FORM 18-K/A
           For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
           __________________________________________________________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                              AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
                                 ANNUAL REPORT
                                       of
                              PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
                                    (Canada)
                              (Name of Registrant)
                             ______________________

                 Date of end of last fiscal year: March 31, 2008

                             SECURITIES REGISTERED*
                      (As of the close of the fiscal year)

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Title of Issue             Amounts as to which               Names of exchanges
                           registration is effective         on which registered
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N/A                        N/A                               N/A
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          Name and address of persons authorized to receive notices and
           communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:

                             Vera Nicholas-Gervais
                             Head of the Provincial
                  Territorial and Parliamentary Affairs Section
                                Canadian Embassy
                          501 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
                             Washington, D.C. 20001

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                                   Copies to:
                             Christopher J. Cummings
                             Shearman & Sterling LLP
                       Commerce Court West, 199 Bay Street
                            Suite 4405, P.O. Box 247
                        Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5L IE8


* The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis.





                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

          In  connection  with  the  issuance  by the  Province  of  Ontario  of
     US$2,000,000,000  2.625%  Bonds  due  January  20,  2012,  the  undersigned
     registrant hereby amends its Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year
     ended March 31, 2008 (the "Annual Report") as follows:

     The following additional exhibits are added to the Annual Report:

     Exhibit  (f)   Fiscal  Agency  Agreement,  dated as of  January  21,  2009,
                    including the form of Bonds;  Underwriting Agreement,  dated
                    as of January 13, 2009, including the names and addresses of
                    the  Underwriters;  Opinion  of  the  Legal  Counsel,  Legal
                    Services  Branch,  Ministry  of Finance of the  Province  of
                    Ontario, including a consent relating thereto, in respect of
                    the legality of the Bonds; and Schedule of Expenses.





                                   SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,the
registrant  has duly caused this  amendment to the annual report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, at Toronto, Ontario.

                                    PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
                                    (Name of registrant)



January 21, 2009                 By:   /s/ Irene Stich
                                    ___________________________________________
                                    Name:  Irene Stich
                                    Title: Director, Capital Markets Operations
                                           Capital Markets Division
                                           Ontario Financing Authority





                                 Exhibit Index



Exhibit (f)    Fiscal Agency Agreement,  dated as of January 21, 2009, including
               the form of Bonds;  Underwriting  Agreement,  dated as of January
               13, 2009,  including the names and addresses of the Underwriters;
               Opinion of the Legal Counsel, Legal Services Branch,  Ministry of
               Finance of the Province of Ontario,  including a consent relating
               thereto, in respect of the legality of the Bonds; and Schedule of
               Expenses.















                                                                      CONFORMED COPY





                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO


                                US$2,000,000,000


                        2.625% BONDS DUE JANUARY 20, 2012



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                             FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT

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                          Dated as of January 21, 2009





                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO


     FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT dated as of January 21, 2009,  between the Province
of Ontario  (the  "Province")  and The Bank of New York  Mellon,  a  corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as fiscal agent,
transfer agent, registrar and principal paying agent.

     1.  Underwriting  Agreement.  The  Province  entered  into an  underwriting
agreement dated as of January 13, 2009 (the  "Underwriting  Agreement") with the
several  underwriters  listed on Schedule II thereto providing for the issue and
sale by the Province of  US$2,000,000,000  aggregate  principal amount of 2.625%
Bonds due January 20, 2012 (the "Bonds").

     2. Appointment of Registrar;  Paying Agents; Additional Transfer Agent. (a)
The Province hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon,  at present having its
principal office at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, in the Borough
of Manhattan,  the City and State of New York, as fiscal agent,  transfer agent,
registrar  and  principal  paying agent of the Province for the Bonds,  upon the
terms and conditions set forth herein.  The Bank of New York Mellon accepts such
appointments,  and along with its  successors  as such  fiscal  agent,  transfer
agent,  registrar and principal  paying agent is hereinafter  referred to as the
"Registrar".

     (b) The  Province  may from  time to time  appoint  one or more  additional
agents  (hereinafter  called a "Paying  Agent" or the "Paying  Agents")  for the
payment (subject to the applicable laws and regulations) of the principal of and
interest and  Additional  Amounts (as defined in the terms and conditions of the
Bonds),  if any,  on the  Bonds at such  place or  places  as the  Province  may
determine  pursuant  to a written  paying  agency  agreement  (a "Paying  Agency
Agreement").  In  addition,  the  Province,  with  the  acknowledgement  of  the
Registrar,  hereby  appoints  The Bank of New York  Mellon,  One Canada  Square,
London EI4 5AL, England, as its initial Paying Agent in the United Kingdom,  and
The Bank of New York Mellon  accepts such  appointment.  The Province may at any
time terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent provided,  however,  (i) that
for so long as the Bonds are  admitted  to the  Official  List of the  Financial
Services  Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's  Regulated
Market  and the  rules of such  stock  exchange  or the  rules of the  Financial
Services Authority (UK) so require, the Province will maintain a paying agent in
the United Kingdom, and (ii) that the Province will maintain a paying agent in a
Member  State of the  European  Union that will not be obliged  to  withhold  or
deduct tax pursuant to the European Council Directive  regarding the taxation of
savings income  (Directive  2003/48/EC) (the "Directive") or any other directive
implementing  the  conclusions of the ECOFIN  Council  meeting of 26-27 November
2000 or any law  implementing  or  complying  with,  or  introduced  in order to
conform to, such directive.  The Province will keep the Registrar informed as to
the name,  address,  and telephone  and  facsimile  numbers of each Paying Agent
appointed by it and will notify the Registrar of the  resignation  of any Paying
Agent.  The Registrar  shall arrange with each Paying Agent for the payment,  as
provided  herein,  of the principal of and interest and Additional  Amounts,  if
any, on the Bonds on terms approved by the Province  (further  references herein
to  principal  and  interest  shall be  deemed to also  refer to any  Additional
Amounts).

     (c) The  Province  may from  time to time  appoint  one or more  additional
agents for the  processing  of  applications  for  registration  of  transfer or
exchange of fully registered Bonds in definitive form  (hereinafter  referred to
as an "Additional  Transfer Agent" or "Additional Transfer Agents" and, together
with the  Registrar,  in its  capacity as transfer  agent of the  Province,  the
"Transfer  Agents" or  individually  a "Transfer  Agent")  pursuant to a written
transfer agency agreement (a "Transfer Agency  Agreement").  The Province may at
any time  terminate  the  appointment  of any  Additional  Transfer  Agent.  The
Province will keep the Registrar  informed as to the name, address and telephone
and facsimile numbers of each Additional Transfer Agent appointed by it and will
notify the Registrar of the resignation or termination of the appointment of any
Additional Transfer Agent.

     3. Form. (a) The Bonds shall  initially be issued in the form of four fully
registered   global   certificates   without  coupons  (such  registered  global
certificates and any registered global  certificate or certificates  issued upon
any transfer or exchange  thereof or in  replacement  therefor  are  hereinafter
referred to as the "Global Bonds").  The Global Bonds shall be registered in the
name of Cede &  Co., as nominee of The Depository  Trust Company ("DTC") and
held by The Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for DTC ("DTC  Custodian").  As
long as DTC or its  respective  nominee is the  registered  holder of the Global
Bonds,  it will be considered the sole owner and registered  holder of the Bonds
for all purposes hereunder and under the Global Bonds. None of the Province, the
Registrar or any Paying Agent will have any  responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records  relating to or payments  made by DTC,  CDS  Clearing  and
Depository  Services Inc.,  Euroclear Bank  S.A./N.V.,  or Clearstream  Banking,
societe anonyme on account of beneficial  interests in the Global Bonds.  Except
as provided in Section 6 hereof,  owners of  beneficial  interests in the Global
Bonds will not be entitled to have Bonds  registered  in their  names,  will not
receive or be entitled to receive Bonds in definitive  registered  form and will
not be considered  registered  holders thereof under this Agreement.  The Global
Bonds will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

     (b) All Bonds  (including  the Global Bonds) shall be executed on behalf of
the  Province  by the  signature,  manual or in  facsimile,  of the  Minister of
Finance  or the  manual  signature  of any one of (i)  the  Deputy  Minister  of
Finance, or (ii) the Chief Executive Officer,  the Executive  Director,  Capital
Markets Division or any Director,  Capital Markets Division,  all of the Ontario
Financing  Authority,  and shall be sealed with the manual or facsimile  seal of
the  Minister of Finance.  In the event that any  official of the  Province  who
shall have  signed or whose  facsimile  signature  shall  appear upon any of the
Bonds shall cease to hold such office before the Bonds so signed shall  actually
have been authenticated, registered or delivered, such Bonds nevertheless may be
authenticated, registered and delivered with the same force and effect as though
such  person who signed  such  Bonds had not ceased to be such  official  of the
Province.

     4. Authentication. The Registrar shall, upon receipt of Bonds duly executed
and sealed on behalf of the Province  together with a written order or orders to
authenticate  and deliver  Bonds in a stated  aggregate  principal  amount,  (i)
authenticate  and register not more than the said aggregate  principal amount of
Bonds and deliver  them in  accordance  with the written  order or orders of the
Province  and  (ii)  thereafter  authenticate,  register  and  deliver  Bonds in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 8 of this Agreement.  Except
as described in Section 9(d) hereof,  the total amount of the Bonds to be issued
and  outstanding  at any time,  whether in the form of Global  Bonds or Bonds in
definitive  registered form, issued in exchange for the Global Bonds,  shall not
exceed  US$2,000,000,000  in  aggregate  principal  amount,  plus the  aggregate
principal amount of any additional Bonds issued by the Province  pursuant to any
supplement hereto in accordance with Section 15 of this Agreement.

     5. Registration,  Transfers and Exchanges.  (a) The Registrar,  as agent of
the Province for such purpose,  shall at all times keep at its principal  office
in the  Borough of  Manhattan,  the City and State of New York,  a  register  or
registers  (hereinafter  the "Register" or "Registers") for the registration and
registration  of transfers and exchanges of Bonds, in which shall be entered the
names and addresses of the registered  holders of Bonds and the principal amount
of and other particulars of the Bonds held by them. Subject to Section 6 hereof,
upon  surrender  for  registration  of transfer of any Bond at said office,  the
Registrar  shall  authenticate,  register  and  deliver,  in  the  name  of  the
transferee or  transferees,  a new Bond or Bonds for a like aggregate  principal
amount.  Subject to Section 6 hereof,  upon surrender of any Bond at said office
for  exchange,  the  Registrar  shall  authenticate,  register and  deliver,  in
exchange  for such Bond, a new Bond or new Bonds of the  appropriate  authorized
denomination(s) and for a like aggregate principal amount in accordance with the
provisions of the Bonds. The Province and the Registrar shall not be required to
make any  exchange of Bonds if as a result  thereof,  the  Province  would incur
adverse tax or other similar  consequences  under the laws or regulations of any
jurisdiction in effect at the time of the exchange.

     (b) All  new  Bonds  authenticated  and  delivered  by the  Registrar  upon
registration of transfer or in exchange for Bonds of other  denominations  shall
be so dated  that  neither  gain nor loss of  interest  shall  result  from such
registration of transfer or exchange.

     (c) All Bonds  presented  or  surrendered  for  registration  of  transfer,
exchange or payment shall be accompanied by a written  instrument or instruments
of  transfer  in  form  satisfactory  to the  Registrar,  duly  executed  by the
registered  holder or its  attorney  duly  authorized  in  writing  and with the
signatures  thereon duly guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having
its  principal  office  in the City of New  York or by a member  of the New York
Stock Exchange.

