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Also known as Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, ON, City of Windsor

city in Essex County, Ontario, Canada

AI overview

Windsor is a city located in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated directly across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan. It serves as an important border crossing and industrial hub, particularly known for its automotive manufacturing sector.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Country
Canada
Located in
Essex County
Population
229660
Area
146.32
Elevation
185
Time zone
UTC−04:00
Capital of
Essex County
Shares border with
Tecumseh
Official website
www.citywindsor.ca
Image
Windsor3 straight.jpg
Dialing code
548
Motto
The river and the land sustain us.
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postal code
N9E
twinned administrative body
Gunsan
Commons category
Windsor, Ontario
topic's main category
Category:Windsor, Ontario
category for people born here
Category:Births in Windsor, Ontario
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Windsor, Ontario
inception
1749-11-30
Commons gallery
Windsor, Ontario
category of associated people
Category:People from Windsor, Ontario
number of viewers/listeners
1780565
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Encyclopedic overview

Windsor (/ˈwɪndzər/ WIND-zər) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southernmost major city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 229,660 at the 2021 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London and Kitchener. This represents a 5.7 percent increase from Windsor's 2016 population census of 217,188.

The Detroit–Windsor urban area is North America's most populous trans-border conurbation. Linking the Great Lakes Megalopolis, the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border, carrying about one-quarter of the two countries' trade volume.

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