Windsor | |
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City of Windsor | |
From top, left to right: Downtown Windsor skyline, Ambassador Bridge, WFCU Centre, Dillon Hall at University of Windsor, and Caesars Windsor | |
Nicknames: | |
Motto(s): The river and the land sustain us. - “The Place to Be.” | |
![]() Location in the Detroit–Windsor region | |
Coordinates: 42°18′08″N 82°59′37″W / 42.30222°N 82.99361°W[2] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Census division | Essex |
Settled | 1749 |
Incorporated | 1854 |
Named for | Windsor, Berkshire |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• Mayor | Drew Dilkens |
• Governing body | Windsor City Council |
• MPs | Brian Masse (NDP), Irek Kusmierczyk (LPC) |
• MPPs | Lisa Gretzky (NDP), Andrew Dowie (PC) |
Area | |
• City (single-tier) | 146.32 km2 (56.49 sq mi) |
• Urban | 175.77 km2 (67.87 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,022.84 km2 (394.92 sq mi) |
Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• City (single-tier) | 229,660 (23rd) |
• Urban | 306,519 (16th) |
• Metro | 422,630 (16th) |
Demonym | Windsorite |
Gross Metropolitan Product | |
• Windsor CMA | CA$16.4 billion (2019)[5] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Forward sortation area | |
Area codes | 519, 226 and 548 |
Website | www.citywindsor.ca |
Windsor is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city is across the Detroit River from the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. It is the most southern city in Canada. In 2021, Statistics Canada said the city has 229,660 people living in it.[6] It is inside Essex County, but it is independent from the county.