March Nuffield CSC Bus Tour Crosby Devitt, 2012 Canadian Nuffield Scholar Guelph, Ontario,

Climate normals for Kincardine, Ontario, Canada (90km North of Hensall) Latitude: 44.2°Longitude: -81.6°Altitude: 200 m Average Last frost May 5, First frost October 1 (150 days) 770 mm rain per year (500mm during growing season April to September) 280 cm snow per year (November to March)

The Great Lakes Basin 21% of the world’s fresh surface water: – 5,472 cubic miles (22,810 km3) Surface area of the lakes is nearly the same size as the United Kingdom – 94,250 square miles (244,100 km2) More than 98 per cent of Ontario residents — 11 million people — live within the Great Lakes Basin. Most live near the shores, in eight of Canada’s 20 largest cities, which include Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor and Sarnia. The people of Ontario depend on the Great Lakes for their drinking water. Over 70 per cent, or three out of four residents, get their drinking water from the Lakes.