     (d) The Registrar and each  Additional  Transfer Agent shall not impose any
service charge on the registered  holder on any such registration of transfer or
exchange of Bonds in the normal  course of business;  however,  the Province may
require of the party  requesting  such  transfer  or  exchange,  as a  condition
precedent to the exercise of any right of transfer or exchange contained in this
Agreement or in the Bonds, the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or
other tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

     (e) The Province, the Registrar and any Paying Agent or Additional Transfer
Agent may treat the person in whose name any Bond is  registered as the absolute
owner of such Bond for the  purpose of  receiving  payment of  principal  of and
interest on such Bond,  and all other purposes  whatsoever,  whether or not such
Bond be overdue,  and none of the Province,  the Registrar,  any Paying Agent or
any  Additional  Transfer  Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary
and any such payment shall be a good and  sufficient  discharge to the Province,
the Registrar and any Paying Agent or Additional  Transfer  Agent for the amount
so paid.

     (f) The  Registrar  shall not be  required  to  register  any  transfer  or
exchange of Bonds (and any  Additional  Transfer  Agent shall not be required to
accept presentment of fully registered Bonds in definitive form for registration
of transfer or exchange by the Registrar) during the period (i) from the Regular
Record Date (as defined in the Bonds) to the  Interest  Payment Date (as defined
in the Bonds) or (ii) from the close of business on the  fifteenth day preceding
the date of early redemption of the Bonds (the "Redemption  Record Date") to the
date of early redemption of the Bonds (the "Redemption  Date"). For the purposes
of any interest payment made in accordance with Section 7(b) or (c) hereof, such
payment shall be made to those  persons in whose names the Bonds are  registered
on such Regular Record Date or Redemption Record Date.

     (g) Each  Additional  Transfer  Agent,  as agent of the  Province  for such
purpose,  shall maintain an office in its jurisdiction at which fully registered
Bonds in  definitive  form may be  presented  for  registration  of  transfer or
exchange by the Registrar in accordance  with this  Agreement.  Each  Additional
Transfer Agent shall  promptly  forward to the Registrar all such Bonds received
by it, together with the written  instrument or instruments of transfer referred
to above.

     6. Special  Provisions  Relating to the Global Bonds. (a) Unless any Global
Bond is presented by an authorized  representative  of DTC to the Province,  the
Registrar or their respective  agents for registration of transfer,  exchange or
payment,  and any replacement  Global Bond issued is registered in the name of a
nominee of DTC as requested by such authorized representative and any payment is
made to such  nominee of DTC,  any  transfer,  pledge or other use of the Global
Bonds for value or  otherwise  shall be  wrongful  since the  registered  holder
thereof has an interest therein.

     (b) Except as  provided in this  subparagraph,  Bonds will not be issued in
definitive  registered form. If at any time DTC notifies the Province that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as depository  for the Global Bonds or if at any
time DTC  ceases to be a clearing  agency  registered  under the  United  States
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise ceases to be eligible
to be a  depositary,  the Province  shall  appoint a successor  depositary  with
respect to the Global Bonds.  If a successor  depositary for the Global Bonds is
not  appointed  by the Province  within a  reasonable  period after the Province
receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility,  the Province shall
execute and seal Bonds in definitive  registered  form, and the Registrar,  upon
receipt  thereof,  shall  authenticate  and  deliver  such  Bonds in  definitive
registered form without coupons, in denominations determined by the Province and
of  US$5,000  and  integral  multiples  of  US$1,000  for  amounts  in excess of
US$5,000,  in an aggregate  principal  amount equal to the  aggregate  principal
amount of the Global Bonds as of the exchange date.

     The Province may at any time and in its sole  discretion  determine  not to
have any of the Bonds  held in the form of the Global  Bonds.  In such event the
Province  shall execute and seal Bonds in definitive  registered  form,  and the
Registrar,  upon receipt thereof,  shall  authenticate and deliver such Bonds in
definitive  registered form without coupons, in denominations  determined by the
Province  and of US$5,000  and  integral  multiples  of US$1,000  for amounts in
excess of US$5,000,  in an  aggregate  principal  amount equal to the  aggregate
principal amount of the Global Bonds as of the exchange date.

     Upon the  exchange of the Global Bonds for Bonds in  definitive  registered
form, the Registrar shall cancel such Global Bonds and shall reduce the holdings
of Cede &  Co. on the Register to nil. Bonds in definitive  registered  form
issued in  exchange  for the Global  Bonds  pursuant  to this  section  shall be
registered  in such names as DTC  pursuant  to  instructions  from its direct or
indirect  participants  or  otherwise,  shall  instruct  the  Registrar  or  the
Province.  The Registrar shall deliver such Bonds in definitive  registered form
to or as directed by the persons in whose names such definitive registered Bonds
are  so  registered   and,  to  the  extent   reasonably   practicable   in  the
circumstances,  shall direct all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds in
definitive  registered  form to the registered  holders thereof on or after such
exchange  regardless of whether such exchange occurred after the record date for
such payment.

     All Bonds in  definitive  registered  form issued upon the  exchange of the
Global Bonds shall be valid  obligations  of the Province,  evidencing  the same
debt, entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same terms and conditions
(except  insofar as they  relate  specifically  to a Global  Bond) as the Global
Bonds surrendered upon such exchange.

     7. Payment. (a) The Province will pay to the Registrar,  in same day funds,
in such coin or  currency  of the  United  States of  America  as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private  debts,  to an account
to be specified by the Registrar,  on the day on which the same shall become due
(or the next succeeding  Business Day if such due date falls upon a day which is
not a Business Day as defined  below,  unless such next  following  Business Day
falls in the next  succeeding  calendar month, in which case the related payment
will be made on the  immediately  preceding  Business Day as if made on the date
such  payment was due),  all amounts to be paid on the Bonds for  principal  and
interest on that date as required  by the terms of the Bonds,  and the  Province
hereby  authorizes and directs the  Registrar,  from the funds so paid to it, to
make payment of the principal and interest in respect of the Bonds in accordance
with their terms and the  provisions  set forth below.  For the purposes of this
Section 7(a),  "Business Day" means a day on which banking  institutions  in the
City of New  York,  in the City of  London  and in the City of  Toronto  are not
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

     (b) Payment of principal  and interest on the Global Bonds shall be made by
the  Registrar  to Cede  &  Co.,  as  nominee  of DTC,  in same day funds in
accordance with procedures agreed to between the Registrar and DTC.

     (c) Payment of principal in respect of Bonds in definitive  registered form
issued  pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof  shall be made against  surrender at the
office of the Registrar in the Borough of  Manhattan,  the City and State of New
York or at the office of any Paying  Agent  appointed  by the  Province for such
purpose  pursuant  to  this  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  and  any  Paying  Agency
Agreement.  Payment of interest due prior to or on the  Maturity  Date or on any
Redemption  Date will be made by  forwarding  by post or otherwise  delivering a
cheque to the registered  addresses of registered  holders of Bonds,  or, at the
option of the Province,  otherwise  transferring funds to the registered holders
of the  Bonds.  Such  cheque  shall be dated the due date for  payment  and made
payable  to the  order  of the  registered  holder  or,  in the  case  of  joint
registered holders, to the order of all such joint holders (failing instructions
from them to the  contrary) and shall be sent to the address of that one of such
joint  holders  whose name  stands  first in the  register  as one of such joint
holders. The Registrar shall mail or otherwise deliver such cheques to the names
and  addresses of  registered  holders of Bonds  sufficiently  in advance of the
relevant due date for payment that receipt of such cheques by registered holders
on or before the due date is reasonably assured.

     (d) All moneys paid to the Registrar  under Section 7(a) of this  Agreement
shall be held by it in a separate  account  from the  moment  when such money is
received until the time of actual payment,  in trust for the registered  holders
of Bonds to be applied by the Registrar to payments due on the Bonds at the time
and in the manner provided for in this Agreement and the Bonds, provided that if
the Registrar  shall fail to duly make any such payment due on the Bonds and, as
a result of such failure, the Province otherwise duly makes such payments to the
registered holders of Bonds, the Registrar shall thereupon hold such moneys paid
to it under Section 7(a) in trust for the Province. Any money deposited with the
Registrar  for the payment of the  principal  or interest in respect of any Bond
remaining  unclaimed for two years after such  principal or interest  shall have
become due and payable shall be repaid to the Province without interest, and the
registered  holder of a Bond may  thereafter  look only to the  Province for any
payment to which such holder may be entitled.

     8. Mutilated,  Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Bond Certificates. (a) If any Bond
certificate is mutilated,  defaced,  destroyed,  stolen or lost, application for
replacement  shall be made to the  Registrar  who shall  promptly  transmit such
application  to the  Province.  Such  application  shall be  accompanied  by the
mutilated or defaced  certificate or proof,  satisfactory to the Province in its
discretion,  of the  destruction,  theft  or loss of the  certificate,  and upon
receipt by the Province of an indemnity  satisfactory  to it, the Province shall
execute a new certificate of like tenor, and upon written  instructions from the
Province,  the  Registrar  shall  thereupon  cancel  the  mutilated  or  defaced
certificate  and adjust the Register to reflect the  cancellation,  destruction,
theft or loss of a certificate,  as the case may be, and authenticate,  register
and deliver  such new  certificate  in  exchange  for the  mutilated  or defaced
certificate or in substitution  for the destroyed,  stolen or lost  certificate.
Such  replacement  certificate  shall be so dated that  neither gain nor loss in
interest will result from such exchange or substitution. All expenses associated
with  procuring  any  indemnity  and with the  preparation,  authentication  and
delivery of a replacement  certificate will be borne by the registered holder of
the mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond certificate.

     (b) Whenever any Bond  alleged to have been lost,  stolen or destroyed  for
which a  replacement  Bond has been issued is  presented to the  Registrar,  any
Paying Agent or any Additional  Transfer Agent for payment on the Maturity Date,
the Redemption Date or for registration of transfer or exchange,  the Registrar,
the Paying Agent or the  Additional  Transfer  Agent,  as the case may be, shall
immediately notify the Province in respect thereof and shall deal with such Bond
only in accordance with the Province's instructions.

     9. Maturity,  Redemption and Purchases.  (a) Unless previously redeemed for
tax reasons as provided in the terms and conditions of the Bonds, or repurchased
by the Province, as provided below, the principal amount of the Bonds is due and
payable on January 20, 2012 (the "Maturity Date").

     (b) In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bonds,  upon receipt
of a notice to redeem and a  certificate  of the  Province,  as set forth in the
Bonds,  not less than 30 days and no more than 60 days  prior to the  Redemption
Date,  the  Registrar  shall cause to be published,  in accordance  with Section
19(b) hereof, on behalf of the Province a notice of redemption stating:  (i) the
Redemption Date; (ii) the redemption  price; and (iii) if applicable,  the place
or places of surrender of the Bonds to be redeemed.

     (c) The  Province  may,  if not in default  under the  Bonds,  at any time,
purchase  Bonds in the open market,  or by tender or by private  contract at any
price,  in accordance  with applicable law and may cause the Registrar to cancel
any Bonds so purchased.

     (d) If the Province  elects to cancel any Bonds  purchased by it when Bonds
have been issued in the form of a Global Bond,  it may require the  Registrar to
register such  cancellation  and to reduce the outstanding  aggregate  principal
amount of the Global Bonds in accordance  with the regular  procedures of DTC in
effect at such time.

