Greater Sudbury

city and unitary authority in Ontario, Canada
Organization single_tier_municipality Q383434
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Summary

Greater Sudbury is a single-tier municipality[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single tier municipality entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,647 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ontario[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Instance of: city[5], census division of Canada[6]
  • Shares border with: Unorganized North Sudbury District[7]
  • Named after: Sudbury[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Gomel[9], Kokkola[10]
  • Commons category: Greater Sudbury[11]
  • Local dialing code: 705[12], 249[13]
  • Inception: 1893[14]
  • Official website: http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/[15], https://www.greatersudbury.ca/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Greater Sudbury[17]
  • Population: 161,531[18], 160,274[19], 157,857[20], 155,219[21], 166,004[22]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23]
  • Category for people born here: Q7908224[24]
  • Category for people who died here: Q110836083[25]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Greater Sudbury[26]
  • Owner of: Sudbury Community Arena[27], Tom Davies Square[28]
  • Elevation above sea level: 347 m[29]
  • Area: 3200.56 km²[30]
  • Social media followers: 14,323[31], 15,198[32]
  • Economy of topic: economy of Greater Sudbury[33]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Greater Sudbury include Sudbury Basin[34], an impact crater[35], in Canada[36], founded in -1850000000[37] and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory[38], a neutrino detector[39], in Canada[40].

Why It Matters

Greater Sudbury has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include Sudbury Basin[34], an impact crater[35], in Canada[36], founded in -1850000000[37] and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory[38], a neutrino detector[39], in Canada[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Peterborough Examiner. thepeterboroughexaminer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Peterborough Examiner. thepeterboroughexaminer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Canada 2016 Census. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Canada 2016 Census. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Canada 2021 Census. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8h ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist place id → 27587, 128249
    Sitelink count → 57
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'diq', 'el
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Inaturalist place id: 128249, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/100754531|Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (#100754531)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/390"
  2. 13w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Page banner → Sudbury Bridge of Nations Skyline Panorama - Wikivoyage Page
    Gnd id → —
    Instance of → single-tier municipality, city, census division of Canada
    Viaf id → —
    + 123 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: cityofgreatersudbury-62b82e, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
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