Ontario

=== Songs and slogans ===
[[File:1997 Ontario license plate CAJA♔723.jpg|thumb|An [[Vehicle registration plates of Ontario|Ontario licence plate]] with the slogan ''Yours to Discover'' at the bottom of the plate]]
In 1973, the first slogan to appear on [[Vehicle registration plates of Ontario|licence plates in Ontario]] was "Keep It Beautiful". This was replaced by "Yours to Discover" in 1982,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.15q.net/on.html |title=Ontario |publisher=15q.net |date=February 24, 2007 |access-date=May 6, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422161516/http://15q.net/on.html |archive-date=April 22, 2009 }}</ref> which was originally used as a tourism slogan beginning in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradburn |first=Jamie |date=April 5, 2019 |title=And you're gonna love it: How Ontario became 'Yours to Discover' |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/and-youre-gonna-love-it-how-ontario-became-yours-to-discover |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.tvo.org}}</ref> Plates with the French equivalent, {{lang|fr-CA|Tant à découvrir}}, were made available to the public beginning in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/frenchplate/frenchplate.shtml|title=New French Slogan Licence Plate for Passenger Vehicles|publisher=Government of Ontario|date=June 10, 2010|access-date=July 29, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728021257/http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/frenchplate/frenchplate.shtml|archive-date=July 28, 2010}}</ref> (From 1988 to 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontarioroadmaps.ca/Official_Ontario/Official_Maps_producedB.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808015042/http://www.ontarioroadmaps.ca/Official_Ontario/Official_Maps_producedB.htm|archive-date=August 8, 2007 |title=Official Ontario Road Maps Produced 1971–2006 |publisher=Ontarioroadmaps.ca |access-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> "Ontario Incredible"<ref>{{cite journal |title=Measuring the Returns to Tourism Advertising |first1=David W. |last1=Butterfield |first2=Kenneth R. |last2=Deal |first3=Atif A. |last3=Kubursi |journal=Journal of Travel Research |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=12–20 |year=1998 |doi=10.1177/004728759803700102|s2cid=154905439 }}</ref> gave "Yours to Discover" a brief respite.) In 2020, as part of a licence plate redesign, the slogan was changed to "A Place to Grow," inspired by the song [[A Place to Stand, a Place to Grow]]. This decision was reversed in the same year, due to visibility concerns.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-04-09 |title='A Place to Grow': Ontario to scrap 'Yours to Discover' slogan on licence plates |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-a-place-to-grow-ontario-to-scrap-yours-to-discover-slogan-on/ |access-date=2023-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Ford government's blue licence plates officially scrapped, 'Yours to Discover' is back |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/blue-licence-plates-scrapped-1.5557952 |access-date=October 25, 2023 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> The slogan on licence plates remains "Yours to Discover".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renew your licence plate {{!}} ontario.ca |url=http://www.ontario.ca/page/renew-your-licence-plate |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.ontario.ca |language=en}}</ref>

[[A Place to Stand, a Place to Grow]] is a song commissioned by the government of Ontario for its pavilion in [[Expo 67]], and an unofficial anthem of the province.<ref name="aplaceto">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/16/ontarios-catchy-a-place-to-stand-theme-grows-up.html|title=Ontario's catchy 'A place to stand' theme grows up|last=Hong|first=Jackie|work=The Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation|access-date=September 29, 2020|date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=October 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011050739/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/16/ontarios-catchy-a-place-to-stand-theme-grows-up.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As a part of the [[Canada 150]] celebrations in 2017, the provincial government released an updated rendition.<ref name="aplaceto" /> In 2007, the provincial tourism agency commissioned a new song, "There's No Place Like This" is featured in [[television advertisement|television advertising]], performed by Ontario artists including [[Molly Johnson]], [[Brian Byrne]], [[Keshia Chanté]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontariotravel.net/TcisCtrl?site=consumers&key1=home&language=EN&modus=otsplmen01 |title=There's more to discover in Ontario |publisher=Ontariotravel.net |access-date=October 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610042246/http://www.ontariotravel.net/TcisCtrl?site=consumers&key1=home&language=EN&modus=otsplmen01 |archive-date=June 10, 2008}}{{better source needed|date=February 2014}}</ref> as well as [[Tomi Swick]] and [[Arkells]].