James Worthington, the superintendent of construction on the Northern Ontario segment of the railway, selected the name Sudbury after See more

Sudbury has 330 lakes over 10 ha (25 acres) in size within the city limits. The most prominent is Lake Wanapitei, the largest lake in the … See more

Municipal politics
From the city hall at Tom Davies Square, the city is headed by twelve council members and one See more

Sudbury's culture is influenced by the large Franco-Ontarian community consisting of approximately 40 percent of the city's … See more

The Sudbury region was inhabited by the Ojibwe people of the Algonquin group as early as 9,000 years ago following the retreat of the last continental ice sheet. In 1850, local Ojibwe chiefs entered into an agreement with the British Crown to share a large tract of … See more

The city of Sudbury and its suburban communities were reorganized into the Regional Municipality of Sudbury in 1973, which was … See more

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Greater Sudbury had a population of 166,004 living in 71,476 of its … See more