     10. Cancellation and Destruction.  All Bonds which are paid on the Maturity
Date or the Redemption  Date, or  surrendered  for  registration  of transfer or
exchange for other  certificates or for  replacement,  shall be cancelled by the
Registrar who shall register such cancellation.  The Registrar shall, as soon as
practicable  after the date of  cancellation  of Bonds  under  this  section  or
Section  8(a)  or the  date  that  the  register  is  adjusted  to  reflect  the
destruction,  theft or loss of a  certificate  pursuant to Section  8(a) hereof,
furnish the  Province  with a  certificate  or  certificates  stating the serial
numbers and total number of Bonds that have been cancelled.  The Registrar shall
destroy all cancelled Bonds in accordance with the  instructions of the Province
and  shall  furnish  to  the  Province,  on  a  timely  basis,  certificates  of
destruction  stating the serial  numbers,  dollar  value and total number of all
Bonds destroyed hereunder.

     11. (a) Limit on Liability. In acting under this Agreement,  the Registrar,
any Paying Agent and any  Additional  Transfer Agent are acting solely as agents
of the Province and do not assume any  obligation or  relationship  of agency or
trust for or with any of the  registered  holders of the Bonds,  except that all
funds held by the Registrar,  any Paying Agent or Additional  Transfer Agent for
payment  of  principal  or  interest  shall be held in trust for the  registered
holders of Bonds as provided in this Agreement.

     (b) Rights and  Liabilities  of  Registrar.  The  Registrar  shall incur no
liability  for,  or in  respect  of, any  action  taken,  omitted to be taken or
suffered by it in reliance upon any Bond, certificate,  affidavit,  instruction,
notice,  request,  direction,  order,  statement  or other  paper,  document  or
communications  reasonably believed by it to be genuine. Any order, certificate,
affidavit,   instruction,   notice,  request,  direction,   statement  or  other
communication  from the  Province  made or given by it and  sent,  delivered  or
directed to the Registrar under,  pursuant to, or as permitted by, any provision
of this  Agreement  shall be sufficient  for purposes of this  Agreement if such
communication is in writing and signed by any authorized officer of the Province
or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

     (c) Right of Agent to Own Bonds. The Registrar, each Paying Agent, and each
Additional  Transfer  Agent,  and their officers,  directors and employees,  may
become  the  holder of, or acquire  any  interest  in, any Bonds,  with the same
rights that it or they would have if it were not the Registrar or a Paying Agent
or an  Additional  Transfer  Agent  hereunder,  or they were not such  officers,
directors or  employees,  and may engage or be  interested  in any  financial or
other transaction with the Province and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or
agent  for,  any  committee  or body of  registered  holders  of  Bonds or other
obligations  of the  Province  as  freely as if it were not the  Registrar  or a
Paying Agent or an  Additional  Transfer  Agent  hereunder or they were not such
officers, directors or employees.

     12.  Expenses  and  Indemnity.  (a)  In  connection  with  the  Registrar's
appointment  and  duties  as  Registrar,  the  Province  will pay the  Registrar
compensation  in an  amount  separately  agreed  upon  by the  Province  and the
Registrar.  The Province will  indemnify and hold harmless the  Registrar,  each
Paying Agent and each  Additional  Transfer  Agent against all claims,  actions,
demands,  damages,  costs,  losses or  liability  which may be  incurred  by the
Registrar, any Paying Agent or any Additional Transfer Agent by reason of, or in
connection with, the Registrar's,  any Paying Agent's or any Additional Transfer
Agent's appointment and duties as such, except as such result from any negligent
act or omission,  bad faith or wilful  misconduct of the  Registrar,  any Paying
Agent or any Additional Transfer Agent or their respective directors,  officers,
employees or agents.  In  addition,  the Province  will (i)  indemnify  and hold
harmless  the DTC  Custodian  on the same basis as  aforesaid  in respect of its
duties as  custodian  for DTC but only to the  extent the DTC  Custodian  is not
otherwise  entitled to be  indemnified  or held harmless by DTC, and (ii) shall,
pursuant  to  arrangements  separately  agreed  upon  by the  Province  and  the
Registrar,  transfer  to the  Registrar,  upon  presentation  of  substantiating
documentation  satisfactory to the Province, amounts sufficient to reimburse the
Registrar for certain  out-of-pocket  expenses  reasonably incurred by it and by
any Paying  Agent in  connection  with their  services.  The  obligation  of the
Province under this paragraph shall survive payment of the Bonds and resignation
or removal of the Registrar.

     (b) The  Registrar,  each Paying Agent and each  Additional  Transfer Agent
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Province against all claims,  actions,
demands,  damages,  costs,  losses and liabilities arising out of or relating to
any negligent act or omission,  bad faith or wilful misconduct of the Registrar,
such Paying Agent or such Additional  Transfer Agent, as the case may be, or its
respective  directors,  officers,  employees or agents.  The  obligations of the
Registrar,  each  Paying  Agent and each  Additional  Transfer  Agent under this
paragraph  shall survive  payment of the Bonds and resignation or removal of the
Registrar, each Paying Agent and each Additional Transfer Agent.

     (c) Each  indemnified  party shall give prompt notice to each  indemnifying
party of any action  commenced  against it in respect of which  indemnity may be
sought  under this  Agreement  but failure to so notify any  indemnifying  party
shall not  relieve it from any  liability  which it may have  otherwise  than on
account of this  indemnity.  An  indemnifying  party may  participate at its own
expense in the defence of such action.  If it so elects within a reasonable time
after receipt of such notice,  an  indemnifying  party may assume the defence of
such action with legal  advisors  chosen by it and  approved by the  indemnified
party defendant in such action, unless such indemnified party reasonably objects
to such  assumption on the ground that there may be legal defences  available to
it  which  are  different  from  or in  addition  to  those  available  to  such
indemnifying  party,  but an  indemnifying  party  may  not  settle  any  action
commenced  against an  indemnified  party  without  the  written  consent of the
indemnified  party.  In order to be entitled to an  indemnity  with respect to a
claim  hereunder,  an  indemnified  party will not,  without  the prior  written
consent of the indemnifying  party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry
of any judgment with respect to such pending or threatened claim,  action,  suit
or proceeding in respect of which  indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnifying party is an actual or potential party
to such claim or action).  If an  indemnifying  party assumes the defence of any
such action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable for any fees or expenses
of the legal advisors of the indemnified party incurred thereafter in connection
with such  action.  In no event shall the  indemnifying  party be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one legal  advisor for the  indemnified  party in
connection  with any one action or  separate  but  similar  or  related  actions
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.

     13. (a) Successor  Registrar.  The Province  agrees that there shall at all
times be a Registrar  hereunder and that the registrar  shall be a bank or trust
company  organized  and doing  business  under the laws of the United  States of
America  or of the State of New York,  in good  standing  and  having a place of
business  in the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  the City and State of New  York,  and
authorized  under such laws to exercise  corporate trust powers,  provided,  the
Province may choose to act at any time as its own fiscal agent,  transfer agent,
registrar and principal paying agent.

     The Registrar  shall not transfer or assign this  Agreement or any interest
or  obligation  herein  without  the  Province's  prior  written  consent.   Any
corporation  into which the Registrar  hereunder may be merged or converted,  or
any corporation with which the Registrar may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger,  conversion or  consolidation  to which the Registrar
shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the  Registrar,  provided  that it shall be qualified as  aforesaid,
shall be the successor  Registrar under this Agreement  without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
but subject to prior notice to and the prior written approval of the Province.

     (b)  Resignation.  The Registrar  may at any time resign by giving  written
notice to the  Province  of its  resignation,  specifying  the date on which its
resignation  shall become  effective (which shall not be less than 60 days after
the date on which such  notice is given  unless the  Province  shall  agree to a
shorter  period);  provided  that no such notice  shall expire less than 30 days
before or 30 days after the due date for any payment of principal or interest in
respect of the Bonds.  The  Province  may  remove the  Registrar  at any time by
giving written notice to the Registrar specifying the date on which such removal
shall become effective.  Such resignation or removal shall only take effect upon
the appointment by the Province of a successor Registrar and upon the acceptance
of such appointment by such successor Registrar.  Any Paying Agent or Additional
Transfer  Agent may resign or may be removed at any time upon like  notice,  and
the Province in any such case may appoint in substitution  therefor a new Paying
Agent or Paying  Agents or  Additional  Transfer  Agent or  Additional  Transfer
Agents.

     (c) Bankruptcy or Insolvency of Registrar. The appointment of the Registrar
hereunder shall forthwith  terminate,  whether or not notice of such termination
shall  have  been  given,  if at any time the  Registrar  becomes  incapable  of
performing its duties hereunder,  or is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or files
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or makes an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or consents to the  appointment  of a liquidator or receiver of all or
any  substantial  part of its property or admits in writing its inability to pay
or meet its debts as they mature or suspends payment thereof, or if a resolution
is passed or an order made for the winding up or  dissolution  of the Registrar,
or if a liquidator or receiver of the Registrar of all or any  substantial  part
of its property is appointed,  or if any order of any court is entered approving
any  petition  filed by or against  it under the  provisions  of any  applicable
bankruptcy or insolvency  law, or if any public  officer takes charge or control
of the Registrar or its property or affairs for the purposes of  rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation.

     (d)  Appointment  of  Successor.  Prior to the  effective  date of any such
resignation or removal of the Registrar, or if the Registrar shall become unable
to act as such or shall cease to be qualified as aforesaid,  the Province  shall
appoint a successor Registrar, qualified as aforesaid. Upon the appointment of a
successor  Registrar  and its  acceptance  of  such  appointment,  the  retiring
Registrar  shall,  at the  direction  of the  Province  and upon  payment of its
compensation and expenses then unpaid, deliver and pay over to its successor any
and all  securities,  money and any other  properties  then in its possession as
Registrar and shall thereupon cease to act hereunder.

     (e) Payment of Certain Registrar's Fees Upon Termination.  If the Registrar
resigns  pursuant  to Section  13(b) of this  Agreement  or ceases to act as the
Province's  fiscal  agent in respect of the Bonds  pursuant to Section  13(c) of
this  Agreement,  the Registrar  shall only be entitled to annual fees otherwise
payable to it under this Agreement on a pro rata basis for that period since the
most recent  anniversary of this Agreement  during which the Registrar has acted
as fiscal agent hereunder.  In the event that the Registrar ceases to act as the
Province's  fiscal  agent in  respect  of the Bonds for any  other  reason,  the
Registrar  shall be  entitled  to receive  the full  amount of the  annual  fees
payable to it in respect of the Bonds pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement.

     14. Meetings of Holders of Bonds. (a) The Registrar shall convene a meeting
of the registered  holders of the Bonds for any lawful purpose  affecting  their
interests upon receipt of a written request of the Province or a written request
signed in one or more  counterparts  by the registered  holders of not less than
10% of the  principal  amount  of the  Bonds  then  outstanding  and upon  being
indemnified as to its reasonable  satisfaction by the Province or the registered
holders of Bonds  signing such  request,  as the case may be,  against the costs
which may be  incurred  in  connection  with the  calling  and  holding  of such
meeting.  If the Registrar fails to give notice convening such meeting within 30
days  after  receipt  of  such  request  and  indemnity,  the  Province  or such
registered holders of Bonds, as the case may be, may convene such meeting. Every
such  meeting  shall be held in  Toronto,  Canada or such other  place as may be
approved or determined by the Province.

