Population: 88,793 (in 2006) Land Area: 799.77 sq. km Population Density: 111.0 per sq. km

Welcome to the City of Sarnia, Ontario's beautiful Blue Water Country. Located on the south shore of Lake Huron, just across the St. Clair River from Eastern Michigan (U.S.A.), Sarnia offers small town friendliness and big city amenities. The City offers over 100 well maintained parks, beautiful waterfront parkland, twenty-four kilometres of all purpose trails, many more kilometres of lakefront beaches, award winning floral displays, fine dining and accommodations. Sarnia also features a temperate climate and a geographical location that is situated south of over 25% of the continental United States. These attributes make the perfect setting for residents and visitors to enjoy a wide range of activities that include recreational programs, amateur and professional sporting events, major entertainment and live theatre, protected marinas, boat cruises, sailboat races, cultural events, casinos, horse racing, fishing, sports tournaments, cross country skiing, skating and winter carnivals. When it comes to golf, Sarnia and area are home to over twelve of the finest public golf courses, all reasonably priced. If you enjoy gaming, you will discover that Sarnia has one of the finest harness horse racing tracks in Canada, complemented by over four hundred and fifty casino slot machines, and our neighbouring village has a full service Charity Casino containing hundreds of slots and a variety of gaming tables.

Not only a great place to play, Sarnia offers an excellent selection of primary and secondary schools as well as a highly recognized community college that offers programs such as business, fire sciences, health and community services, technology and applied sciences, skilled trade and apprenticeship, international studies, and computer sciences (many courses affiliated with universities in southern Ontario). Job opportunities are abundant and broad-based as Sarnia is home to major petro-chemical industries, call centres, automotive manufacturing, tourism, and much more. Even better, Sarnia boasts a competitive cost of living where there is an average annual personal income $46,000 and the average cost of a single-family home is $172,334.

Come for a visit and you'll want to live, work and play in Sarnia! We've got it all!

Website: http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/