Mushure mekunge Ontario yaumbwa mudunhu, yakaenderera mberi nekusimbisa simba rayo rezvehupfumi uye remitemo. Muna 1872, gweta Oliver Mowat akazove Mutungamiriri weOntario uye akaramba ari mutungamiriri kusvika muna 1896. Akarwira kodzero dzedunhu, achideredza simba rehurumende yemubatanidzwa munyaya dzedunhu, kazhinji kuburikidza nekukwikwidza kwakanaka kuKomiti yezvemitemo yePrivy Council. Hondo dzake nehurumende yemubatanidzwa dzakadzikisira zvakanyanya Canada, zvichipa matunhu masimba akawanda kupfuura John A. Macdonald zvaaida. Akabatanidza nekuwedzera masangano edzidzo nedunhu eOntario, akagadzira matunhu muNorth Ontario, uye akaedza kuona kuti zvikamu zveNorthwestern Ontario zvaive zvisiri nhoroondo yeUpper Canada (nzvimbo huru kuchamhembe nekumadokero kweLake Superior-Hudson mvura, inozivikanwa seBay of Ontario District) yaizove chikamu chakakurumbira cheOntario, yakaratidza kukunda muhondo yezvematongerwo enyika.
John A. Macdonald