     (b) At  least  21  days'  notice  of any  meeting  shall  be  given  to the
registered holders of the Bonds in the manner provided pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Bonds and a copy thereof  shall be sent by prepaid  courier to
the Registrar  unless the meeting has been called by the  Registrar,  and to the
Province,  unless the meeting has been called by the Province. Such notice shall
state the time,  place and purpose of the meeting and the general  nature of the
business to be transacted  at the meeting,  and shall include a statement to the
effect that, prior to 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting, (i) in the
case of Bonds issued in the form of a Global Bond, those persons recorded in the
Register,  or (ii) in the limited  circumstances  in which  Bonds in  definitive
registered form have been issued,  those registered holders of Bonds who deposit
their Bonds with the Registrar or any other person  authorized  for such purpose
by  the  Registrar  or  the  Province,   shall  be  entitled  to  obtain  voting
certificates for appointing proxies (subject to such procedures and requirements
as the Province and the Registrar may prescribe),  but it shall not be necessary
for any such  notice to set out the terms of any  resolution  to be  proposed at
such meeting or any other provisions.

     (c) A registered  holder of Bonds may appoint any person by  instrument  in
writing as the holder's proxy in respect of a meeting of the registered  holders
of Bonds or any  adjournment  of such  meeting,  and such  proxy  shall have all
rights of the registered holder of Bonds in respect of such meeting. All written
notices to DTC of  meetings  shall  contain a  requirement  that the  registered
holders  of Bonds  must  notify  clearing  system  participants  and,  if known,
beneficial  owners  of  Bonds  of the  meeting  in  accordance  with  procedures
established from time to time by such clearing systems.  The registered  holders
of Bonds  shall seek  voting  instructions  on the  matters to be raised at such
meeting from the clearing system  participants or, if known, from the beneficial
owners of Bonds.

     (d) A  person,  who need  not be a  registered  holder  of  Bonds,  will be
nominated in writing by the  Registrar as  chairperson  of the meeting and if no
person is so nominated  or if the person so  nominated is not present  within 15
minutes  from the time fixed for the  holding  of the  meeting,  the  registered
holders of the Bonds  present in person or by proxy  shall  choose  some  person
present to be chairperson,  and failing such choice,  the Province may appoint a
chairperson.

     (e) At a meeting of registered  holders of Bonds, a quorum shall consist of
one or more  registered  holders  of Bonds  present  in  person  or by proxy who
represent  at least a  majority  in  principal  amount  of the Bonds at the time
outstanding. If a quorum of the registered holders of Bonds shall not be present
within one-half hour after the time fixed for holding any meeting,  the meeting,
if  convened  by or at the  request of  registered  holders  of Bonds,  shall be
dissolved,  but if otherwise  convened the meeting shall stand adjourned without
notice to the same day in the next week  (unless  such day is not a business day
in the place  where the  meeting is to take  place in which case it shall  stand
adjourned  until the next such  business day following  thereafter)  at the same
time and place  unless the  chairperson  appoints  some other  place in Toronto,
Ontario, or some other day or time of which not less than seven (7) days' notice
shall be given in the manner  provided  above.  At the adjourned  meeting one or
more registered  holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy shall constitute
a quorum and may  transact  the  business  for which the meeting was  originally
convened  notwithstanding  that they may not  represent  at least a majority  in
principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding.

     (f) The  chairperson  of any  meeting  at which a quorum of the  registered
holders of Bonds is present may, with the consent of the registered holder(s) of
a majority of principal  amount of the Bonds  represented  thereat,  adjourn any
such meeting and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice,
if any, as the meeting may prescribe.

     (g) Every  motion or question  submitted  to a meeting  shall be decided by
Extraordinary  Resolution (as defined below) and in the first place by the votes
given on a show of hands. At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as
herein  provided,  a declaration by the  chairperson  that a resolution has been
carried  or  carried  unanimously  or by a  particular  majority  or lost or not
carried  by a  particular  majority  shall be  conclusive  of the  fact.  On any
question submitted to a meeting when ordered by the chairperson or demanded by a
show of hands by one or more registered  holders of Bonds acting in person or by
proxy and holding at least 2% in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding,
a poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairperson shall direct.

     (h) On a poll,  each  registered  holder  of Bonds  present  in  person  or
represented  by a proxy duly  appointed  by an  instrument  in writing  shall be
entitled to one vote in respect of each  US$5,000  principal  amount of Bonds of
which the person shall then be the registered  holder  (calculated on a pro rata
basis for registered holders who hold Bonds in integral multiples of US$1,000 in
excess of US$5,000).  A proxy need not be a registered  holder of Bonds.  In the
case of Bonds held jointly,  any one of the joint registered  holders present in
person or by proxy may vote in the  absence of the other or others;  but in case
more than one of them be  present  in  person or by proxy,  only one of them may
vote in  respect of each  US$5,000  principal  amount of Bonds (or such  greater
amount of Bonds that is not an integral  multiple of US$5,000) of which they are
joint registered holders.

     (i) The Province and the Registrar,  by their  authorized  representatives,
officers and directors, and the financial and legal advisors of the Province and
the Registrar  may attend any meeting of the  registered  holders of Bonds,  but
shall have no vote as such.

     (j) Except as set forth in Section 18 hereof, the registered holders of the
Bonds  may  consent  by  Extraordinary  Resolution  (as  defined  below)  to any
modification  or amendment  proposed by the Province to this  Agreement  and the
Bonds.  An  Extraordinary  Resolution  duly passed at any such meeting  shall be
binding on all registered holders of Bonds,  whether present or not; however, no
such modification or amendment to this Agreement or the Bonds shall, without the
consent of the registered holder of each such Bond affected thereby;  (a) change
the Maturity Date of any Bond or change any Interest  Payment  Date;  (b) reduce
the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest payable thereon; (c) change
the coin or currency of payment of any Bond;  (d) impair the right to  institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or with respect to such Bond; or
(e) reduce the percentage of principal  amount of Bonds necessary for the taking
of any action,  including  modification  or amendment  of this  Agreement or the
terms and conditions of the Bonds,  or reduce the quorum required at any meeting
of registered holders of Bonds.

     The term "Extraordinary  Resolution" is defined as a resolution passed at a
meeting of registered holders of Bonds held in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the Bonds by the affirmative  vote of the registered  holders
of not less than 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Bonds represented at the
meeting in person or by proxy and voted on the resolution or as an instrument in
writing signed in one or more counterparts by the registered holders of not less
than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the outstanding Bonds.

     (k)  Minutes  of all  resolutions  and  proceedings  at  every  meeting  of
registered  holders  of Bonds held in  accordance  with the  provisions  of this
Agreement  shall be made and  entered in books to be from time to time  provided
for that  purpose by the  Registrar  at the expense of the Province and any such
minutes,  if signed by the chairperson of the meeting at which such  resolutions
were passed or proceedings  taken,  or by the chairperson of the next succeeding
meeting of the registered holders of Bonds, shall be prima facie evidence of the
matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting, in
respect of the  proceedings  of which  minutes  shall  have been made,  shall be
deemed to have  been duly held and  convened,  and all  resolutions  passed  and
proceedings taken thereat to have been duly passed and taken.

     (l) Every Extraordinary Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions
of this  Agreement at a meeting of registered  holders of Bonds shall be binding
upon all the registered holders of Bonds, whether present at or absent from such
meeting,  and every instrument in writing signed by registered  holders of Bonds
in  accordance  with  paragraph (j) of this Section 14 shall be binding upon all
the  registered  holders of Bonds  (whether or not a signatory).  Subject to the
provisions for its indemnity herein  contained,  the Registrar shall be bound to
give effect accordingly to every such Extraordinary Resolution.

     (m) The Registrar, or the Province with the approval of the Registrar,  may
from time to time make, and from time to time vary, such regulations as it shall
from time to time deem fit:

     (i) for the deposit of instruments  appointing proxies at such place as the
Registrar,  the Province or the registered holders of Bonds convening a meeting,
as the case may be, may in the notice convening such meeting direct; and

     (ii) for the deposit of  instruments  appointing  proxies at some  approved
place or places  other  than the place at which  the  meeting  is to be held and
enabling particulars of such instruments appointing proxies to be mailed, cabled
or sent by any other means of recorded  communication  before the meeting to the
Province or to the  Registrar  at the place where the same is to be held and for
the voting of proxies so deposited  as though the  instruments  themselves  were
produced at the meeting.

     Any  regulation  so made shall be binding and  effective and votes given in
accordance  therewith  shall  be  valid  and  shall  be  counted.  Save  as such
regulations  may  provide,  the only  persons who shall be entitled to vote at a
meeting of registered  holders of Bonds shall be the registered  holders thereof
or their duly appointed proxies.

     15. Further Issues.  The Province may from time to time,  without notice to
or the consent of the registered holders of the Bonds,  create and issue further
bonds  ranking  pari passu with the Bonds in all  respects  (or in all  respects
except for the  payment  of  interest  accruing  prior to the issue date of such
further  bonds or except for the first  payment of interest  following the issue
date of such further bonds) and so that such further bonds shall be consolidated
and form a single  series  with the Bonds and  shall  have the same  terms as to
status,  redemption or otherwise as the Bonds. Any further bonds shall be issued
with the benefit of an agreement supplemental to this Agreement.

     16.  Reports.  The Registrar  shall furnish to the Province such reports as
may be required by the Province  relative to the Registrar's  performance  under
this Agreement. The Province may, whenever it deems it necessary,  inspect books
and records maintained by the Registrar pursuant to this Agreement, if any.

     17.  Forwarding  of Notice.  If the  Registrar  shall receive any notice or
demand  addressed to the Province  pursuant to the provisions of the Bonds,  the
Registrar shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Province.

     18. Amendments. This Agreement and the Bonds may be amended or supplemented
by the parties hereto, without notice to or the consent of the registered holder
of any Bond, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity,  or of curing,  correcting
or supplementing  any defective  provision  contained herein or in the Bonds, or
effecting  the issue of  further  bonds as  described  under  Section 15 of this
Agreement,  or in any other  manner  which the  Province  may deem  necessary or
desirable and which, in the reasonable opinion of the parties hereto,  shall not
adversely affect the interests of the beneficial owners of the Bonds.

     19. Notices. (a) Any communications from the Province to the Registrar with
respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to The Bank of New York Mellon, 101
Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Department,
Fax No. (212)  815-5802/5803  and any  communications  from the Registrar to the
Province  with  respect to this  Agreement  shall be  addressed  to the  Ontario
Financing Authority,  One Dundas Street West, Suite 1400, Toronto,  Ontario, M5G
1Z3, Attention:  Director, Capital Markets Operations, Capital Markets Division,
Fax No. (416)  325-8111 (or such other  address as shall be specified in writing
by the Registrar or by the Province,  as the case may be) and shall be delivered
in person or sent by first class  prepaid  courier or by facsimile  transmission
subject, in the case of facsimile transmission,  to confirmation by telephone to
the foregoing  addresses.  Such notice shall take effect in the case of delivery
in person,  at the time of  delivery,  in the case of  delivery  by first  class
prepaid  courier  seven (7)  business  days  after  dispatch  and in the case of
delivery by facsimile transmission, at the time of confirmation by telephone.

     (b) All notices to the  registered  holders of Bonds will be  published  in
English in the Financial  Times in London,  England,  The Wall Street Journal in
New York,  U.S.A.,  and The Globe and Mail in  Toronto,  Canada.  If at any time
publication in any such newspaper is not  practicable,  notices will be valid if
published  in an English  language  newspaper  with general  circulation  in the
respective  market regions as the Province,  with the approval of the Registrar,
shall determine.  Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date
of such  publication  or, if published more than once or on different  dates, on
the first date on which  publication is made.  Written notice will also be given
to DTC,  provided  at the time of such notice the Bonds are  represented  by the
Global Bonds.

