Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan. Although it lies within Essex County geographically, it is administratively independent of it. It is the southernmost major city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. A French agricultural settlement was established on the site in 1749, making it the oldest continually inhabited European-founded settlement in Canada west of Montreal; the area was first called la Petite Côte and later La Côte de Misère. Windsor was incorporated as a village in 1854, became a town in 1858 and gained city status in 1892, and in 1935 it annexed Sandwich, Ford City and Walkerville. Known as the Automotive Capital of Canada, it is a major contributor to the country's car industry, and the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada-United States border. The city had 229,660 residents at the 2021 census.