Sudbury (official name Greater Sudbury) is a city of approximately 160,000 people, located in Northern Ontario, Canada. It is Northern Ontario's largest city in both area and population, and a major retail and service centre for the region.

Sudbury is one of the coldest urban cities in Canada and in the World. However, summers can be rather warm with many days above 20 degrees. Spring and fall can be both warm and cold, and it is not uncommon to see significant accumulation of snow during these seasons. Winter is not the time to visit, with temperatures reaching -40ºC or below at times, and -20º to -39º quite often. However, if you do choose to come to Sudbury in the winter, dress extremely warm and avoid being outside for a long period of time.

Get in

By car
Sudbury is served by three major provincial highways.
 •  Highway 17 leads west to Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and western Canada, and east to North Bay, Ottawa and the province of Quebec. A 20 km stretch of Highway 17 within the city boundaries is freeway, but Sudbury currently has no freeway connections to other communities.
 •  Highway 69 leads south to Parry Sound, where it becomes the Highway 400 freeway to Toronto. (Highway 400 will eventually extend all the way to Sudbury; however, this construction is not currently expected to be completed until 2017.)
 •  Highway 144 leads north to Timmins.

By train
Sudbury is served by VIA Rail service, through the Sudbury Junction rail station.

By bus
Sudbury is served by Greyhound connections to Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto, each of which connects to other communities, and by Ontario Northland buses to Timmins and other Northern Ontario communities and south through Central Ontario to Toronto.

By plane
The Sudbury Airport (YSB) is served by Air Canada Jazz, which provides six daily flights in and out of Toronto's Pearson International Airport (YYZ), and Bearskin Airlines, which provides flights to and from Sault Ste. Marie, Ottawa, Kapuskasing, Thunder Bay, North Bay and Timmins. Connecting flights to other communities can be made at any of these other airports.

Get around

Sudbury Transit offers bus service within the city, operating from a central downtown terminal. The urban core of the city is served by lines that generally operate on the half hour during peak travel times, and on the hour late at night and on Sundays. More remote areas of the city are not served as frequently, but some bus service is available.

Attractions

 •  Science North  is a science education centre built atop an ancient earthquake fault on the shore of Lake Ramsey. Its distinctive snowflake shape has become one of Sudbury's famous landmarks. Features include an IMAX theatre, a butterfly gallery, a robotics lab, and interactive exhibits on geology, animal biology and other areas of science.
 •  The grounds of Science North are also home to the Cortina, a boat which offers cruise tours of the beautiful Lake Ramsey, which was once the world's largest lake contained entirely within the boundaries of a single city. (It lost this status in 2001, when the newly merged city of Greater Sudbury enclosed a larger lake.)
 •  Dynamic Earth  is an earth sciences exhibition, operated by Science North on a separate site. It is home to the Big Nickel, Sudbury's most famous landmark.
 •  Bell Park is a park and amphitheatre on the shore of Lake Ramsey. It is connected by a lakefront boardwalk to the Science North grounds.
 •  A number of pioneer heritage museums in the city show how Northern Ontario's earliest settlers lived. These include the Flour Mill Heritage Museum, the Copper Cliff Museum, the Anderson Farm Museum and the Capreol Prescott Museum.

Ecotourism
Sudbury is a ruggedly beautiful city, with many forests, lakes and rocky hills throughout the area.
 •  The A.Y. Jackson Scenic Lookout, named for the Canadian "Group of Seven" artist, provides a spectacular view of High Falls on the Onaping River off Highway 144, 43 kilometers northwest of downtown Sudbury. There is also a travel information centre and a picnic area. (705) 855-3326.
 •  The Kukagami Lodge  is a popular wilderness retreat just east of the city.
 •  The Lake Laurentian Conservation Area is a large parkland area in the south end of the city, with 55 kilometers of hiking, jogging, biking and ski trails for exploration. (705) 674-3271.

Culture
 •  The Art Gallery of Sudbury presents regular exhibitions of historical and contemporary Canadian art. 251 John Street, (705) 674-3271.
 •  La Galerie du Nouvel Ontario presents contemporary and experimental Canadian art, with a special focus on French Canadian artists. Elgin Street, (705) 673-4927.
 •  The Sudbury Symphony Orchestra performs concerts throughout the year. (705) 674-8381.
 •  The Sudbury Theatre Centre presents comedy and drama, including works by Canadian playwrights, throughout the year. Shaughnessy Street, (705) 674-8381.
 •  Cinéfest  is an annual film festival, the fourth largest in Canada, which presents a program of over 100 films each September.
 •  Le Théâtre du Nouvel Ontario presents comedy and drama by franco-ontarian and Québécois playwrights throughout the year. (705) 525-5606
 •  Northern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual festival of folk, blues and rock music each July in Bell Park.
 •  The Centre franco-ontarien de folklore is the world's largest collection of franco-ontarian books, documents and cultural heritage. 1169 Dollard Street, (705) 675-8986.

Education

Sudbury is home to three major postsecondary institutions.
 •  Laurentian University  is a bilingual university which offers primarily undergraduate programs, although some graduate degrees are available as well. The Northern Ontario School of Medicine , shared between Laurentian and Thunder Bay's Lakehead University, opened in September 2005.
 •  Cambrian College  is an English college of applied arts and technology.
 •  Collège Boréal  is a French college of applied arts and technology with several satellite campuses in other Ontario communities.

Shopping

Sudbury is Northern Ontario's major retail centre. Shopping areas include the Rainbow Value Centre, the downtown core, the Rio-Can Power Centre on the Kingsway, the New Sudbury Centre at the corner of Barrydowne and Lasalle, and the Four Corners at Regent and Paris Streets.