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{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
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| foot_montage = Clockwise: Ovitt Family Community Library; Empire Towers; Ontario Convention Center; [[Chaffey High School]]
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| motto = Southern California's Next Urban Center<ref name=about>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.aspx?page=783|title=City Facts|publisher=City of Ontario|access-date=February 26, 2015|archive-date=December 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219170600/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.aspx?page=783|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| image_map = San Bernardino County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ontario Highlighted.svg
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| map_caption = Location in [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]] in [[California]]
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| pushpin_map = Los Angeles#California#USA
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[California]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in California|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]]
| government_type = [[Council–manager government|City Council / City Manager]]<ref name=about/>
| leader_title = [[City Council]]<ref>{{cite web
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| leader_name = [[Mayor]] Paul S. Leon<br />[[Mayor Pro Tem]] Debra Dorst-Porada <br />Alan D. Wapner<br />Jim W. Bowman<br />Ruben Valencia
| established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date = December 10, 1891<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
| title = California Cities by Incorporation Date
| format = Word
| publisher = California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s
| access-date = August 25, 2014
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130221091414/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
| archive-date = February 21, 2013
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi = 50.00
| area_land_sq_mi = 49.97
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
| area_total_km2 = 129.50
| area_land_km2 = 129.43
| area_water_km2 = 0.08
| area_water_percent = 0.13
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1652764|Ontario|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_ft = 1,004
| elevation_m = 306
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| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name=cemsus2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ontariocitycalifornia/POP010220|title=QuickFacts: Ontario city, California|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total = 175265
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| population_rank = [[San Bernardino County, California|3rd]] in San Bernardino County<br />[[List of largest California cities by population|26th]] in California<br />[[List of United States cities by population|149th]] in the United States
| population_density_km2 = 1354.1
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|03|10|N|117|37|40|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code = 91758, 91761, 91762, 91764
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code = [[Area code 909|909]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
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| blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|1652764}}, {{GNIS 4|2411323}}
| website = {{URL|www.ontarioca.gov/}}
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'''Ontario''' is a city in southwestern [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]] in the U.S. state of California, {{convert|35|mi}} east of [[downtown Los Angeles]] and {{convert|23|mi}} west of [[downtown San Bernardino]], the county seat. Located in the western part of the [[Inland Empire]] metropolitan area, it lies just east of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] and is part of the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]]. As of the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 Census]], the city had a population of 175,265.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0653896|title=Census - Geography Profile: Ontario city, California|access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref>
The city is home to the [[Ontario International Airport]], which is the 15th-busiest airport in the United States by cargo carried. Ontario handles the mass of freight traffic between the ports of [[Port of Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] and [[Port of Long Beach|Long Beach]] and the rest of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inlandempireoutlook.org/2009/11/26/ontario-the-inland-empire%E2%80%99s-new-urban-center/ |title=Ontario: Inland Empire Urban Center |publisher=Inlandempireoutlook.org |date=
It takes its name from the Ontario Model Colony development established in 1882 by the Canadian engineer [[George Chaffey]] and his brothers [[William Chaffey]] and Charles Chaffey.<ref>[http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.cfm/21956/17099 History of Ontario] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415011446/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.cfm/21956/17099 |date=April 15, 2010 }} Retrieved
<!-- why in name of their home province Ontario, but not in name of their home famous lake Ontario? -->
==History==
=== Tovaangar (before 1771) ===
{{Main|Tongva}}
Ontario was inhabited by the [[Tongva]] people for over
=== Spanish Empire (
{{Main|Spanish missions in California}}
In 1771, [[Franciscans]] from [[New Spain]] settled nearby, and established the [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]], founding what is today [[San Gabriel, California|San Gabriel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2009 |title=San Gabriel Arcangel |url=http://missions.bgmm.com/sgabriel.htm |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327033851/http://missions.bgmm.com/sgabriel.htm |archive-date=March 27, 2009 }}</ref> They enslaved the Tongva people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2016 |title=Genocide, Slavery, and L.A.'s Role in the Decimation of Native Californians |url=https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/genocide-slavery-and-l-a-s-role-in-the-decimation-of-native-californians |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=PBS SoCal |language=en}}</ref> The area was now part of the New Spain [[Province of Las Californias]].
