About r/ontario
In its own words:
Welcome to r/Ontario, the largest and oldest online community dedicated to the lovely people of Ontario, Canada! We strive to be the best place to talk and discuss all things Ontario. Have a question you want to ask about Ontario? Need opinions about employment? Have an issue with your landlord/tenant? Ask your question here!
Community guide
r/ontario (#995, about 1.1 million) is a community for people in and around Ontario, Canada—questions about work, housing and provincial life—not a nationwide Canada board or a place for editorialized headlines.
What belongs
Provincial discussion (about 37 posts/day; text and links). Rules, in English and French, require Ontario-related posts and a civil tone, and they ban editorialized titles, misinformation and low-quality content, along with Reddit’s site-wide rules.
Versus canada, canadatravel and PersonalFinanceCanada
canada and canadatravel cover the whole country. PersonalFinanceCanada is money-specific. This room is Ontario general.
Practical pointers
Keep the headline faithful to the story; stay on provincial topics.
The community was created on Feb 1, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 622 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/startrek (#994) and ahead of r/learnpython (#996) in our ranking.
What sets r/ontario apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 34.4 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.0.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/ontario grew from 1,059,082 to 1,064,122 subscribers (+5K, +0.48%). That is about 99 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/ontario this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Doctors call for Ontario to centralize specialist referrals, end use of fax machines | CBC Newsu/Kind-Discussion-7755 · Nov 3 · link
- Chronic pain care: Ontario government proposing changes to OHIP coverage that will limit treatment and likely close pain clinics across Ontario.u/jkmslol2010 · Nov 4 · image
- Ford government's OSAP freeze 'ruined my life,' says Niagara student living in a shelteru/fartfilledslanket · Nov 4 · link
- Why do you think Doug Ford hates women so much?u/Chrissy7319 · Nov 4 · text post
- In the next 5 yrs, over 2000 women in ontatio will require a surgury they can't access brcause of systemic devaluation of health careu/Ok-Election-2710 · Nov 7 · text post
- Thousands of OSAP applications came from a single IP address, ministry allegesu/zuuzuu · Nov 2 · link
- Early childhood educators call out Ontario after memo reveals no hourly increase in 2027u/BloodJunkie · Nov 4 · link
- New Ontario law a ‘stealth privatization’ of Toronto Hydro, other local power utilities, critics warnu/toronto_star · Nov 6 · link
- Sunrise from the mouth of the Welland Canal showing off the Toronto skyline across Lake Ontario.u/Tayler105 · Nov 5 · image
- Why Ford Needs You to Blame Cyclists for Your Commuteu/MycologistStrict8887 · Nov 2 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/ontario, from 2021 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Trudeau’s post game comments. Thanks Team Canada we needed that.u/Boojays · Feb 21, 2025 · image
- Happy Passport Day!u/ehzstreet · Sep 22, 2021 · 47,259 points · 3,330 comments · image
- someone made an account for Dougie.u/amanduhhhugnkiss · Nov 11, 2022 · 44,221 points · 607 comments · image
- Canadian women’s hockey team beat Russia while wearing masks.u/AudioTech25 · Feb 7, 2022 · 40,753 points · 2,310 comments · image
- Truckers meet Ukraineu/25dragons · Mar 2, 2022 · 35,836 points · 1,520 comments · image
- Ontario rips up $100M Starlink contract ahead of U.S. tariffsu/blakemark1025 · Feb 3, 2025 · link
- 11 Pallets of American Alcohol being Removed from a Single LCBO Store in Hamilton, ONu/krftwrk70 · Mar 6, 2025 · gallery
- Ontario stands with Ukraineu/TheDamus647 · Feb 27, 2022 · 32,978 points · 748 comments · video
- Ontario Hospitals right nowu/h3yn0w75 · Jan 23, 2022 · 31,832 points · 1,375 comments · image
- Petition to ban links from Elon musk's x.comJan 22, 2025 · text post
What r/ontario talks about
Looking at the titles of 251 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “toronto”, “canada”, “government”, “ford” and “osap”. Other frequent themes are changes, looking, work, hospital, home and video. Recurring phrases include “cbc news”, “ford government”, “doug ford” and “olivia chow”. By format, 49% are text posts, 33% are links and 11% are images.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (72), Article (72), Question (49), Politics (13), Picture (12), Video (11).
Activity and best time to post
r/ontario gets about 37 new posts a day. The public archive holds 258,622 posts and 8,898,960 comments in total, about 34.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (47 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (23). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/ontario
The moderators of r/ontario list 7 rules. In short:
- All posts must be related to Ontario / Toute publication doit être relié à l’Ontario
- Do not editorialize titles or body text / Ne pas éditorialisez les titres
- You Must Remain Civil While Participating / Vous devez rester courtois dans votre participation
- Misinformation is prohibited / La désinformation est interdite
- Low Quality Content May Be Removed / Le contenu de pauvre qualité sera supprimé
- Reddit’s site-wide rules must be obeyed / Les règles générales de Reddit doivent être suivies
- Reddit’s site-wide rules must be obeyed pt2/Les règles générales de Reddit doivent être suivies pt2
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ontario and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/ontario have?
r/ontario has 1,064,122 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #995 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,040 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/ontario?
r/ontario was created on Feb 1, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jun 30, 2009.
How active is r/ontario?
Very active: r/ontario gets about 37 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 258,622 posts and 8,898,960 comments. In a sample of 251 recent posts we counted 189 different authors.
When is r/ontario most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/ontario about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to r/Ontario, the largest and oldest online community dedicated to the lovely people of Ontario, Canada! We strive to be the best place to talk and discuss all things Ontario. Have a question you want to ask abo…” Recent post titles often mention toronto, canada, government, ford and osap. Most posts are text posts (49%).
Is r/ontario safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ontario as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/ontario?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ontario accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “All posts must be related to Ontario / Toute publication doit être relié à l’Ontario”; “Do not editorialize titles or body text / Ne pas éditorialisez les titres”; “You Must Remain Civil While Participating / Vous devez rester courtois dans votre participation”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/ontario?
Communities with similar topics include r/canada (4.3M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/ontario.