Central Ontario

Central Ontario
Secondary region
Location of Central Ontario
CountryCanada Canada
ProvinceOntario Ontario
Area
 • Total39,814 km2 (15,372 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,123,307
 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
DemonymCentral Ontarian
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code prefixes
K, L, M, N
Area code(s)519/226, 905/289, 613/343, 705

Central Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario that lies between Georgian Bay and the eastern end of Lake Ontario.

The population of the region was 1,123,307 in 2016; however, this number does not include large numbers of seasonal cottage country residents, which at peak times of the year swell its population to well in excess of 1.5 million. Although it contains many small and medium-sized urban centres, much of Central Ontario is covered by farms, lakes (with freshwater beaches), rivers or sparsely populated forested land on the southern edge of the Canadian Shield.