[[File:Portrait_of_Juan_Bautista_de_Anza_(Painted_by_Fray_Orci;_1774,_Mexico_City).jpg|left|thumb|Explorer [[Juan Bautista de Anza]] led an expedition through the area in 1774.]]
[[Juan Bautista de Anza]] is said to have passed through the area on his 1774 expedition, which created a land route between the province of [[Sonora]] and San Gabriel.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=De Anza Park {{!}} City of Ontario, California |url=https://www.ontarioca.gov/de-anza-park |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=www.ontarioca.gov}}</ref> An Ontario city park<ref name=":3" /> and a middle school<ref>{{Cite web |title=De Anza Middle School / Homepage |url=https://www.omsd.net/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.omsd.net%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D34 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=www.omsd.net |language=en}}</ref> now bear his name. The route became known as the [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]].
In 1804, the northern part of Las Californias became the new province of [[Alta California|Nueva California]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nuttall |first=Donald A. |date=1972 |title=The Gobernantes of Spanish Upper California: A Profile |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25157389 |journal=California Historical Quarterly |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=253–280 |doi=10.2307/25157389 |jstor=25157389 |issn=0097-6059}}</ref>
In 1810, the San Gabriel Franciscans took over the
=== Mexico (1822–1847) ===
{{Main|Californios}}
In 1822, word of the Mexican triumph in the [[Mexican War of Independence]] reached Nueva California,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mexican California {{!}} Early California History: An Overview {{!}} Articles and Essays {{!}} California as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 {{!}} Digital Collections {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/california-first-person-narratives/articles-and-essays/early-california-history/mexican-california/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> and the lands previously controlled by the Spanish Empire passed to the custody of the [[Mexican government]].
In 1824, the province of Nueva California was renamed [[Alta California]].
In 1826, American explorer [[Jedediah Smith]] passed through what is now [[Upland, California|Upland]] on the first known overland journey from the east coast to the west coast of North America. He used Native American trails that he helped establish as the [[California Trail]]. (This later became the [[National Old Trails Road]], [[U.S. Route 66|Route 66]], and today's [[Foothill Boulevard (Southern California)|Foothill Boulevard]].)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Delja |first=Beatrice |title=CHL # 781 National Old Trails Monument San Bernadino [sic] |url=http://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-781 |access-date=February 16, 2017 |website=www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com}}</ref>
Use of the San Gabriel mission's [[Rancho Cucamonga]] was in 1839 granted to [[Tiburcio Tapia]] by Alta Californian governor [[Juan Bautista Alvarado]] as part of the [[Mexican secularization act of 1833|secularization of California land holdings]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |url=https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/267557 |title=Cucamonga [San Bernardino County] Leon V. Prudhomme, Claimant. Case no. 214, Southern District of California |editor-last=Prudhomme |editor-first=Leon Victor |location=1852-1864 |editor-last2=Tapia |editor-first2=Tiburcio |editor-last3=Prudhomme |editor-first3=Leon Victor |editor-last4=United States District Court (California: Southern District)}}</ref> This emancipated the Tongva enslaved there.
In 1845, the rancho was inherited by Tapia's daughter, Maria Prudhomme, and her husband Leon Prudhomme.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=24 April 1973 |title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5fc8a379-98c2-404b-b33c-9cd5ab6399fa |website=National Park Service}}</ref>
=== United States (1847 onward) ===
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The new Californian administration soon began a war of extermination against the Tongva, which came to be known as being part of the [[California genocide]].
[[San Bernardino County, California|San
Rancho Cucamonga was sold in 1858 to [[John Rains House|John Rains]].
Slavery of Native Americans became illegal in California in 1865.<ref name="
John Rain's heirs sold Rancho Cucamonga in 1870 to an [[Isaias W. Hellman|Isaias Hellman]]-led syndicate,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Katie |title=Guides: Pomona Valley Historical Collection: Ranchos |url=https://libguides.library.cpp.edu/c.php?g=771946&p=6014369 |access-date=January 1, 2024
In 1881, the Chaffey brothers, [[George Chaffey|George]] and [[William Chaffey|William]], purchased a parcel of Hellman's Rancho Cucamonga land and the water rights to it. The
The land was sometimes referred to the "San Antonio lands", as they included half the water rights to [[Mount San Antonio]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hackenberger |first=Benjamin C. |date=January 2015 |title=The San Antonio Wash: Addressing the Gap Between Claremont and Upland |url=https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/136/ |journal=Pomona Senior Theses}}</ref> (colloquially known as "Mount Baldy"). They engineered a drainage system channelling water from the foothills of the mountain down to the flatter lands below that performed the dual functions of allowing farmers to water their crops and preventing the floods that periodically afflict them.
