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'''Ontario''' is a city in southwestern [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]] in the U.S. state of California, {{convert|35|mi}} east of [[downtown Los Angeles]] and {{convert|23|mi}} west of [[downtown San Bernardino]], the county seat. Located in the western part of the [[Inland Empire]] metropolitan area, it lies just east of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] and is part of the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 175,265.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0653896|title=Census - Geography Profile: Ontario city, California|access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref>
 
The city is home to [[Ontario International Airport]], which is the 9th-busiest airport in the United States by cargo carried, as of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Bureau of Transportion Statistics |date=December 2022 |title=Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations |url=https://www.bts.gov/browse-statistical-products-and-data/freight-facts-and-figures/top-25-airports-landed-weight-all |work=Freight Facts and Figures}}</ref>. Ontario handles the mass of freight traffic between the ports of [[Port of Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] and [[Port of Long Beach|Long Beach]] and the rest of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inlandempireoutlook.org/2009/11/26/ontario-the-inland-empire%E2%80%99s-new-urban-center/ |title=Ontario: Inland Empire Urban Center |publisher=Inlandempireoutlook.org |date=November 26, 2009 |access-date=December 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320160905/http://inlandempireoutlook.org/2009/11/26/ontario-the-inland-empire%E2%80%99s-new-urban-center/|archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref>
 
It takes its name from the Ontario Model Colony development established in 1882 by the Canadian engineer [[George Chaffey]] and his brothers [[William Chaffey]] and Charles Chaffey.<ref>[http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.cfm/21956/17099 History of Ontario] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415011446/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.cfm/21956/17099 |date=April 15, 2010 }} Retrieved May 12, 2010.</ref> They named the settlement after their home [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[Ontario]].
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The [[University of La Verne]] opened a law-focused campus in Ontario in 2001.
 
In 2008, the [[Ontario Community Events Center]] opened. It hosts a number of professional minor-league indoor sports teams. Also that year, [[West Coast University]] opened a campus in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Coast University - University History |url=https://westcoastuniversity.smartcatalogiq.com/en/summer-2024/summer-2024/about-west-coast-university/university-history/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=westcoastuniversity.smartcatalogiq.com}}</ref>
 
The headquarters of the [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist Convention's]] [[Gateway Seminary]] moved to Ontario in 2016.
[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] opened their largest United States warehouse in Ontario in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=Amazon’s largest U.S. warehouse is in this Inland Empire city |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2024/10/01/amazons-largest-u-s-warehouse-is-in-this-inland-empire-city/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Daily Bulletin |language=en-US}}</ref>▼
 
▲[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] opened their largest United States warehouse in Ontario in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=Amazon’sAmazon's largest U.S. warehouse is in this Inland Empire city |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2024/10/01/amazons-largest-u-s-warehouse-is-in-this-inland-empire-city/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Daily Bulletin |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Geography==
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The Ontario post office contains two oil on canvas murals, ''The Dream'' depicting founder Chaffey with surveyors and ''The Reality'' which shows a view of the completed Euclid Avenue, painted by WPA muralist [[Nellie Geraldine Best]] in 1942.<ref>{{cite news|title=Murals will adorn walls of post office|newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=October 29, 1942 |page=15 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5071186/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/ |publisher=San Bernardino Country Sun|access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref>
 
Since 19591958, Ontario has placed three-dimensional [[nativity scene]]s on the median of Euclid Avenue during the Christmas season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christmas on Euclid |url=https://gocvb.org/christmas-on-euclid/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=GOCal |language=en-US}}</ref> The scenes, featuring statues by the sculptor Rudolph Vargas, were challenged in 1998 as a violation of [[Separation of church and state|church-state separation]] under the [[California Constitution]] by an atheist resident, but the dispute was resolved when private organizations began funding the storage and labor involved in the set-up and maintenance of the scenery in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chaffey.org/community/dailybulletin/1990s/1999/1999_12_22_ontario_declares_nativity_historical.html |title=chaffey.org |publisher=chaffey.org |date=December 22, 1999 |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref> To support the nativity scenes the Ontario Chamber of Commerce started a craft fair called "Christmas on Euclid".
 
The All-States Picnic, an [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] celebration, began in 1939 to recognize the varied origins of the city's residents. Picnic tables lined the median of Euclid Avenue from Hawthorne to E Street, with signs for each of the country's 48 states. The picnic was suspended during [[World War II]], but when it resumed in 1948, it attracted 120,000 people. A 1941 [[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]] cartoon listed Ontario's picnic table as the "world's longest". As native Californians came to outnumber the out-of-state-born, the celebration waned in popularity until it was discontinued in 1981. It was revived in 1991 as a celebration of civic pride.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/livinghere/ci_2733033 |title=dailybulletin.com |publisher=dailybulletin.com |access-date=December 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204124349/http://www.dailybulletin.com/livinghere/ci_2733033 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 }}</ref>
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===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Ontario is in {{Representative|casd|22|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=22nd Senate District |url=https://sd22.senate.ca.gov/district#:~:text=22nd%20Senate%20District%20%7C%20Senator%20Susan%20Rubio |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Senator Susan Rubio |language=en}}</ref>, and in the 52nd Assembly District by Democrat [[Freddie Rodriguez]].
 
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Ontario is in {{Representative|cacd|35|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|35}}</ref>
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===Shopping===
[[Ontario Mills]] is a major shopping mall in Ontario; it is also the largest outlet mall in all of California.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-16 |title=Shop at California’sCalifornia's Big-Bargain Outlet Malls |url=https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/big-bargain-outlet-malls/#:~:text=Inland%20Empire%20Outlets,you%20plan%20your%20next%20stops. |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Visit California |language=en}}</ref>. [[Cardenas (supermarket)|Cardenas]], a supermarket chain specializing in [[Latin American cuisine]], was founded in and is based in Ontario.
 
==Notable people==
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