headquarters_location liquor control board of ontario
___MASK56___ , one of the 13 provinces and territories of ___MASK87___ , is located in east - central ___MASK87___ . It is ___MASK87___ ' s most populous province by a large margin , accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians , and is the second - largest province in total area . ___MASK56___ is fourth - largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation ' s capital city , Ottawa , and the nation ' s most populous city , ___MASK5___ . ___MASK87___ ' s geography is divided into administrative divisions known as provinces and territories that are responsible for delivery of sub - national governance . When ___MASK87___ was formed in 1867 , three provinces of British North America  New Brunswick , Nova ___MASK57___ and the Province of ___MASK87___ ( which , on the formation of ___MASK87___ , was divided into Ontario and ___MASK11___ )  were united to form a federated colony , which eventually became a sovereign nation in the next century . Over its history , ___MASK87___ ' s international borders have changed several times , and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories . The ten provinces are Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , New Brunswick , Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova ___MASK57___ , Ontario , Prince Edward Island , ___MASK11___ , and Saskatchewan . Several of the provinces were former British colonies , ___MASK11___ was originally a French colony , while others were added as ___MASK87___ grew . The three territories are Northwest Territories , Nunavut , and Yukon , which govern the rest of the area of the former British North America . Together , the provinces and territories make up the world ' s second - largest country by area . The Liquor Control Board of ___MASK56___ ( LCBO ) is a non - share capital provincial Crown corporation in ___MASK56___ , ___MASK87___ . It is accountable to the Ministry of Finance ( ___MASK56___ ) . It was established in 1927 by Lieutenant Governor William Donald Ross , on the advice of his Premier , Howard Ferguson , to sell liquor , wine , and beer through a chain of retail stores . Such sales had been banned outright in 1916 ; thus , the creation of the LCBO marked an easing of the province ' s temperance regime ( see Prohibition in ___MASK87___ ) . The LCBO is one of the world ' s largest single purchasers of alcoholic beverage products . Beer is also sold by the Brewers Retail Inc . , which operates using the name The Beer Store , and is owned by Molson Coors , Anheuser -- Busch InBev and Sapporo Brewery . Wine , beer and liquor can also be found in a number of stores operated by producers , which are licensed to sell their own brands . Some of these stores are located at wineries , breweries or distilleries . Others ( which are owned and operated only by the largest wineries ) are located within grocery stores . The LCBO has plans to also open its own outlets within some grocery stores . Licensed bars and restaurants may resell alcoholic beverages , but they must be consumed on the establishment ' s premises . The bars and restaurants themselves must buy their products from the LCBO , The Beer Store , or directly from ___MASK56___ wineries and breweries . ___MASK11___ City ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of ___MASK11___ . In 2015 the city had a population estimate of 545 , 485 , and the metropolitan area had a population of 806 , 400 , making it Canada ' s seventh - largest metropolitan area and ___MASK11___ ' s second - largest city after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . ___MASK34___ is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta . ___MASK34___ is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the ___MASK34___ Capital Region , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . ___MASK69___ ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . The Code of Hammurabi is a well - preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia , dating back to about 1754 BC ( Middle Chronology ). It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world . The sixth Babylonian king , Hammurabi , enacted the code , and partial copies exist on a seven and a half foot stone stele and various clay tablets . The code consists of 282 laws , with scaled punishments , adjusting " an eye for an eye , a tooth for a tooth " (" lex talionis ") as graded depending on social status , of slave versus free man . Nearly one - half of the code deals with matters of contract , establishing , for example , the wages to be paid to an ox driver or a surgeon . Other provisions set the terms of a transaction , establishing the liability of a builder for a house that collapses , for example , or property that is damaged while left in the care of another . A third of the code addresses issues concerning household and family relationships such as inheritance , divorce , paternity , and sexual behavior . Only one provision appears to impose obligations on an official ; this provision establishes that a judge who reaches an incorrect decision is to be fined and removed from the bench permanently . A few provisions ___MASK65___ issues related to military service . Beer is the world ' s oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drink ; it is the third most popular drink overall , after water and tea . The production of beer is called brewing , which involves the fermentation of starches , mainly derived from cereal grains  most commonly malted barley , although wheat , maize ( corn ), and rice are widely used . Most beer is flavoured with hops , which add bitterness and act as a natural preservative , though other flavourings such as herbs or fruit may occasionally be included . The fermentation process causes a natural carbonation effect , although this is often removed during processing , and replaced with forced carbonation . Some of humanity ' s earliest known writings refer to the production and distribution of beer : the Code of Hammurabi included laws regulating beer and beer parlours , and " The Hymn to Ninkasi ", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer , served as both a prayer and as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people . Prince Edward Island ( PEI or P . E . I .) is a province of ___MASK87___ consisting of the island of the same name , as well as several much smaller islands . Nunavut ( from Inuktitut :  ) is the newest , largest , northernmost , and least populous territory of ___MASK87___ . It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1 , 1999 , via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act , though the boundaries had been contemplatively drawn in 1993 . The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to ___MASK87___ ' s political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949 . ___MASK93___ , officially the City of ___MASK93___ , is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of ___MASK20___ , Canada , and the most populous city in the province . Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source ( commonly cereal grains , the most popular of which is barley ) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast . It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer , at home by a homebrewer , or by a variety of traditional methods such as communally by the indigenous peoples in ___MASK6___ when making cauim . Brewing has taken place since around the 6th millennium BC , and archaeological evidence suggests that emerging civilizations including ancient ___MASK66___ and Mesopotamia brewed beer . Since the nineteenth century the brewing industry has been part of most western economies . Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds . This polysaccharide is produced by most ___MASK79___ plants as an energy store . It is the most common carbohydrate in human diets and is contained in large amounts in staple foods such as potatoes , wheat , maize ( corn ), rice , and cassava . ___MASK30___ is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta . It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province , in an area of foothills and prairie , about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies . In the 2011 census , the City of ___MASK30___ had a population of 1 , 096 , 833 and a metropolitan population of 1 , 214 , 839 , making it the largest city in Alberta , and the third - largest municipality and fifth - largest census metropolitan area ( CMA ) in Canada . The Northwest Territories ( also known as NWT ; French : " les Territoires du Nord - Ouest ", " TNO "; Athabaskan languages : " Denendeh "; Inuinnaqtun : " Nunatsiaq "; Inuktitut :  ) is a territory of ___MASK87___ . At a land area of approximately and a 2011 population of 41 , 462 , it is the second largest and most populous of the three territories in Northern ___MASK87___ . Its estimated population as of 2016 is 44 , 291 . Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967 , following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission . ___MASK39___ is the capital city of ___MASK87___ . It stands on the south bank of the ___MASK39___ River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . ___MASK39___ borders ___MASK62___ , ___MASK11___ ; the two form the core of the ___MASK39___  ___MASK62___ census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National Capital Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest city in ___MASK87___ ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in ___MASK87___ . The City of ___MASK39___ reported that the city had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 . Vitis vinifera ( common grape vine ) is a species of " Vitis ", native to the Mediterranean region , ___MASK26___ Europe , and southwestern ___MASK18___ , from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran . There are currently between 5 , 000 and 10 , 000 varieties of " Vitis vinifera " grapes though only a few are of commercial significance for wine and table grape production . ___MASK22___ officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous municipality in ___MASK11___ and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " Ville - Marie ", or " City of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the city . The city is on the Island of ___MASK22___ , which took its name from the same source as the city , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . The Legislative Assembly of ___MASK56___ is one of two components of the Legislature of ___MASK56___ ( also known as the Parliament of ___MASK56___ ), the other being the Lieutenant Governor of ___MASK56___ . The Legislative Assembly is the second largest Canadian provincial deliberative assembly by number of members after the National Assembly of ___MASK11___ . The Assembly meets at the ___MASK56___ Legislative Building at Queen ' s Park in the provincial capital of ___MASK5___ . ___MASK87___ ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK87___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK87___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by ___MASK69___ and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is ___MASK5___ ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . George Howard ___MASK83___ , PC ( June 18 , 1870  February 21 , 1946 ) was the ninth Premier of Ontario , ___MASK87___ from 1923 to 1930 . He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1930 who represented the eastern provincial riding of Grenville . The Rocky Mountains , commonly known as the Rockies , are a major mountain range in western ___MASK91___ . The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of ___MASK20___ , in western Canada , to New Mexico , in the southwestern United States . Within the North American Cordillera , the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie further to the west . In physical geography , tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons . The term " tundra " comes through Russian  (" tûndra ") from the Kildin Sami word " tndâr " " uplands ", " treeless mountain tract ". There are three types of tundra : Arctic tundra , ___MASK64___ tundra , and Antarctic tundra . In tundra , the vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs , sedges and grasses , mosses , and lichens . Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions . The ecotone ( or ecological boundary region ) between the tundra and the ___MASK69___ is known as the tree line or timberline . Wine ( from Latin " vinum ") is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes . These grapes are generally " Vitis vinifera ," or a hybrid with " Vitis labrusca " or " Vitis rupestris ". Grapes are fermented without the addition of sugars , acids , enzymes , water , or other nutrients . Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide . Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different styles of wine . These variations result from the complex interactions between the biochemical development of the grape , the reactions involved in fermentation , the terroir , and the production process . Many countries enact legal appellations intended to define styles and qualities of wine . These typically restrict the geographical origin and permitted varieties of grapes , as well as other aspects of wine production . The Premier of ___MASK56___ is the first minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of ___MASK56___ . The prohibition of alcohol in ___MASK87___ arose in various stages , from the possibility of local municipal bans in the late 19th century , to provincial bans in the early 20th century , to national prohibition ( a temporary wartime measure ) from 1918 to 1920 . Surprisingly , the relatively large and powerful beer and alcohol manufacturing sector - and the huge working class that purchased their products - failed to convince any of the governments to reverse their stance on prohibition . Most provinces repealed their bans in the 1920s , though alcohol was illegal in Prince Edward Island from 1901 to 1948 . By comparison the temperance act in Ontario ran from 1916 to 1927 . Vitis labrusca ( fox grape ) is a species of grapevines belonging to the " Vitis " genus in the flowering plant family Vitaceae . The vines are native to eastern ___MASK91___ and are the source of many grape cultivars , including Catawba , ___MASK59___ , Delaware , Isabella , Niagara , and many hybrid grape varieties such as Agawam , Alexander and Onaka . Among the characteristics of this vine species in contrast to the European wine grape " Vitis vinifera " are its " slip - skin " that allows the skin of the grape berries to easily slip off when squeezed , instead of crushing the pulp , and the presence of tendrils on every node of the cane . Another contrast with European " vinifera " is the characteristic " foxy " musk of " V . labrusca ", best known to most people through the ___MASK59___ grape . This musk is not related to the mammalian fox , but rather to the earthy , redolent aromas characteristic of the grapes that were known by early American settlers in the New World . The term " foxy " became a sort of catchall for the wine tasting descriptors used for these American wines that were distinct from the familiar flavors of the European viniferous wines . Vitis rupestris is a species of grape native to the United States that is known by many common names including July , sand , sugar , beach , bush , currant , ingar , ___MASK16___ , and mountain grape . It is used for breeding several French - American hybrids as well as many root stocks . The cultivar known as Rupestris St . George has been widely used in breeding and as a root stock ; it is perhaps the best known . ___MASK5___ is the most populous city in Canada , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater ___MASK5___ Area , the most populous metropolitan area in Canada . Growing in population , the 2011 census recorded a population of 2 , 615 , 060 . As of 2015 , the population is now estimated at 2 , 826 , 498 , making ___MASK5___ the fourth - largest city in North America based on the population within its city limits . ___MASK5___ trails only Mexico City , New York City , and Los Angeles by this measure , while it is the fifth - largest ( behind also Chicago ) if ranked by the size of its metropolitan area . An established global city , ___MASK5___ is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world . ___MASK23___ is the capital and largest city of the province of ___MASK81___ in Canada . It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America , at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers . Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the " Camellia sinensis ", an evergreen shrub native to ___MASK18___ . After water , it is the most widely consumed drink in the world . There are many different types of tea ; some teas , like Darjeeling and Chinese greens , have a cooling , slightly bitter , and astringent flavour , while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet , nutty , floral or grassy notes . Hops are the flowers ( also called seed cones or strobiles ) of the hop plant " Humulus lupulus ." They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer , to which they impart bitter , zesty , or citric flavours ; though they are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine . The hop plant is a vigorous , climbing , herbaceous perennial , usually trained to grow up strings in a field called a hopfield , hop garden ( nomenclature in the South of ___MASK1___ ), or hop yard ( in the West Country and U . S .) when grown commercially . Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers around the world , with different types being used for particular styles of beer .