They also created the main thoroughfare of Euclid Avenue ([[State Route 83 (California)|California Highway 83]]), with its distinctive wide lanes and grassy median. A mule-drawn passenger tramway was used from 1887 to 1895 on the central reservation the Avenue, operated by the [[Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pacific Electric Ontario & San Antonio Heights Line |url=https://www.erha.org/peeosah.htm |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=www.erha.org}}</ref>
In 1885, the Chaffey brothers opened a campus of the [[University of Southern California]]. This included a secondary school.
Also in 1885, the ''[[The Daily Report (Ontario, California)|Ontario Record]]'' newspaper was founded. (It would later be known as ''The Daily Report''.)
The new "Model Colony" (called so because it offered the perfect balance between agriculture and the urban comforts of schools, churches, and commerce) was originally conceived as a [[Teetotalism|dry]] town, early deeds containing clauses forbidding the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages within the town.
[[File:Interior_of_citrus_packing_house,_Ontario,_ca.1905_(CHS-1677).jpg|thumb|Interior of citrus packing house in Ontario, 1905]]
Ontario attracted farmers (primarily growing [[citrus]]) and ailing Easterners seeking a drier climate (often to treat [[tuberculosis]]). To impress visitors and potential settlers with the "abundance" of water in Ontario, a fountain was placed at the [[Ontario station (Amtrak)|Southern Pacific railway station]]. It was turned on when passenger trains were approaching and frugally turned off again after their departure. The original "Chaffey fountain", a simple spigot surrounded by a ring of white stones, was later replaced by the more ornate "Frankish Fountain", an art nouveau creation now located outside the Ontario Museum of History and Art.<ref>{{cite web |title=The City of Ontario's Citrus Industry |url=https://www.ontarioca.gov/sites/default/files/Ontario-Files/Planning/Historic_Preservation/citrus_industry.pdf}}</ref> Agriculture was vital to the early economy, and many street names recall this legacy. The [[Sunkist Growers, Incorporated|Sunkist]] plant remains as a living vestige of the citrus era.
The Chaffey brothers left in 1886 to found the Australian irrigation settlements of [[Mildura, Victoria|Mildura]] and [[Renmark, South Australia|Renmark]], selling their Ontario assets to the Ontario Land & Improvement Company. Its president was Charles Frankish.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 1980 |title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY – NOMINATION FORM |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5038fc9f-c181-414a-8b78-cffcf286ff6b |website=National Park Service}}</ref> He founded the [[Ontario State Bank Block|Ontario State Bank]] in 1887, the settlement's first bank.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=California Genealogy Trails - Californian American Bios page 8 |url=http://genealogytrails.com/cal/americanbios_page8.html |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=genealogytrails.com}}</ref>
Central Ontario was incorporated as a city in 1891.<ref name=":12" /> The San Antonio Electric Light & Power Company was organized in 1891 to provide electricity to Ontario, Pomona and Redlands.<ref name=":12" />
[[File:GraberOliveHouseVatRoom.JPG|thumb|The olive vat room at [[Graber Olive House]] in Ontario, California. In 1894, two years after planting olive trees in Ontario, C. C. Graber began selling [[Back olive|vat cured olives]] from the pictured vat room in vats similar to the ones pictured. Graber Olive House is the oldest operating olive packer in the United States.]]
The [[Graber Olive House]] was established in 1894, and is now the longest operating olive packing business in the United States.
In 1895, the Ontario Electric Company was established by Charles Frankish.<ref name=":22" /> In its first year it took over the mule-cars, and replaced them with electrical powered vehicles.<ref name=":22" />
==== 1900s ====
The City of Ontario's territory was greatly expanded in 1900.<ref name=":12" />
Tens of thousands of European immigrants came to work in agriculture. In the early 1900s, the first [[Filipino American|Filipinos]] and [[Japanese American|Japanese]] farm laborers arrived, and later many came to own plant nurseries.<ref>{{cite web |title=City History - DOIA |date=September 9, 2020 |url=https://downtownontario.org/city-history/}}</ref>
In 1901, the original college closed, and a new [[Ontario High School (California)|Ontario High School]] replaced it. This soon became [[Chaffey College]], and offered college courses as well as high school education.
