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The
Detroit-Windsor region is an international urban area centered around the United States city of
Detroit, Michigan, and the Canadian city of
Windsor, Ontario. It is the world's largest international metropolitan area.
The Detroit-Windsor area covers the United States counties of
Lapeer,
Livingston,
Macomb,
Oakland,
St. Clair,
Wayne,
Genesee,
Washtenaw and
Monroe in
Michigan and the Canadian regions of
Chatham-Kent,
Essex and
Lambton counties in
Ontario. The region is sometimes defined to also include the greater
Toledo area in northwest Ohio, which adjoins Monroe County, Michigan; and the
London/Middlesex County area, which adjoins the Ontario counties of Kent and Lambton. Both London and Toledo have ties to Detroit sports, especially in baseball - both cities being home to minor league farm teams of the
Detroit Tigers.
Overview
The Detroit-Windsor region isn't recognized formally as a single metropolitan area by either the U.S. or Canadian governments. If it were, the region would be the eighth most populous
metropolitan area in
North America. Nevertheless, the communities have been historically tied by several partnerships and agreements, including the Detroit and Windsor Tunnel Corporation, the firm that's owned equally by the
City of Detroit and
City of Windsor and operates the
tunnel. The cities are historically linked through the rise of the auto industry in both countries due to the U.S.-Canadian
Auto Pact in the 1960s, and share geo-political concerns affecting transportation and shared resources, such as the
Detroit River. Many federal, state and provincial bi-national agreements effecting trade and border security also link the region. Today, increasing governmental co-operation is being formalized. The
Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC), a bi-national effort made up of Michigan, U.S. and Ontario, Canada officials to recommend the location of a new or expanded crossing of the Detroit River and the joint
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and
U.S. Coast Guard Shiprider program of marine border security are examples. The increasing interdependence of Detroit-Windsor was recognized by U.S. regional business and government in
2007 when Windsor Mayor
Eddie Francis was invited to take part in, and speak at, the annual
Mackinac Policy Conference, a committee of regional business and political leaders, developed to address the economic and quality of life issues that matter most to
Southeast Michigan.
Economy
Detroit is the center of a manufacturing powerhouse and home to the
Big Three automobile companies. As a result, Windsor is home to the Daimler-Chrysler Canadian Headquarters and car plants for the "Big Three." While the inner city of Detroit has experienced economic difficulties over the years, the affluent suburbs are magnets for immigrants, wealth, and population growth. Windsor's economy is reliant on the automotive industry, but has diversified. As an example,
Casino Windsor, the largest in
Canada, attracts visitors from the
metro Detroit region. In fact,
Kwame Kilpatrick stated that Detroit is transitioning "from a manufacturing economy to a casino economy" in his re-election campaign. Casino Windsor has major expansion plans and renovations and
MGM Grand Detroit announced in March 2007 they were recruiting a thousand new employees for their permanent hotel and casino opening late 2007.
Many people commute across the Detroit-Windsor International border daily. Professions identified in the
1988 Free Trade Act are permitted
TN Visas for legal work in the United States and Canada. As an example, a large number of nurses in Detroit hospitals are Canadians living in Windsor. One of the nation's largest law firms, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone P.L.C., has offices in both Windsor and Detroit. The U.S dollar is readily accepted as currency in Windsor.
A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the region and $13 billion in annual production depend on the Detroit-Windsor international
border crossing. With many new businesses in the suburbs, the region is competitive in
emerging technologies including biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology, cognotechnology, and hydrogen fuel cell development. Incentives to bring more suburban companies to downtown Detroit include a wireless Internet zone, heavy infrastructure, the NextEnergy center, business tax incentives, entertainment, an International Riverfront, and residential high rises.
Demographics
Together, the two metropolitan areas have a population of almost 6,000,000 people, with 5.4 million in the Detroit area, 375,000 people in Essex County (
Windsor), 125,000 in Lambton County (
Sarnia), and 110,000 in
Chatham-Kent, Ontario. It is the largest border region in the world (now that
Hong Kong has been returned to
China). (
Rome, which surrounds
Vatican City, isn't far behind, however, with some 5,400,000 people living in its metropolitan area.) The
Detroit side contains over one-half of the population of
Michigan, whereas Windsor and Sarnia contain only two percent of Ontario's population. An estimated 46 million people, nearly 16% of the U.S. population, live within a 480 km (300 mile) radius of the area, with other metropolitan areas within this radius, such as
Toronto, Ontario;
Hamilton, Ontario;
Buffalo, New York;
Cleveland, Ohio;
Toledo, Ohio;
Columbus, Ohio;
Cincinnati, Ohio;
Northern Kentucky;
Grand Rapids, Michigan;
London, Ontario;
Flint, Michigan;
Saginaw, Michigan;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and
Chicago, Illinois.
While about four-fifths of the population of
Metro Detroit lives outside the city itself, Windsor has a balanced population between the city of Windsor itself and the rest of Essex County. There are over 50 different communities within Metro Detroit, all ranging in population from the hundreds to the hundreds of thousands. Windsor's CMA, however, has only eight official municipalities (with Windsor being a recent
separated municipality), consisting of
LaSalle (pop. 25,000),
Tecumseh (pop. 25,000),
Amherstburg (pop. 20,000),
Leamington (pop. 30,000),
Kingsville (pop. 20,000),
Essex (pop. 20,000),
Lakeshore (pop. 30,000),
Pelee Island (1,000) and of course Windsor (pop. 226,000). Within each of these municipalities lie several smaller communities that serve as bedroom communities for Windsor's working force. Windsor has recently been given a boost by immigration. However, Detroit itself has less than half of its peak population.
Photo gallery
Image:Sunsetandfullbridge.JPG|The Ambassador Bridge in the setting sun connects Windsor with Detroit.
Image:Ambassadorbridgefrombase.jpg|The bridge is each nation's main trade artery.
Image:LadydipperDetroitRiverswimmer.jpg|Windsor's Riverfront walk is lined with sculpture and the "best" views of Detroit's skyline.
Image:TunnelBusWindsor.jpg|A city bus that crosses the U.S-Canada border over fifty times a day where a route transfer agreement allow a DDOT, SMART or Transit Windsor rider free transfers across the international routes.
Image:WindsorGilesandVictoriacorner.jpg|Windsor and Detroit share architectural similarities. This building is on Giles Boulevard in Windsor...
Image:DetroitWoodwardMcLeancorner.jpg|...this apartment is located on Woodward and McLean in Detroit.
Image:WindsorCanadianDeadVietnamwar.jpg|Canada didn't support the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, yet the City of Windsor allowed for a waterfront memorial to Canadians lost fighting with the American forces.
Image:WindsorWillsteadManorAlbertKahn.jpg|Albert Kahn, known as "the architect of Detroit" designed Willistead Manor in Windsor.
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