     20.  Governing Law and  Counterparts.  This Agreement shall be governed by,
and interpreted in accordance  with, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the
federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario. This Agreement may
be  executed  in any number of  counterparts,  each of which  shall be deemed an
original,  but  all  of  which  together  shall  constitute  one  and  the  same
instrument.

     21.  Headings.  The  headings for the  sections of this  Agreement  are for
convenience only and are not part of this Agreement.

     22. Enurement.  Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.



     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have  executed this Fiscal Agency
Agreement as of the date first above written.


                              PROVINCE OF ONTARIO


                              By:        /S/ Irene Stich
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                              Name:     Irene Stich
                              Title:    Director
                                        Capital Markets Operations
                                        Capital Markets Division
                                        Ontario Financing Authority



                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
                              as Registrar and additional Paying Agent in the
                              United Kingdom


                              By:     /S/ Vanessa Mack
                              --------------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Vanessa Mack
                              Title:  Vice President





                                    EXHIBIT 1

                               FORM OF GLOBAL BOND



Unless this  certificate  is presented by an  authorized  representative  of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) (the  "Depository"),  to the Province (as defined  below) or its agent for
registration of transfer,  exchange or payment,  and any  certificate  issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized  representative  of the Depository (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized  representative  of
the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof,  Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

REGISTERED
NO. PV-A0001                                                  CUSIP:  683234 B31
SERIES: PV                                                    ISIN: US683234B319

                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
                        2.625% BOND DUE JANUARY 20, 2012

     The  Province  of Ontario  (the  "Province"),  for value  received,  hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered  assigns,  the principal sum of
FIVE HUNDRED  MILLION UNITED STATES  DOLLARS  (US$500,000,000)  (the  "Principal
Amount")  in lawful  money of the United  States of America on January  20, 2012
(the  "Maturity  Date") (or on such  earlier  date as the  Principal  Amount may
become payable  hereunder),  upon presentation and surrender of this Bond and to
pay interest  thereon,  together with Additional  Amounts (as defined below), if
any, at the rate of 2.625% per annum from  January 21, 2009 until the  principal
hereof is paid.  Interest for the period from, and  including,  January 21, 2009
to, but excluding,  July 20, 2009 will be payable on July 20, 2009 (the "Initial
Interest  Payment Date").  Thereafter,  interest on this Bond will be payable in
two equal semi-annual installments in arrears on the 20th day of January and the
20th day of July in each year (each such date, and the Initial  Interest Payment
Date, an "Interest Payment Date").

     This is a fully registered  Global Bond (the "Global Bond") in respect of a
duly  authorized  issue of debt  securities  of the Province  designated  as its
2.625% Bonds due January 20, 2012 (the "Bonds").  This Global Bond is limited in
aggregate  principal  amount to  US$500,000,000.  This  Global  Bond and all the
rights of the registered  holder hereof are expressly subject to a fiscal agency
agreement dated as of January 21, 2009 (the "Fiscal Agency  Agreement")  between
the Province and The Bank of New York Mellon,  as fiscal agent,  transfer agent,
registrar and principal paying agent (the  "Registrar",  which term includes any
successor as fiscal agent, transfer agent, registrar and principal paying agent)
to which Fiscal Agency Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective  rights,  duties and  immunities of the  Province,  the Registrar and
holders  of the Bonds and the terms  upon  which the Bonds  are,  and are to be,
authenticated  and delivered.  This Global Bond and the Fiscal Agency  Agreement
together  constitute  a  contract,  all the  terms and  conditions  of which the
registered  holder by acceptance  hereof assents to and is deemed to have notice
of. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them
in the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement.  Further  references  herein to  principal  or
interest  shall be deemed to also refer to any  Additional  Amounts which may be
payable hereunder.

     This Global Bond is issued under the authority of Orders of the  Lieutenant
Governor in Council of Ontario,  made pursuant to the  Financial  Administration
Act (Ontario),  as amended.  This Global Bond shall for all purposes be governed
by, and  construed in accordance  with,  the laws of the Province of Ontario and
the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario.

     Payment of the principal of and interest on this Global Bond is a charge on
and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Ontario. This Global Bond is
a direct  unsecured  obligation  of the  Province  and as among the other Bonds,
ranks pari passu and is payable without any preference or priority.  This Global
Bond ranks equally with all of the Province's other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness and obligations from time to time outstanding.

     Interest on this  Global  Bond will  accrue  from the most recent  Interest
Payment Date to which  interest has been paid,  or, if no interest has been paid
or duly provided for, from January 21, 2009, until the principal hereof has been
paid or duly made  available for payment.  Any overdue  principal or interest on
this Global Bond shall bear  interest at the rate of 2.625% per annum (before as
well as after judgment)  until paid, or if earlier,  when the full amount of the
moneys  payable has been received by the Registrar and notice to that effect has
been given in accordance  with the provisions set forth herein.  The interest so
payable,  and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will be paid to the  person  in  whose  name  this  Global  Bond (or one or more
predecessor Global Bonds) is registered at the close of business on January 5 or
July 5 (whether or not a Business  Day, as defined  below),  as the case may be,
next  preceding  such  Interest  Payment  Date (each such day a "Regular  Record
Date").  Any such interest not so  punctually  paid or duly provided for will be
paid to the person in whose name this  Global  Bond (or one or more  predecessor
Global Bonds) is  registered  at the close of business on a special  record date
for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Registrar,  notice
whereof  shall be given to the  registered  holder hereof not less than ten (10)
days  prior to such  special  record  date,  or be paid at any time in any other
lawful  manner.  Interest  payments on this Global  Bond will  include  interest
accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates. Interest will be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     For the purposes only of  disclosure  required by the Interest Act (Canada)
and without  affecting  the interest  payable to the  registered  holder of this
Global  Bond,  the yearly rate of interest  which is  equivalent  to the rate of
interest  for any period of less than one year is the rate of interest  for such
period multiplied by a fraction,  the numerator of which is the actual number of
days in the 12-month  period  constituting  such year and commencing on the same
day as such  period and the  denominator  of which is the actual  number of days
elapsed in such 12-month period.

     In the event that the  Maturity  Date,  any  Interest  Payment  Date or any
Redemption Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement) with respect to this
Global Bond shall be a day that is not a Business  Day,  the  registered  holder
hereof shall not be entitled to payment until the next  following  Business Day,
and no further  interest  shall be paid in respect of the delay in such payment,
unless such next following  Business Day falls in the next  succeeding  calendar
month,  in  which  case  the  related  payment  will be made on the  immediately
preceding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due. For purposes
hereof,  "Business Day" means a day on which banking institutions in the City of
New York,  the City of London  and the City of  Toronto  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive order to close.

     If Bonds in  definitive  registered  form are issued in  exchange  for this
Global  Bond,  payment  of the  principal  of  such  Bonds  will  be  made  upon
presentation  and  surrender  of  such  Bonds  at the  office  of the  Registrar
maintained  for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York,  or at the office of any Paying  Agent  appointed  by the Province for
such purpose  pursuant to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement.  Payment of interest due
prior to or on the Maturity Date will be made by forwarding by post or otherwise
delivering a cheque, to the registered addresses of registered holders of Bonds,
or,  at  the  option  of  the  Province,  otherwise  transferring  funds  to the
registered  holders of the Bonds.  If the Maturity Date, the Redemption  Date or
any  Interest  Payment  Date is a Business  Day but is a day on which any Paying
Agent is closed at the applicable place of payment,  the registered  holder will
not be entitled to payment at such  location  until the next  succeeding  day on
which  banking  institutions  in such place of  payment  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive  order to be closed and no further  interest shall
accrue in respect of the delay in such payment.

     Payment of the  principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made in such
coin or  currency  of the  United  States as, at the time of  payment,  is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.

     This Global Bond is not subject to any sinking  fund and is not  redeemable
at the option of the Province,  unless certain events occur  involving  Canadian
taxation as set forth  below,  and is not  repayable at the option of the holder
prior to the Maturity Date.

     All payments of, or in respect of, principal of and interest on this Global
Bond will be made without withholding of or deduction for, or on account of, any
present or future taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges of whatsoever  nature
imposed or levied by or on behalf of the  Government of Canada,  or any province
or political  subdivision  thereof,  or any authority  thereof or agency therein
having  power to tax,  unless such  taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges are
required  by  law or by  the  administration  or  interpretation  thereof  to be
withheld or  deducted.  In that  event,  the  Province  (subject to its right of
redemption  described  herein below) will pay to the  registered  holder of this
Global Bond such additional  amounts (the  "Additional  Amounts") as will result
(after  withholding  or  deduction  of the said taxes,  duties,  assessments  or
charges)  in the  payment to the  holders of Bonds of the  amounts  which  would
otherwise  have been  payable  in  respect  of the Bonds in the  absence of such
taxes,  duties,  assessments or charges,  except that no such Additional Amounts
shall be payable with respect to any Bond:

(a)  a beneficial owner of which is subject to such taxes,  duties,  assessments
     or charges in respect of such Bond by reason of such owner being  connected
     with Canada  otherwise  than merely by the ownership as a  non-resident  of
     Canada of such  Bond,  but only to the extent of such  owner's  interest(s)
     therein; or

(b)  presented for payment more than 15 days after the Relevant Date,  except to
     the  extent  that the  holder  thereof  would  have been  entitled  to such
     Additional  Amounts  on the last day of such  period  of 15 days.  For this
     purpose, the "Relevant Date" in relation to any Bond means whichever is the
     later of:

     (i)  the date on which the payment in respect of such Bond  becomes due and
          payable; or

     (ii) if the full  amount of the  moneys  payable on such date in respect of
          such Bond has not been  received by the  Registrar on or prior to such
          date,  the date on which  notice is duly given to the holders of Bonds
          that such moneys have been so received; or

(c)  where  such  withholding  or  deduction  is  imposed  on a  payment  to  an
     individual  and is required to be made  pursuant  to the  Directive  or any
     other directive  implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting
     of 26-27  November  2000 or any law  implementing  or  complying  with,  or
     introduced in order to conform to, such directive; or

(d)  by or on  behalf  of a holder  who  would  have  been  able to  avoid  such
     withholding  or deduction by presenting the relevant Bond to another paying
     agent in a Member State of the European Union.

     Unless  previously   redeemed  for  tax  reasons,  as  provided  below,  or
repurchased by the Province, the Principal Amount of this Global Bond is due and
payable on January 20, 2012.

     The Bonds may be redeemed at the option of the  Province in whole,  but not
in part, at any time, on giving not less than 30 days' and no more than 60 days'
notice to  registered  holders  of Bonds in  accordance  with  Section 19 of the
Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  (which notice shall be  irrevocable),  at 100% of the
principal  amount  thereof,  together  with  interest  accrued  thereon  to  the
Redemption  Date,  if  (a)  the  Province  has or  will  become  obliged  to pay
Additional  Amounts  as  provided  herein,  as a result  of any  change  in,  or
amendment  to, the laws or  regulations  of Canada or any  province or political
subdivision  thereof, or any authority thereof or agency therein having power to
tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or
regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after January 13,
2009,  and  (b)  such  obligation  cannot  be  avoided  by the  Province  taking
reasonable  measures available to it, provided that no such notice of redemption
shall be given  earlier  than 90 days  prior to the  earliest  date on which the
Province  would be  obliged  to pay such  Additional  Amounts  were a payment in
respect  of the  Bonds  then  due.  Prior to the  publication  of any  notice of
redemption  pursuant  to this  paragraph,  the  Province  shall  deliver  to the
Registrar a  certificate  signed by an officer of the Province  stating that the
Province is entitled to effect such  redemption and setting forth a statement of
facts showing that the  conditions  precedent to the right of the Province so to
redeem have occurred.