Ontario was declared a "model colony" by an act of Congress in 1903.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Preservation {{!}} City of Ontario, California |url=https://www.ontarioca.gov/Planning/HistoricPreservation |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=www.ontarioca.gov}}</ref>
North Ontario broke away from the city in 1906, calling itself [[Upland, California|Upland]].<ref name=":12" />
In 1912, the streetcar line became the [[Upland–Ontario Line]] of [[Pacific Electric]]. It was closed in 1928.
In 1929, the city of Ontario established the Ontario Municipal Airport. This is now the [[Ontario International Airport]], and is the largest employer in the city.
AM radio station [[KSPA|KOCS]] began in 1946,<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2021 |title=Radio, radio {{!}} The David Allen Blog |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/davidallen/2008/04/25/radio-radio/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418134338/http://www.insidesocal.com/davidallen/2008/04/25/radio-radio/ |archive-date=April 18, 2021 }}</ref> which was followed by sister station [[KDEY-FM|KOCS-FM]] in 1947. The stations initially operated as part of The Daily Report, and would go on to change their name, format and ownership many times.
In 1960, the higher education part of Chaffey College moved to nearby Rancho Cucamonga.
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The [[Cardenas (supermarket)|Cardenas]] supermarket chain began in Ontario in 1981.
''[[The Daily Report (Ontario, California)|The Daily Report]]'' merged with the nearby ''[[Progress Bulletin]]'' to become the ''[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]]'' in 1990.
An [[Ontario–East station|Ontario station]] of the [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] rail service opened in 1993 (it later became known as "Ontario – East").
Large shopping mall [[Ontario Mills]] opened to the public on November 14, 1996, on the old Ontario Motor Speedway parking lot.
On December 13, 1996, [[AMC Theatres]] opened AMC Ontario Mills 30 in Ontario, which it billed as the "world's largest theater".<ref name="open2">{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Dade |url=https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye |title=Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obsession |last2=Bing |first2=Jonathan |publisher=Miramax Books |year=2004 |isbn=1401352006 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye/page/311 311]-[https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye/page/317 317] |url-access=registration}}</ref> Three months later, [[Edwards Theaters]] opened the Edwards Ontario Palace 22 across the street.<ref name="open2" /> Ontario now had 52 screens on the one site, more than any other location in the United States.<ref name="open2" /> The opening of that many screens in the Inland Empire came about as the culmination of a lifelong rivalry between AMC's Stanley Durwood and Edwards Theaters' James Edwards.<ref name="open2" /> Edwards was infuriated when he learned Durwood had beaten him to a deal with Ontario Mills, and later told him, "I had to teach you a lesson".<ref name="open2" />
The Ontario Convention Centre opened in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Ontario Convention Center Celebrates 25 Years! |url=https://gocvb.org/city-news/2022/03/01/ontario-convention-center-celebrates-25-years/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=GOCal |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1999, the large agricultural area in the south of Ontario (the "ag preserve") was re-zoned for residential and commercial use. This area was now described as the "New Model Colony", before being renamed [[Ontario Ranch, California|Ontario Ranch]], and finally New Haven.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Homes in Ontario, CA {{!}} New Haven Community |url=https://newhavenlife.com/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=newhavenlife.com}}</ref>
==== 2000s ====
The [[University of La Verne]] opened a law-focused campus in Ontario in 2001.
In 2008, the [[Ontario Community Events Center]] opened. It hosts a number of professional minor-league indoor sports teams.
AM radio station [[KSPA]] went off the air in 2020.
