Ontario Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Indigenous habitation (preβ1610)=== {{Main|Settlement of the Americas}} [[Paleo-Indians]] were the first people to settle on the lands of Ontario, arriving there after the [[Laurentide Ice Sheet]] melted roughly 11,000 years ago.<ref>{{cite web |title=Laurentide Ice Sheet {{!}} ice sheet, North America {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Laurentide-Ice-Sheet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709160951/https://www.britannica.com/place/Laurentide-Ice-Sheet |url-status=live }}</ref> From them, many ethnocultural groups emerged and came to exist on the lands of Ontario: the [[Algonquin people|Algonquins]], [[Mississaugas]], [[Ojibway]], [[Cree]], [[Odawa]], [[Potawatomi|Pottowatomi]], and [[Iroquois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/policy_part/research/pdf/Spotton_Profile-of-Aboriginal-Peoples-in-Ontario.pdf|title=A Profile of Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=January 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119062558/http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/policy_part/research/pdf/Spotton_Profile-of-Aboriginal-Peoples-in-Ontario.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page