Did You Know?
- Area of Ontario = 1,000,000 km2 (415,000 square miles) - an area larger than France and Spain combined and is about 10% of Canada by area
Northern Development
Northern Development Home Page
About the Division: Our Organization
What We Do
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Business Support
- Financial Help
- Emerging Technology
- Enterprises North Job Creation
- Next Generation of Jobs Funds
- Northern Energy
- Northern Ontario Grow Bonds Business Loans
- Northern Ontario Young Entrepreneur
- Northern Ontario Youth Internship and Co-op
- Summer Jobs Service (For Employers)
- Veterinary Assistance
- Other Support
- Business Consulting Services
- Global Trader Awards
- Small Business Enterprise Centres
- Tourism Licensing
- Trade and Investment Marketing
- Wisdom Exchange
- Resources
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Community Support
- Financial Help
- Emerging Technology
- Infrastructure and Community Development
- GO North Investor Program
- Northern Energy
- Rural Economic Development Plan
- Violence Against Women Prevention Initiative
- Other Support
- Agricultural and Horticultural Societies
- Business Retention and Expansion
- Canada Ontario Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund
- First Impressions Community Exchange
- Local Services Boards
- Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative
- Ontario Small Waterworks Assistance Program
- Rural Economic Development Data Intelligence (REDDI)
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Support for Youth
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Transportation and Roads
- Learn More
- Updates on Northern Road Conditions
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About the North
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Mines and Minerals Division
Mines and Minerals Division Home Page
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About the Division: Our Organization
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Mineral Development and Lands Branch Mining Lands
- Mining Lands
- Mining Claim Maps
- Mining Claim Information, Abstracts and Reports (MCI)
- Provincial Recording Office
- Assessment Work
- Land Tenure and Dispositions Office
- Land Withdrawals and Re-openings
- Ontario's Living Legacy Land Withdrawals and Re-openings
- Mining Lands Policies
- Bulletin Board
- Brochures and Guides
- Comparisons of Provincial and Territorial
Mine Tenure Administrations - Mines Group
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Ontario Geological Survey
- Director's Office
- Geoscience Laboratories
- Information and Marketing Services
- Precambrian Geoscience Section
- Resident Geologists Program
- Sedimentary Geoscience Section
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Diamond Sector Unit
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Mining Act Modernization Secretariat
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Executive Projects Office
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Aboriginal Relations Unit
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Exploring in Ontario
- Digital Data Catalogue
- Drill core library catelogue
- GeologyOntario
- OGS Earth
- Geophysical Atlas of Ontario
- Geoscience Laboratories
- John B. Gammon Geoscience Library
- Mining Claim Maps
- Mining Claims information, abstracts and reports
- Ontario Geological Survey annual reports
- Publication release notices
- Publication indexes
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Developing a Mineral Deposit in Ontario
- Information on Mining Land Requirements
- General Information on Permitting
- Mineral Exploration and Mining Information -
An Internet Gateway to Permitting for the Mining Industry - "One Window' Coordination Process (OWP)(pdf)
- The Practitioner’s Guide (pdf)
- Other Permits Required For Advanced Exploration and New Mine Development Projects
- Specific Permitting Information
- Application Instructions for Bulk Sampling
- Project Definition Template (MS word doc)
- Closure Plan
- Financial Assurance
- Certifying a Remote Mine
- Domestic Processing Requirement/Exemption
- Legislation and Forms - Part VII of the Mining Act
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The Minerals Industry and Ontario’s First Nation
- Aboriginal Links
- Our Community...Our Future: Mining and Aboriginal Communities
- Aboriginal Consultation Approach for Mineral Sector Activities
- First Nation Minerals Information Officer
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Educational Resources
- Learn About Ontario’s Geology
- OGS Earth
- Abandoned mines/mine hazards
- Active mines of Ontario (pdf)
- Amethyst, Ontario’s mineral emblem
- Exploration facts 2007 (pdf)
- Historical mining images of Ontario
- John B. Gammon Geoscience Library
- Map of the geology and selected mineral deposits of Ontario
- The mining sequence (MS word doc) and mine life cycle chart (pdf)
- Partners in Progress (11 minute video)
- Production facts 2007 (pdf)
- Ontario dimension stone
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Geoscience and Public Good
- Aggregate Resources
- Bedrock Geology
- Geochemistry
- Geophysics
- Groundwater
- Industrial Minerals
- Land-Use Planning
- Metallic Minerals
- Non-Renewable Energy
- Surficial Geology
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Investment and Marketing
- Recommendations for Exploration
- Events Summary 2008–2009
- Partners in Progress (11 minute video)
- Publications
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