About Sudbury, Ontario
Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population and the largest municipality in Ontario by land area, home to around 166,000 residents spread across a landscape of more than 330 lakes and Canadian Shield rock. Founded as a railway camp in the 1880s after copper and nickel deposits were discovered nearby, Sudbury grew into one of Canada's most important mining centres.
Just west of the downtown core sits Copper Cliff, a historic former company town founded in 1883 around the Copper Cliff smelter and later annexed into the City of Sudbury. Copper Cliff retains its own small-town character today, with the Copper Cliff Museum, Walford Park, and an arena offering skating, curling, and a fitness room all within walking distance, while the wider city offers attractions like Science North, Dynamic Earth, and the Big Nickel.