==Geography==
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==Demographics==
The most common country of origin in Ontario besides the United States is Mexico. 19.04% of Ontario's population is Mexican-born. The
_Ontario AFH Final Draft}}</ref> German, Irish, English, Italian and Dutch are the most common ancestries.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/ontario | title=Ontario, CA Real Estate Market Data - NeighborhoodScout }}</ref>
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===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Ontario, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Ontario city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0653896&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Ontario city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0653896&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Carson city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0653896&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|42,048
|29,898
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23,997
|26.61%
|18.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.69%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|11,317
|9,598
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,336
|7.16%
|5.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.90%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|475
|361
|style='background: #ffffe6; |409
|0.30%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5,914
|8,078
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15,693
|3.74%
|4.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.95%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|519
|448
|style='background: #ffffe6; |415
|0.33%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|284
|386
|style='background: #ffffe6; |933
|0.18%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.53%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,840
|2,070
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,554
|1.80%
|1.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.03%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|94,610
|113,085
|style='background: #ffffe6; |119,928
|59.88%
|68.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.43%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''158,007'''
|'''163,924'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''175,265'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
===2020===
The U.S. Census accounts for race by two methodologies. "Race alone" and "Race alone less Hispanics" where Hispanics are delineated separately as if a separate race.
According to the [[2020 U.S. Census]], the racial makeup (including Hispanics in the racial counts) was 24.15% (42,332) [[White (U.S. Census)|White alone]], 6.30% (11,045) [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black alone]], 2.39% (4,184) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American alone]], 9.27% (16,243) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian alone]], 0.31% (549) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander alone]], 38.04% (66,663) [[Race (United States Census)|Other Race alone]], and 19.54% (24,249) [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial or Mixed Race]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=P1: Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Ontario city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=p2&g=160XX00US0653896|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
According to the [[2020 U.S. Census]], the racial and ethnic makeup (where Hispanics are excluded from the racial counts and placed in their own category) was 13.69% (23,997) [[Non-Hispanic whites|White alone (non-Hispanic)]], 5.90% (10,336) [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black alone (non-Hispanic)]], 0.23% (409) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American alone (non-Hispanic)]], 8.95% (15,693) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian alone (non-Hispanic)]], 0.24% (415) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic)]], 0.53% (933) [[Race (United States Census)|Other Race alone (non-Hispanic)]], 2.03% (3,554) [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial or Mixed Race (non-Hispanic)]], and 68.43% (119,928) [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]].<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0653896|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032151/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0653896|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Ontario city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Ontario had a population of 163,924. The population density was {{convert|3,278.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Ontario was 83,683 (51.0%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (18.2% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="census2010">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0653896.html|title=Ontario (city) QuickFacts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 12, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818132429/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0653896.html|archive-date=August 18, 2012
The Census reported that 163,166 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 411 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 347 (0.2%) were institutionalized.
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The population was spread out, with 49,443 people (30.2%) under the age of 18, 19,296 people (11.8%) aged 18 to 24, 49,428 people (30.2%) aged 25 to 44, 34,703 people (21.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,054 people (6.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
There were 47,449 housing units at an average density of {{convert|948.9|/
During 2009–2013, Ontario had a median household income of $54,249, with 18.1% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="census2010"/>
===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=
There were 43,525 households, out of which 49.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 15.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.6 and the average family size was 4.0.
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[[File:Ontario Mills sign.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ontario Mills]] in 2005]]
In the years following Ontario's founding, the economy was driven by its reputation as a health resort. Shortly thereafter, citrus farmers began taking advantage of Ontario's rocky soil to plant lemon and orange groves. Agricultural opportunities also attracted [[vintner]]s and [[olive]] growers. The [[Graber Olive House]], which continues to produce olives, is a city historical landmark and one of the oldest institutions in Ontario.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} [[Dairy]] farming is also prevalent, as it continues to be in neighboring [[Chino, California|Chino]]. Much of southern Ontario still contains dairy farms and other [[agriculture|agricultural]] farms.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Maanvi |date=