     The Registrar has been appointed registrar for the Bonds, and the Registrar
will maintain at its office in the Borough of  Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York, a register (herein,  the "Register") for the registration of Bonds and
the   registration  of  transfers  and  exchanges  of  Bonds.   Subject  to  the
limitations,  terms and  conditions  set forth  herein and in the Fiscal  Agency
Agreement, this Global Bond may be transferred at the office of the Registrar by
surrendering  this Global Bond for  cancellation,  and  thereupon  the Registrar
shall issue and register in the name of the transferee,  in exchange herefor,  a
new  Global  Bond (or  other  global  security  in the case of a  transfer  to a
successor  depository)  having  identical terms and conditions and having a like
aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations.

     Upon the occurrence of certain events  specified in Section 6 of the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement,  this  Global  Bond  is  exchangeable  at the  office  of the
Registrar for Bonds in definitive  registered form without coupons of authorized
denominations  of US$5,000  and  integral  multiples  of US$1,000 for amounts in
excess of US$5,000 in an equal aggregate  principal  amount and having identical
terms and  conditions as this Global Bond,  except to the extent that such terms
and conditions  specifically relate to this Global Bond as a global security. On
or after such exchange,  the Registrar,  to the extent reasonably practicable in
the  circumstances,  shall make all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds
in definitive  registered form to the registered  holders thereof  regardless of
whether such exchange  occurred after the record date for such payment.  If this
Global Bond is  surrendered  for transfer,  it shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar and executed by the
registered  holder in person or by the  holder's  attorney  duly  authorized  in
writing.  No service charge will be imposed for any such transfers and exchanges
in the normal course of business,  but the Province may require payment of a sum
sufficient  to cover  any  stamp or other  tax or other  governmental  charge in
connection therewith.

     The Registrar shall not be required to register any transfer or exchange of
this  Global  Bond  during  the  period  from  any  Regular  Record  Date to the
corresponding  Interest  Payment  Date or during the period from the  Redemption
Record Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency  Agreement) to the Redemption Date.
Neither the Province nor the Registrar shall be required to make any exchange of
Bonds,  if as a result  thereof,  the  Province  may incur  adverse tax or other
similar consequences under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in effect
at the time of the  exchange.  No provision of this Global Bond or of the Fiscal
Agency Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Province,  which is
absolute and unconditional,  to pay the principal of and interest on this Global
Bond  at the  time,  place  and  rate,  and  in the  coin  or  currency,  herein
prescribed.

     The  Province,  the  Registrar and any Paying Agent may treat the holder in
whose name this Global Bond is registered  as the absolute  owner hereof for all
purposes,  whether or not this Global Bond is overdue, and none of the Province,
the  Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be affected by notice to the  contrary.
All payments to or on the order of the registered holder of this Global Bond are
valid and effectual to discharge the liability of the Province and the Registrar
and any Paying Agent hereon to the extent of the sum or sums paid.

     The  Province's  obligation  to pay an amount of interest on the Bonds will
cease if a claim for the  payment of such  interest is not made within two years
after the date on which such interest  becomes due and payable.  The  Province's
obligation to pay the principal  amount of the Bonds will cease if the Bonds are
not  presented  for  payment  within  two  years  after  the date on which  such
principal becomes due and payable.

     The  Province  and the  Registrar  may,  at any time or from  time to time,
without  notice to or the consent of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  enter
into one or more  agreements  supplemental  to the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  to
create and issue further bonds ranking pari passu with the Bonds in all respects
(or in all  respects  except for the payment of interest  accruing  prior to the
issue date of such  further  bonds or except for the first  payment of  interest
following  the issue date of such further  bonds) and so that such further bonds
shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Bonds and shall have the
same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds may be amended by the Province on
the one hand,  and the  Registrar,  on the other hand,  without notice to or the
consent  of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  for the  purpose of curing any
ambiguity,  or curing,  correcting or  supplementing  any  defective  provisions
contained  therein  or  herein,  or  effecting  the  issue of  further  bonds as
described  above or in any other manner which the Province may deem necessary or
desirable and which, in the reasonable opinion of the Province, on the one hand,
and the Registrar, on the other hand, will not adversely affect the interests of
the beneficial owners of Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement  contains  provisions for convening meetings of
registered  holders of Bonds to consent by Extraordinary  Resolution (as defined
below) to any  modification or amendment  proposed by the Province to the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement   (except  as  provided  in  the  two  immediately   preceding
paragraphs) and the Bonds (including the terms and conditions contained herein).

     An  Extraordinary  Resolution  duly  passed  at any such  meeting  shall be
binding on all registered holders of Bonds,  whether present or not; however, no
such  modification  or amendment to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement or to the terms
and conditions of the Bonds may, without the consent of the registered holder of
each such Bond affected  thereby:  (a) change the Maturity Date of any such Bond
or change any Interest Payment Date; (b) reduce the principal amount of any such
Bond or the rate of interest payable thereon; (c) change the currency of payment
of any such Bond; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the  enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to such Bond; or (e) reduce the percentage of the
principal  amount of Bonds  necessary  for the taking of any  action,  including
modification  or  amendment  of the  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  or the terms and
conditions  of the  Bonds,  or reduce  the  quorum  required  at any  meeting of
registered holders of Bonds.

     The  term  "Extraordinary  Resolution"  is  defined  in the  Fiscal  Agency
Agreement as a resolution passed at a meeting of registered  holders of Bonds by
the affirmative  vote of the registered  holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the
principal  amount of Bonds  represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and
voted on the  resolution or as an instrument in writing signed by the registered
holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal  amount of the outstanding  Bonds.
The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution is one or
more registered  holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy who represent at
least a majority in principal amount of the Bonds at the time outstanding, or at
any  adjourned  meeting  called by the  Province or the  Registrar,  one or more
persons being or representing registered holders of Bonds whatever the principal
amount of the Bonds so held or represented.

     All notices to the registered holders of Bonds will be published in English
in the Financial Times in London,  England, The Wall Street Journal in New York,
U.S.A., and The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Canada. If at any time publication in
any such newspaper is not practicable,  notices will be valid if published in an
English  language  newspaper with general  circulation in the respective  market
regions as the Province,  with the approval of the Registrar,  shall  determine.
Any  such  notice  shall  be  deemed  to have  been  given  on the  date of such
publication or, if published more than once or on different  dates, on the first
date on which publication is made.

     For so long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the Financial
Services  Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's  Regulated
Market and the rules of such stock exchange on which the Bonds are listed or the
rules of the Financial  Services  Authority  (UK) so require,  the Province will
maintain a paying agent in the United Kingdom.

     The  Province  agrees to appoint  and  maintain a paying  agent in a Member
State of the  European  Union that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax
pursuant to the European  Council  Directive  regarding  the taxation of savings
income   (Directive   2003/48/EC)  or  any  other  directive   implementing  the
conclusions  of the ECOFIN  Council  meeting of 26-27  November  2000 or any law
implementing  or  complying  with,  or  introduced  in order to conform to, such
directive.

     Unless the  certificate of  authentication  hereon has been executed by the
Registrar  by manual  signature,  this  Global Bond shall not be entitled to any
benefit  under the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement or be valid or  obligatory  for any
purpose.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Province of Ontario,  pursuant to due authorization
of law,  has  caused  this  Global  Bond to be duly  executed  by an  authorized
representative and the Seal of the Minister of Finance to be imprinted hereon.

DATED:  January 21, 2009      PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

                              By:
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                 Authorized Signing Officer


                              SEAL OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE


REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Bonds of the series  designated  therein  referred  to in the
within-mentioned Fiscal Agency Agreement.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
  as Registrar

By:
   ---------------------------------------
         Authorized Signatory





Unless this  certificate  is presented by an  authorized  representative  of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) (the  "Depository"),  to the Province (as defined  below) or its agent for
registration of transfer,  exchange or payment,  and any  certificate  issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized  representative  of the Depository (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized  representative  of
the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof,  Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

REGISTERED
NO. PV-A0002                                                  CUSIP:  683234 B31
SERIES: PV                                                    ISIN: US683234B319

                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
                        2.625% BOND DUE JANUARY 20, 2012

     The  Province  of Ontario  (the  "Province"),  for value  received,  hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered  assigns,  the principal sum of
FIVE HUNDRED  MILLION UNITED STATES  DOLLARS  (US$500,000,000)  (the  "Principal
Amount")  in lawful  money of the United  States of America on January  20, 2012
(the  "Maturity  Date") (or on such  earlier  date as the  Principal  Amount may
become payable  hereunder),  upon presentation and surrender of this Bond and to
pay interest  thereon,  together with Additional  Amounts (as defined below), if
any, at the rate of 2.625% per annum from  January 21, 2009 until the  principal
hereof is paid.  Interest for the period from, and  including,  January 21, 2009
to, but excluding,  July 20, 2009 will be payable on July 20, 2009 (the "Initial
Interest  Payment Date").  Thereafter,  interest on this Bond will be payable in
two equal semi-annual installments in arrears on the 20th day of January and the
20th day of July in each year (each such date, and the Initial  Interest Payment
Date, an "Interest Payment Date").

     This is a fully registered  Global Bond (the "Global Bond") in respect of a
duly  authorized  issue of debt  securities  of the Province  designated  as its
2.625% Bonds due January 20, 2012 (the "Bonds").  This Global Bond is limited in
aggregate  principal  amount to  US$500,000,000.  This  Global  Bond and all the
rights of the registered  holder hereof are expressly subject to a fiscal agency
agreement dated as of January 21, 2009 (the "Fiscal Agency  Agreement")  between
the Province and The Bank of New York Mellon,  as fiscal agent,  transfer agent,
registrar and principal paying agent (the  "Registrar",  which term includes any
successor as fiscal agent, transfer agent, registrar and principal paying agent)
to which Fiscal Agency Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective  rights,  duties and  immunities of the  Province,  the Registrar and
holders  of the Bonds and the terms  upon  which the Bonds  are,  and are to be,
authenticated  and delivered.  This Global Bond and the Fiscal Agency  Agreement
together  constitute  a  contract,  all the  terms and  conditions  of which the
registered  holder by acceptance  hereof assents to and is deemed to have notice
of. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them
in the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement.  Further  references  herein to  principal  or
interest  shall be deemed to also refer to any  Additional  Amounts which may be
payable hereunder.

     This Global Bond is issued under the authority of Orders of the  Lieutenant
Governor in Council of Ontario,  made pursuant to the  Financial  Administration
Act (Ontario),  as amended.  This Global Bond shall for all purposes be governed
by, and  construed in accordance  with,  the laws of the Province of Ontario and
the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario.

     Payment of the principal of and interest on this Global Bond is a charge on
and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Ontario. This Global Bond is
a direct  unsecured  obligation  of the  Province  and as among the other Bonds,
ranks pari passu and is payable without any preference or priority.  This Global
Bond ranks equally with all of the Province's other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness and obligations from time to time outstanding.

