20 Unknown and Amazing Facts About London Ontario Canada

London is a very beautiful city in Southwestern part of Ontario, Canada along Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. Amazing Facts About London Ontario Canada make London a very amazing tourist destination in Canada.

According to the 2016 Canadian census, London city has approx. population of around 383,822 people. London is at confluence of Thames River, which is approx. 200 kilometers from both Detroit, Michigan and Toronto, Ontario; and around 230 km from Buffalo, New York.

City of London is separated politically and municipality from Middlesex County, though this remains at county seat.

London and Thames were named in year 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, John was that person who proposed site for capital of Upper Canada.

The very first European settlement was done between year 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. This village was founded in year 1826 and was incorporated in 1855.

Since that time, London has grown one of the largest Southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada’s largest 11th metropolitan area, having many of the small communities which have surrounded it.

Amazing Facts About London Ontario Canada

1. London’s CMA i.e Census Metropolitan Area has population size around 500,000 residents.

2. London, Ontario is 11th largest city in Canada.

3. London is located in midway between Toronto and Detroit.

4. Employment rate in London, Ontario is around 59.7% till year 2015.

5. Unemployment rate was 6.5% till year 2015.

6. Participation rate was at 63.8% till year 2015.

7. Total labour force in London was 269,400 till year 2015.

8. 197,400 people in London having full-time employment.

9. Around 54,600 people in London are having part-time employment.

10. Approx. 53,800 people work in goods producing section in London. It is one of the Amazing Facts About London Ontario Canada.

11. More than 198,100 people work in services producing sector.

12. There was around $711 million in construction value in 2015.

13. London offers around 200+ acres of fully serviced and shovel-ready lands, in different varieties and having size of $75,000/acre.

14. Entrepreneurship Support Network (ESN) provides leadership to create a community and environment that fosters entrepreneurs and support all of their success.

15. Around 400-series highway carries an amount of $1.5 billion in trade on daily basis and provides London with an access of more than 150 million consumers in a day drive.

16. London,Ontario is a home to Canadian headquarters for industry sector which includes STIHL, Diply, Voices.com, Libro Credit Union, London Life, Starlim North America, Trojan Technologies, McCormick Canada and 3M Canada.

17. London International Airport offers 24×7 cargo facility.

18. The London International Airport produces more than $357 million every year which helps to make economy stronger.

19. A count of 14 trains travel through London daily which offers regular connections to Windsor, Sarnia and Toronto.

20. There are more than 1,200 culture businesses and arts in London and around 7,700 are employed.

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