A major pre-war industry was the city's [[General Electric]] plant that produced clothing [[Ironing|irons]]. During and after [[World War II]], Ontario experienced a housing boom common to many suburbs. The expansion of the Southern California defense industry attracted many settlers to the city.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bakken, Gordon Morris|author2=Alexandra Kindell|date=2006|title=Encyclopedia of immigration and migration in the American West|location=Thousand Oaks, Calif|publisher=Sage Publications}}</ref> With California's aerospace industry concentrated in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, the Ontario International Airport was used as a pilot training center.<ref>[http://www.ontarioca.gov/about-ontario/city-history City History] Retrieved
Ontario is also home to [[Niagara Bottling]], [[The Icee Company]], clothing companies [[Famous Stars and Straps]] and [[Karmaloop|Shiekh Shoes]], [[Scripto|Scripto U.S.A.]], and to [[Phoenix Motorcars]], who employs over 150 employees in Ontario.<ref>{{cite news|title=Road for electric car makers full of potholes|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garage5apr05,0,626587.story|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Ken Bensinger|date=April 5, 2008|access-date=December 3, 2011
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===Tourism===
The Greater Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau implemented a tourism marketing district and adopted an aggressive five-year strategic plan focusing on marketing initiatives to bring visitors to the region, build brand and destination awareness while enhancing the local economy.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Greater Ontario Visitors and Convention Bureau|url = http://www.discoverontariocalifornia.org/about|website = www.discoverontariocalifornia.org|access-date =
==Arts and culture==
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Built in 1925, The Granada Theatre was leased to West Coast Junior Theater. By the 1940s, the theater had become part of the Fox West Coast Theater chain. The Granada Theatre was designed by architect L.A. Smith.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Ontario Designated Landmarks |url=https://www.ontarioca.gov/sites/default/files/Ontario-Files/Planning/Historic_Preservation/designated_landmarks.pdf}}</ref>
Ontario is also the home to the second largest consumer Quilt Show in the United States, ''Road to California''. The quilt show books over 2,400 room nights and has a recorded attendance of over 40,000 attendees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/business/20160225/ontario-convention-center-attracting-more-and-more-conventions |title=Ontario Convention Center attracting more and more conventions |website=dailybulletin.com|date=
The Ontario post office contains two oil on canvas murals, ''The Dream'' depicting founder Chaffey with surveyors and ''The Reality'' which shows a view of the completed Euclid Avenue, painted by WPA muralist [[Nellie Geraldine Best]] in 1942.<ref>{{cite news|title=Murals will adorn walls of post office|newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=October 29, 1942 |page=15 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5071186/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/ |publisher=San Bernardino Country Sun|access-date=
Since 1959, Ontario has placed three-dimensional [[nativity scene]]s on the median of Euclid Avenue during the Christmas season. The scenes, featuring statues by the sculptor Rudolph Vargas, were challenged in 1998 as a violation of [[Separation of church and state|church-state separation]] under the [[California Constitution]] by an atheist resident, but the dispute was resolved when private organizations began funding the storage and labor involved in the set-up and maintenance of the scenery in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chaffey.org/community/dailybulletin/1990s/1999/1999_12_22_ontario_declares_nativity_historical.html |title=chaffey.org |publisher=chaffey.org |date=
The All-States Picnic, an [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] celebration, began in 1939 to recognize the varied origins of the city's residents. Picnic tables lined the median of Euclid Avenue from Hawthorne to E Street, with signs for each of the country's 48 states. The picnic was suspended during [[World War II]], but when it resumed in 1948, it attracted 120,000 people. A 1941 [[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]] cartoon listed Ontario's picnic table as the "world's longest". As native Californians came to outnumber the out-of-state-born, the celebration waned in popularity until it was discontinued in 1981. It was revived in 1991 as a celebration of civic pride.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/livinghere/ci_2733033 |title=dailybulletin.com |publisher=dailybulletin.com |access-date=
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[[File:Ontario City Library05apr2006.jpg|thumb|Ontario City Library in 2006]]
According to the 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $399.4 million in revenues, $305.3 million in expenditures, $1,606.0 million in total assets, $317.6 million in total liabilities, and $412.4 million in cash and investments.<ref>[http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.aspx?page=54 City Ontario CAFR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102201141/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.aspx?page=54 |date=January 2, 2016 }} Retrieved
===State and federal representation===
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Because Ontario is a major hub for passengers and freight, the city is also served by several major [[freeway]]s. [[Interstate 10 (California)|Interstate 10]] and the [[Pomona Freeway]] ([[California State Route 60|State Route 60]]) run east–west through the city. Interstate 10 is north of the Ontario airport while the Pomona freeway is south of the airport. [[Interstate 15 (California)|Interstate 15]] runs in the north–south directions at the eastern side of the city. [[California State Route 83|State Route 83]], also known as Euclid Avenue, also runs in the north–south direction at the western side of the city.
The [[Ontario (Amtrak station)|Amtrak station]] is serviced by the [[Sunset Limited]] and [[Texas Eagle]] lines. The [[Amtrak Thruway]] [[Amtrak Thruway#19|19]] provides twice daily connections from this station to/from [[
The Ontario-East [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] [[Ontario–East station|station]] is located off of Haven Avenue. It connects Ontario with much of the Greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, and the San Fernando Valley.
