Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Sault Ste. Marie
City (single-tier)
City of Sault Ste. Marie
Soo Locks International Bridge, (North) Downtown Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Nickname(s): "The Soo"
Motto(s): "Naturally Gifted"
Sault Ste. Marie Location in Ontario
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
Incorporated	1888 (town) 1912 (city)
Government
• Type	Corporation
Area
• Land	223.24 km² (86.19 sq mi)
• Urban	53.05 km² (20.48 sq mi)
• Metro	805.60 km² (311.04 sq mi)
Elevation	192.00 m (629.92 ft)
Population (2016)
• City (single-tier)	73,368
• Density	328.6/km² (851/sq mi)
• Urban	66,313
• Urban density	1,250.1/km² (3,238/sq mi)
• Metro	78,159
• Metro density	97.0/km² (251/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Saultite
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern Standard Time (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT))
Forward sortation area	P6A to P6C
Area code(s)	(705) and (249)
CA rank: 46th in Canada Municipal rank: 66th in Canada

Sault Ste Marie is the third largest city in northern Ontario, Canada with 74,948 census.

Sault Ste Marie is on the border of Ontario and Michigan.

John Rowswell was elected as mayor in the 2000 municipal election.

It is found on the St. Marys River.

The area was originally named Baawitigong, which means "place of the rapids" by the Ojibwe tribe.

Sault Ste. Marie has its own Walk of Fame.

Famous Residents

Sault Ste. Marie Museum in downtown Sault Ste. Marie
Cairn commemorating the Wolseley Expedition to quell the Red River Rebellion
Turning the first sod ceremony for the construction of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, 30 July 1890
ESSAR Steel Algoma Inc.
St. Mary's Paper, now closed
Sault Ste. Marie at night from the International Space Station in 2016
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (left), Soo Locks and International Bridge (centre), and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (right), with St. Marys River in the background
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, with the International Bridge and rail bridge in background
The Highway 550 roundabout in Gros Cap with the PUC's water intake building shown in the middle
Shingwauk Hall, Algoma University
Ontario Forest Research Institute
Superior Heights Collegiate & Vocational School
GFL Memorial Gardens, formerly the Steelback Centre and Essar Centre
Former Sault Memorial Gardens; the memorial tower now forms part of the new GFL Memorial Gardens.
Plaque dedicating Phil Esposito Park
The Sault Ste. Marie Walk of Fame marker for Francis H. Clergue
Precious Blood Cathedral, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie
St. Luke's Cathedral, Anglican Diocese of Algoma
Central United Church
St. Andrew's United Church
St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church
Bishop Fauquier Memorial Chapel
St. Mary's Cross, an illuminated 37 m summit cross
Beth Jacob Synagogue