     Interest on this  Global  Bond will  accrue  from the most recent  Interest
Payment Date to which  interest has been paid,  or, if no interest has been paid
or duly provided for, from January 21, 2009, until the principal hereof has been
paid or duly made  available for payment.  Any overdue  principal or interest on
this Global Bond shall bear  interest at the rate of 2.625% per annum (before as
well as after judgment)  until paid, or if earlier,  when the full amount of the
moneys  payable has been received by the Registrar and notice to that effect has
been given in accordance  with the provisions set forth herein.  The interest so
payable,  and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will be paid to the  person  in  whose  name  this  Global  Bond (or one or more
predecessor Global Bonds) is registered at the close of business on January 5 or
July 5 (whether or not a Business  Day, as defined  below),  as the case may be,
next  preceding  such  Interest  Payment  Date (each such day a "Regular  Record
Date").  Any such interest not so  punctually  paid or duly provided for will be
paid to the person in whose name this  Global  Bond (or one or more  predecessor
Global Bonds) is  registered  at the close of business on a special  record date
for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Registrar,  notice
whereof  shall be given to the  registered  holder hereof not less than ten (10)
days  prior to such  special  record  date,  or be paid at any time in any other
lawful  manner.  Interest  payments on this Global  Bond will  include  interest
accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates. Interest will be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     For the purposes only of  disclosure  required by the Interest Act (Canada)
and without  affecting  the interest  payable to the  registered  holder of this
Global  Bond,  the yearly rate of interest  which is  equivalent  to the rate of
interest  for any period of less than one year is the rate of interest  for such
period multiplied by a fraction,  the numerator of which is the actual number of
days in the 12-month  period  constituting  such year and commencing on the same
day as such  period and the  denominator  of which is the actual  number of days
elapsed in such 12-month period.

     In the event that the  Maturity  Date,  any  Interest  Payment  Date or any
Redemption Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement) with respect to this
Global Bond shall be a day that is not a Business  Day,  the  registered  holder
hereof shall not be entitled to payment until the next  following  Business Day,
and no further  interest  shall be paid in respect of the delay in such payment,
unless such next following  Business Day falls in the next  succeeding  calendar
month,  in  which  case  the  related  payment  will be made on the  immediately
preceding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due. For purposes
hereof,  "Business Day" means a day on which banking institutions in the City of
New York,  the City of London  and the City of  Toronto  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive order to close.

     If Bonds in  definitive  registered  form are issued in  exchange  for this
Global  Bond,  payment  of the  principal  of  such  Bonds  will  be  made  upon
presentation  and  surrender  of  such  Bonds  at the  office  of the  Registrar
maintained  for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York,  or at the office of any Paying  Agent  appointed  by the Province for
such purpose  pursuant to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement.  Payment of interest due
prior to or on the Maturity Date will be made by forwarding by post or otherwise
delivering a cheque, to the registered addresses of registered holders of Bonds,
or,  at  the  option  of  the  Province,  otherwise  transferring  funds  to the
registered  holders of the Bonds.  If the Maturity Date, the Redemption  Date or
any  Interest  Payment  Date is a Business  Day but is a day on which any Paying
Agent is closed at the applicable place of payment,  the registered  holder will
not be entitled to payment at such  location  until the next  succeeding  day on
which  banking  institutions  in such place of  payment  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive  order to be closed and no further  interest shall
accrue in respect of the delay in such payment.

     Payment of the  principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made in such
coin or  currency  of the  United  States as, at the time of  payment,  is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.

     This Global Bond is not subject to any sinking  fund and is not  redeemable
at the option of the Province,  unless certain events occur  involving  Canadian
taxation as set forth  below,  and is not  repayable at the option of the holder
prior to the Maturity Date.

     All payments of, or in respect of, principal of and interest on this Global
Bond will be made without withholding of or deduction for, or on account of, any
present or future taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges of whatsoever  nature
imposed or levied by or on behalf of the  Government of Canada,  or any province
or political  subdivision  thereof,  or any authority  thereof or agency therein
having  power to tax,  unless such  taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges are
required  by  law or by  the  administration  or  interpretation  thereof  to be
withheld or  deducted.  In that  event,  the  Province  (subject to its right of
redemption  described  herein below) will pay to the  registered  holder of this
Global Bond such additional  amounts (the  "Additional  Amounts") as will result
(after  withholding  or  deduction  of the said taxes,  duties,  assessments  or
charges)  in the  payment to the  holders of Bonds of the  amounts  which  would
otherwise  have been  payable  in  respect  of the Bonds in the  absence of such
taxes,  duties,  assessments or charges,  except that no such Additional Amounts
shall be payable with respect to any Bond:

(a)  a beneficial owner of which is subject to such taxes,  duties,  assessments
     or charges in respect of such Bond by reason of such owner being  connected
     with Canada  otherwise  than merely by the ownership as a  non-resident  of
     Canada of such  Bond,  but only to the extent of such  owner's  interest(s)
     therein; or

(b)  presented for payment more than 15 days after the Relevant Date,  except to
     the  extent  that the  holder  thereof  would  have been  entitled  to such
     Additional  Amounts  on the last day of such  period  of 15 days.  For this
     purpose, the "Relevant Date" in relation to any Bond means whichever is the
     later of:

     (i)  the date on which the payment in respect of such Bond  becomes due and
          payable; or

     (ii) if the full  amount of the  moneys  payable on such date in respect of
          such Bond has not been  received by the  Registrar on or prior to such
          date,  the date on which  notice is duly given to the holders of Bonds
          that such moneys have been so received; or

(c)  where  such  withholding  or  deduction  is  imposed  on a  payment  to  an
     individual  and is required to be made  pursuant  to the  Directive  or any
     other directive  implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting
     of 26-27  November  2000 or any law  implementing  or  complying  with,  or
     introduced in order to conform to, such directive; or

(d)  by or on  behalf  of a holder  who  would  have  been  able to  avoid  such
     withholding  or deduction by presenting the relevant Bond to another paying
     agent in a Member State of the European Union.

     Unless  previously   redeemed  for  tax  reasons,  as  provided  below,  or
repurchased by the Province, the Principal Amount of this Global Bond is due and
payable on January 20, 2012.

     The Bonds may be redeemed at the option of the  Province in whole,  but not
in part, at any time, on giving not less than 30 days' and no more than 60 days'
notice to  registered  holders  of Bonds in  accordance  with  Section 19 of the
Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  (which notice shall be  irrevocable),  at 100% of the
principal  amount  thereof,  together  with  interest  accrued  thereon  to  the
Redemption  Date,  if  (a)  the  Province  has or  will  become  obliged  to pay
Additional  Amounts  as  provided  herein,  as a result  of any  change  in,  or
amendment  to, the laws or  regulations  of Canada or any  province or political
subdivision  thereof, or any authority thereof or agency therein having power to
tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or
regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after January 13,
2009,  and  (b)  such  obligation  cannot  be  avoided  by the  Province  taking
reasonable  measures available to it, provided that no such notice of redemption
shall be given  earlier  than 90 days  prior to the  earliest  date on which the
Province  would be  obliged  to pay such  Additional  Amounts  were a payment in
respect  of the  Bonds  then  due.  Prior to the  publication  of any  notice of
redemption  pursuant  to this  paragraph,  the  Province  shall  deliver  to the
Registrar a  certificate  signed by an officer of the Province  stating that the
Province is entitled to effect such  redemption and setting forth a statement of
facts showing that the  conditions  precedent to the right of the Province so to
redeem have occurred.

     The Registrar has been appointed registrar for the Bonds, and the Registrar
will maintain at its office in the Borough of  Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York, a register (herein,  the "Register") for the registration of Bonds and
the   registration  of  transfers  and  exchanges  of  Bonds.   Subject  to  the
limitations,  terms and  conditions  set forth  herein and in the Fiscal  Agency
Agreement, this Global Bond may be transferred at the office of the Registrar by
surrendering  this Global Bond for  cancellation,  and  thereupon  the Registrar
shall issue and register in the name of the transferee,  in exchange herefor,  a
new  Global  Bond (or  other  global  security  in the case of a  transfer  to a
successor  depository)  having  identical terms and conditions and having a like
aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations.

     Upon the occurrence of certain events  specified in Section 6 of the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement,  this  Global  Bond  is  exchangeable  at the  office  of the
Registrar for Bonds in definitive  registered form without coupons of authorized
denominations  of US$5,000  and  integral  multiples  of US$1,000 for amounts in
excess of US$5,000 in an equal aggregate  principal  amount and having identical
terms and  conditions as this Global Bond,  except to the extent that such terms
and conditions  specifically relate to this Global Bond as a global security. On
or after such exchange,  the Registrar,  to the extent reasonably practicable in
the  circumstances,  shall make all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds
in definitive  registered form to the registered  holders thereof  regardless of
whether such exchange  occurred after the record date for such payment.  If this
Global Bond is  surrendered  for transfer,  it shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar and executed by the
registered  holder in person or by the  holder's  attorney  duly  authorized  in
writing.  No service charge will be imposed for any such transfers and exchanges
in the normal course of business,  but the Province may require payment of a sum
sufficient  to cover  any  stamp or other  tax or other  governmental  charge in
connection therewith.

     The Registrar shall not be required to register any transfer or exchange of
this  Global  Bond  during  the  period  from  any  Regular  Record  Date to the
corresponding  Interest  Payment  Date or during the period from the  Redemption
Record Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency  Agreement) to the Redemption Date.
Neither the Province nor the Registrar shall be required to make any exchange of
Bonds,  if as a result  thereof,  the  Province  may incur  adverse tax or other
similar consequences under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in effect
at the time of the  exchange.  No provision of this Global Bond or of the Fiscal
Agency Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Province,  which is
absolute and unconditional,  to pay the principal of and interest on this Global
Bond  at the  time,  place  and  rate,  and  in the  coin  or  currency,  herein
prescribed.

     The  Province,  the  Registrar and any Paying Agent may treat the holder in
whose name this Global Bond is registered  as the absolute  owner hereof for all
purposes,  whether or not this Global Bond is overdue, and none of the Province,
the  Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be affected by notice to the  contrary.
All payments to or on the order of the registered holder of this Global Bond are
valid and effectual to discharge the liability of the Province and the Registrar
and any Paying Agent hereon to the extent of the sum or sums paid.

     The  Province's  obligation  to pay an amount of interest on the Bonds will
cease if a claim for the  payment of such  interest is not made within two years
after the date on which such interest  becomes due and payable.  The  Province's
obligation to pay the principal  amount of the Bonds will cease if the Bonds are
not  presented  for  payment  within  two  years  after  the date on which  such
principal becomes due and payable.

     The  Province  and the  Registrar  may,  at any time or from  time to time,
without  notice to or the consent of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  enter
into one or more  agreements  supplemental  to the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  to
create and issue further bonds ranking pari passu with the Bonds in all respects
(or in all  respects  except for the payment of interest  accruing  prior to the
issue date of such  further  bonds or except for the first  payment of  interest
following  the issue date of such further  bonds) and so that such further bonds
shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Bonds and shall have the
same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds may be amended by the Province on
the one hand,  and the  Registrar,  on the other hand,  without notice to or the
consent  of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  for the  purpose of curing any
ambiguity,  or curing,  correcting or  supplementing  any  defective  provisions
contained  therein  or  herein,  or  effecting  the  issue of  further  bonds as
described  above or in any other manner which the Province may deem necessary or
desirable and which, in the reasonable opinion of the Province, on the one hand,
and the Registrar, on the other hand, will not adversely affect the interests of
the beneficial owners of Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement  contains  provisions for convening meetings of
registered  holders of Bonds to consent by Extraordinary  Resolution (as defined
below) to any  modification or amendment  proposed by the Province to the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement   (except  as  provided  in  the  two  immediately   preceding
paragraphs) and the Bonds (including the terms and conditions contained herein).