Public bus transportation is provided by [[Omnitrans]].
===Cemeteries===
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*[[Jeff Ayres]], basketball player, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[2014 NBA Finals|champion]] with the [[San Antonio Spurs]]
*[[Rod Barajas]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and six other MLB teams
*[[Madge Bellamy]], actress<ref>{{Cite web|title = Silent-movie star lived here, far from the limelight|url = http://www.dailybulletin.com/article/ZZ/20130422/NEWS/130428895|website = www.dailybulletin.com|access-date = January 7, 2016
*[[Jim Brulte]], politician<ref name="chaffey">{{cite web|url=http://www.chaffey.org/alumni/famed_alumni/index.html |title=chaffey.org |publisher=chaffey.org |date=
*[[Jason Bowles]], stock car racing driver
*[[Eudora Stone Bumstead]] (1860–1892), poet, hymnwriter
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*[[Joseph Dippolito]], former underboss of the [[Dragna crime family]]
*[[Landon Donovan]], former [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] and USMNT player; born in Ontario, raised in [[Redlands, California|Redlands]]
*[[Prince Fielder]], baseball player for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], and [[Detroit Tigers]]
*[[José Carrera García]], professional footballer
*[[Ana Patricia González]], winner of [[Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010]] (Our Latin Beauty 2010) and currently appearing on ''[[¡Despierta América!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/ana-patricia-no-quisiera-vivir-nunca-en-la-mansion-de-la-belleza|title=Ana Patricia: "No quisiera vivir nunca en la Mansión de la belleza"|work=PeopleenEspanol.com|access-date=November 4, 2015}}</ref>
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*[[Cle Kooiman]], soccer player
*[[Ryan Lane]], actor
*[[Nick Leyva]], manager of the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] (1989–1991)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Pleyvn801.htm |title=Nick Leyva |publisher=Retrosheet.org |access-date=
*[[T Lopez|Christina "T" Lopez]], singer, actress; former member of Latin girl dance-pop band [[Soluna]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qvmagazine.com/qv29/soluna.html |title=Soluna On Fire |publisher=QV Magazine|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115005019/http://www.qvmagazine.com/qv29/soluna.html |archive-date=January 15, 2007 }}</ref>
*[[Sam Maloof]], furniture designer and woodworker
*[[Shelly Martinez]], professional wrestler
*[[Anthony Muñoz]], 1998 [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] inductee
*[[Al Newman]], former MLB player <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=/Al-Newman.shtml |title=Al Newman Statistics |publisher=The Baseball Cube |access-date=
*[[Douglas Northway]], Olympic bronze medalist, swimming<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/doug-northway-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055230/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/doug-northway-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=
*[[Joan O'Brien]], actress, graduate of [[Chaffey Union High School District]]
*[[Charles Phoenix]], pop culture humorist, historian, author and chef
*[[Antonio Pierce]], football player
*[[Sol Ruca]], professional wrestler
*[[
*[[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]], conductor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chaffey.org/alumni/famed_alumni/index.html |title=Alumni Hall of Fame |publisher=Chaffey.org |date=March 22, 2005 |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Mike Sweeney]], MLB player for the [[ *[[Bobby Wagner]], football player, attended [[Colony High School]]; [[middle Linebacker]] for the [[Super Bowl]] champions [[Seattle Seahawks]]
*[[Joseph Wambaugh]], author<ref name="chaffey" />
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* {{flagdeco|Mexico}} [[Mocorito]], Sinaloa, Mexico <small>''(since 1982)''</small>
* {{flagdeco|Mexico}} [[Los Mochis]], Sinaloa, Mexico <small>''(since 1988)''</small>
* {{flagdeco|Switzerland}} [[Winterthur]], [[Canton of Zürich]], Switzerland<ref group=note>However, according to the official website by the city of Winterthur, Ontario is not one of its partner cities.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://stadt.winterthur.ch/stadt-politik/partnerstaedte/ |title=Partnerstädte |publisher=Stadt Winterthur |type=official site |language=de |location=Winterthur, Switzerland |date=2016 |access-date=
* {{flagdeco|China}} [[Jieyang]], China<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ontarioca.gov/FactsAndHistory | title=Facts & History | City of Ontario, California }}</ref>
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