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Ont.

  1. (law) Abbreviation of Ontario: a province of Canada.
    • 2017 March 31, Isabelle Khoo, “21 Of The Coolest People Who Were Born Or Raised In Ottawa”, in The Huffington Post[1], archived from the original on 24 April 2024:
      It makes sense that one of Canada’s most celebrated authors was born in the country’s capital. Atwood was born and raised in Ottawa until the age of six when her family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and then Toronto.

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This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Geographical Terms: Australian states and Canadian provinces and territories", Table T10.2, p. 438.

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