Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the Canadian province of
Ontario - noun A native or inhabitant of Ontario, Canada
Etymologies
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Examples
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A disabled Ontarian is no less a Canadian than a disabled person in Manitoba.
The Ontario Budget 2006
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"The group has a gentle, vulnerable sound that is most notable in the high-pitched, aching voice of the front man Tony Dekker, who recalls another Ontarian, Neil Young."
JamBase 2009
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Besides teaching us that one does indeed call a person from Ontario an "Ontarian," Marjorie Ingall's reported, perceptive look at a controversial Canadian young-adult novel called The Shepherd's Granddaughter explored how to educate children about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to what extent censorship is acceptable.
Tablet Magazine Marc Tracy 2010
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Besides teaching us that one does indeed call a person from Ontario an "Ontarian," Marjorie Ingall's reported, perceptive look at a controversial Canadian young-adult novel called The Shepherd's Granddaughter explored how to educate children about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to what extent censorship is acceptable.
Tablet Magazine Marc Tracy 2010
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What savings per Ontarian would be realized by doing that, and how would it offset the rise in everyday expenditures by the average citizen of this province?
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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I am told I am not allowed out of the house in the Ontarian Winter without snow pants, lest I die of hypothermia from crouching and flopping.
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Dan experienced a second epiphany when hearing the sparse, minimal techno of fellow Ontarian Richie Hawtin AKA Plastikman for the first time.
Caribou's Dan Snaith finds the formula for success with Swim Sam Richards 2010
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Still, found an Ontarian outlet that has pretty good mail order service, I'm checking it out.
Doctor Who and the Time Squad Michael May 2009
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Lawyers do not produce any goods or services that add any value or improvement to quality of life in Ontario but they cost every working Ontarian 560.00 dollars a year to pay lawyers salaries.
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There is some competition in the existence of fully funded separate schools, who are outperforming secular schools, but the secular lefty leaning Ontarian, would like to shut down those schools
Can high school grades be trusted? - OnCampus - Macleans.ca 2009
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