lead vocalist of The Tea Party
• Terry Pickford, award-winning Hollywood producer/editor
• Oliver Platt, television and film actor
• Jody Raffoul, singer
• Jack Scott, rockabilly singer
• Alexander 'Skip' Spence, composer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape
• Tamia, R&B singer
• Shania Twain, singer
• Christian Vincent, actor, dancer, choreographer

Politics

• Ernie Eves, former Premier of Ontario
• Herb Gray, former Liberal Member of Parliament and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• Paul Martin, Liberal former Prime Minister of Canada
• Paul Martin, Sr., longtime federal cabinet minister and father of the former PM
• John Swainson, Governor of Michigan 1961-1963

Sciences

• David H. Hubel, research scientist and Nobel Prize winner. James Bondy is a Canadian entertainer best known for his work as the human co-host of the children's show Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld, which airs on Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld is a children's Educational Television series that is part Animated, part Live action. Jeffrey John Burrows (born August 19, 1968 in Windsor Ontario) is the drummer and percussionist for Canadian rock band The Art Decay The Tea Party were a Canadian rock band with Blues, Progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences dubbed "Moroccan roll" Stuart Chatwood, (born 22 October 1969 in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England) is a Canadian musician best known as the The Tea Party were a Canadian rock band with Blues, Progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences dubbed "Moroccan roll" Prince of Persia The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure Video game published by Ubisoft. Ashley Coulter (now known as Roni Colt' (born April 26, 1983) is a Canadian singer and the sixth-place finalist in the 2006 season of Colm Feore (born August 22, 1958) is an American-Canadian Stage, Film and Television Actor. Charles Henry "Marty" Gervais' (born 1946 is a Canadian Poet, Photographer, Professor, Journalist, and Publisher Barbara Gowdy CM (born 25 June 1950) is a Canadian Novelist and Short story writer Richard (Richie Hawtin (born June 4 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England) is a English - Canadian Electronic Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Jeffrey Scott Martin (born October 2, 1969 in Windsor Ontario) is a Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for fronting the The Tea Party were a Canadian rock band with Blues, Progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences dubbed "Moroccan roll" Terry Pickford (born January 26, 1947) is a television and radio personality Oliver Platt (born January 12 1960) is a Canadian stage film and television Actor. Jody Raffoul is a Canadian singer/songwriter in the Detroit / Windsor Ontario metro area Jack Scott can refer to Jack Scott (baseball (1892-1959 an American baseball player John Scott (cricketer, and Australian cricketer Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence ( April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Musician and Singer-songwriter best known Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill (born Tamia Marylin Washington on May 9, 1975) professionally known as Tamia, is a Canadian - Shania Twain ʃəˈnaɪə 'tweɪn OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28 1965 is a Canadian Singer and Songwriter in the For the French film director see Christian Vincent (director. Ernest Lawrence Eves (born June 17, 1946) was the twenty-third Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15 The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. Herbert Eser Gray, PC, CC, QC (born May 25 1931 is a retired Canadian politician The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political The Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (Vice-premier ministre du Canada is an honorary position in the cabinet, conferred at the discretion of the prime minister. Paul Edgar Philippe Martin. PC, MP (also known as Paul Martin Jr The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Paul Joseph James Martin, PC, CC, QC ( June 23, 1903 &ndash September 14, 1992) often referred to as The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada plays an important role in the Government of Canada, in accordance with the Westminster System. John Burley Swainson ( July 31, 1925 - May 13, 1994) was a Politician from the U The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the US state of Michigan. David Hunter Hubel (born February 27, 1926) was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature
• Mike Lazaridis, research scientist and CEO of Research in Motion

See also

• Casino Windsor (Caesars Windsor)
• Detroit, Michigan
• Metro Detroit
• Windsor-Detroit
• Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival
• Windsor - Tecumseh, Ontario Tornado of 1946
• Super Outbreak#Windsor, Ontario
• Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak

References

External links

• City of Windsor - Official site
• WindsorEats.com - Official restaurant guide to Windsor/Essex County
• CBC Windsor
• Windsor Connected - City Guide and Business Directory
• Cycle Windsor (Also has free online Map of bike network, in PDF format
• Windsor BUMP: Bike User Master Plan
• Trans-Canada Trail
• Community Portal
• Capitol Theatre
• upfront magazine
• Arts Council - Windsor & Region
• Huron Church Road at WorstRoads.ca
• Article reflecting on the decline of the automotive industry in the area, by Jorn Madslien, BBC

• Woodford, Arthur M. (2001). This is Detroit 1701–2001. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2914-4.  

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