     An  Extraordinary  Resolution  duly  passed  at any such  meeting  shall be
binding on all registered holders of Bonds,  whether present or not; however, no
such  modification  or amendment to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement or to the terms
and conditions of the Bonds may, without the consent of the registered holder of
each such Bond affected  thereby:  (a) change the Maturity Date of any such Bond
or change any Interest Payment Date; (b) reduce the principal amount of any such
Bond or the rate of interest payable thereon; (c) change the currency of payment
of any such Bond; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the  enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to such Bond; or (e) reduce the percentage of the
principal  amount of Bonds  necessary  for the taking of any  action,  including
modification  or  amendment  of the  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  or the terms and
conditions  of the  Bonds,  or reduce  the  quorum  required  at any  meeting of
registered holders of Bonds.

     The  term  "Extraordinary  Resolution"  is  defined  in the  Fiscal  Agency
Agreement as a resolution passed at a meeting of registered  holders of Bonds by
the affirmative  vote of the registered  holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the
principal  amount of Bonds  represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and
voted on the  resolution or as an instrument in writing signed by the registered
holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal  amount of the outstanding  Bonds.
The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution is one or
more registered  holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy who represent at
least a majority in principal amount of the Bonds at the time outstanding, or at
any  adjourned  meeting  called by the  Province or the  Registrar,  one or more
persons being or representing registered holders of Bonds whatever the principal
amount of the Bonds so held or represented.

     All notices to the registered holders of Bonds will be published in English
in the Financial Times in London,  England, The Wall Street Journal in New York,
U.S.A., and The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Canada. If at any time publication in
any such newspaper is not practicable,  notices will be valid if published in an
English  language  newspaper with general  circulation in the respective  market
regions as the Province,  with the approval of the Registrar,  shall  determine.
Any  such  notice  shall  be  deemed  to have  been  given  on the  date of such
publication or, if published more than once or on different  dates, on the first
date on which publication is made.

     For so long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the Financial
Services  Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's  Regulated
Market and the rules of such stock exchange on which the Bonds are listed or the
rules of the Financial  Services  Authority  (UK) so require,  the Province will
maintain a paying agent in the United Kingdom.

     The  Province  agrees to appoint  and  maintain a paying  agent in a Member
State of the  European  Union that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax
pursuant to the European  Council  Directive  regarding  the taxation of savings
income   (Directive   2003/48/EC)  or  any  other  directive   implementing  the
conclusions  of the ECOFIN  Council  meeting of 26-27  November  2000 or any law
implementing  or  complying  with,  or  introduced  in order to conform to, such
directive.

     Unless the  certificate of  authentication  hereon has been executed by the
Registrar  by manual  signature,  this  Global Bond shall not be entitled to any
benefit  under the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement or be valid or  obligatory  for any
purpose.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Province of Ontario,  pursuant to due authorization
of law,  has  caused  this  Global  Bond to be duly  executed  by an  authorized
representative and the Seal of the Minister of Finance to be imprinted hereon.

DATED:  January 21, 2009      PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

                              By:
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                 Authorized Signing Officer


                              SEAL OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE


REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Bonds of the series  designated  therein  referred  to in the
within-mentioned Fiscal Agency Agreement.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
  as Registrar

By:
   ---------------------------------------
         Authorized Signatory





Unless this  certificate  is presented by an  authorized  representative  of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) (the  "Depository"),  to the Province (as defined  below) or its agent for
registration of transfer,  exchange or payment,  and any  certificate  issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized  representative  of the Depository (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized  representative  of
the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof,  Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

REGISTERED
NO. PV-A0003                                                  CUSIP:  683234 B31
SERIES: PV                                                    ISIN: US683234B319
                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
                        2.625% BOND DUE JANUARY 20, 2012

     The  Province  of Ontario  (the  "Province"),  for value  received,  hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered  assigns,  the principal sum of
FIVE HUNDRED  MILLION UNITED STATES  DOLLARS  (US$500,000,000)  (the  "Principal
Amount")  in lawful  money of the United  States of America on January  20, 2012
(the  "Maturity  Date") (or on such  earlier  date as the  Principal  Amount may
become payable  hereunder),  upon presentation and surrender of this Bond and to
pay interest  thereon,  together with Additional  Amounts (as defined below), if
any, at the rate of 2.625% per annum from  January 21, 2009 until the  principal
hereof is paid.  Interest for the period from, and  including,  January 21, 2009
to, but excluding,  July 20, 2009 will be payable on July 20, 2009 (the "Initial
Interest  Payment Date").  Thereafter,  interest on this Bond will be payable in
two equal semi-annual installments in arrears on the 20th day of January and the
20th day of July in each year (each such date, and the Initial  Interest Payment
Date, an "Interest Payment Date").

     This is a fully registered  Global Bond (the "Global Bond") in respect of a
duly  authorized  issue of debt  securities  of the Province  designated  as its
2.625% Bonds due January 20, 2012 (the "Bonds").  This Global Bond is limited in
aggregate  principal  amount to  US$500,000,000.  This  Global  Bond and all the
rights of the registered  holder hereof are expressly subject to a fiscal agency
agreement dated as of January 21, 2009 (the "Fiscal Agency  Agreement")  between
the Province and The Bank of New York Mellon,  as fiscal agent,  transfer agent,
registrar and principal paying agent (the  "Registrar",  which term includes any
successor as fiscal agent, transfer agent, registrar and principal paying agent)
to which Fiscal Agency Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective  rights,  duties and  immunities of the  Province,  the Registrar and
holders  of the Bonds and the terms  upon  which the Bonds  are,  and are to be,
authenticated  and delivered.  This Global Bond and the Fiscal Agency  Agreement
together  constitute  a  contract,  all the  terms and  conditions  of which the
registered  holder by acceptance  hereof assents to and is deemed to have notice
of. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them
in the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement.  Further  references  herein to  principal  or
interest  shall be deemed to also refer to any  Additional  Amounts which may be
payable hereunder.

     This Global Bond is issued under the authority of Orders of
the Lieutenant Governor in Council of Ontario, made pursuant to the Financial
Administration Act (Ontario), as amended. This Global Bond shall for all
purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of
Ontario.

     Payment of the principal of and interest on this Global Bond is a charge on
and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Ontario. This Global Bond is
a direct  unsecured  obligation  of the  Province  and as among the other Bonds,
ranks pari passu and is payable without any preference or priority.  This Global
Bond ranks equally with all of the Province's other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness and obligations from time to time outstanding.

     Interest on this  Global  Bond will  accrue  from the most recent  Interest
Payment Date to which  interest has been paid,  or, if no interest has been paid
or duly provided for, from January 21, 2009, until the principal hereof has been
paid or duly made  available for payment.  Any overdue  principal or interest on
this Global Bond shall bear  interest at the rate of 2.625% per annum (before as
well as after judgment)  until paid, or if earlier,  when the full amount of the
moneys  payable has been received by the Registrar and notice to that effect has
been given in accordance  with the provisions set forth herein.  The interest so
payable,  and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will be paid to the  person  in  whose  name  this  Global  Bond (or one or more
predecessor Global Bonds) is registered at the close of business on January 5 or
July 5 (whether or not a Business  Day, as defined  below),  as the case may be,
next  preceding  such  Interest  Payment  Date (each such day a "Regular  Record
Date").  Any such interest not so  punctually  paid or duly provided for will be
paid to the person in whose name this  Global  Bond (or one or more  predecessor
Global Bonds) is  registered  at the close of business on a special  record date
for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Registrar,  notice
whereof  shall be given to the  registered  holder hereof not less than ten (10)
days  prior to such  special  record  date,  or be paid at any time in any other
lawful  manner.  Interest  payments on this Global  Bond will  include  interest
accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates. Interest will be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     For the purposes only of  disclosure  required by the Interest Act (Canada)
and without  affecting  the interest  payable to the  registered  holder of this
Global  Bond,  the yearly rate of interest  which is  equivalent  to the rate of
interest  for any period of less than one year is the rate of interest  for such
period multiplied by a fraction,  the numerator of which is the actual number of
days in the 12-month  period  constituting  such year and commencing on the same
day as such  period and the  denominator  of which is the actual  number of days
elapsed in such 12-month period.

     In the event that the  Maturity  Date,  any  Interest  Payment  Date or any
Redemption Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement) with respect to this
Global Bond shall be a day that is not a Business  Day,  the  registered  holder
hereof shall not be entitled to payment until the next  following  Business Day,
and no further  interest  shall be paid in respect of the delay in such payment,
unless such next following  Business Day falls in the next  succeeding  calendar
month,  in  which  case  the  related  payment  will be made on the  immediately
preceding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due. For purposes
hereof,  "Business Day" means a day on which banking institutions in the City of
New York,  the City of London  and the City of  Toronto  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive order to close.

     If Bonds in  definitive  registered  form are issued in  exchange  for this
Global  Bond,  payment  of the  principal  of  such  Bonds  will  be  made  upon
presentation  and  surrender  of  such  Bonds  at the  office  of the  Registrar
maintained  for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York,  or at the office of any Paying  Agent  appointed  by the Province for
such purpose  pursuant to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement.  Payment of interest due
prior to or on the Maturity Date will be made by forwarding by post or otherwise
delivering a cheque, to the registered addresses of registered holders of Bonds,
or,  at  the  option  of  the  Province,  otherwise  transferring  funds  to the
registered  holders of the Bonds.  If the Maturity Date, the Redemption  Date or
any  Interest  Payment  Date is a Business  Day but is a day on which any Paying
Agent is closed at the applicable place of payment,  the registered  holder will
not be entitled to payment at such  location  until the next  succeeding  day on
which  banking  institutions  in such place of  payment  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive  order to be closed and no further  interest shall
accrue in respect of the delay in such payment.

     Payment of the  principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made in such
coin or  currency  of the  United  States as, at the time of  payment,  is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.

     This Global Bond is not subject to any sinking  fund and is not  redeemable
at the option of the Province,  unless certain events occur  involving  Canadian
taxation as set forth  below,  and is not  repayable at the option of the holder
prior to the Maturity Date.

     All payments of, or in respect of, principal of and interest on this Global
Bond will be made without withholding of or deduction for, or on account of, any
present or future taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges of whatsoever  nature
imposed or levied by or on behalf of the  Government of Canada,  or any province
or political  subdivision  thereof,  or any authority  thereof or agency therein
having  power to tax,  unless such  taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges are
required  by  law or by  the  administration  or  interpretation  thereof  to be
withheld or  deducted.  In that  event,  the  Province  (subject to its right of
redemption  described  herein below) will pay to the  registered  holder of this
Global Bond such additional  amounts (the  "Additional  Amounts") as will result
(after  withholding  or  deduction  of the said taxes,  duties,  assessments  or
charges)  in the  payment to the  holders of Bonds of the  amounts  which  would
otherwise  have been  payable  in  respect  of the Bonds in the  absence of such
taxes,  duties,  assessments or charges,  except that no such Additional Amounts
shall be payable with respect to any Bond:

(a)  a beneficial owner of which is subject to such taxes,  duties,  assessments
     or charges in respect of such Bond by reason of such owner being  connected
     with Canada  otherwise  than merely by the ownership as a  non-resident  of
     Canada of such  Bond,  but only to the extent of such  owner's  interest(s)
     therein; or

(b)  presented for payment more than 15 days after the Relevant Date,  except to
     the  extent  that the  holder  thereof  would  have been  entitled  to such
     Additional  Amounts  on the last day of such  period  of 15 days.  For this
     purpose, the "Relevant Date" in relation to any Bond means whichever is the
     later of:

     (i)  the date on which the payment in respect of such Bond  becomes due and
          payable; or

     (ii) if the full  amount of the  moneys  payable on such date in respect of
          such Bond has not been  received by the  Registrar on or prior to such
          date,  the date on which  notice is duly given to the holders of Bonds
          that such moneys have been so received; or

(c)  where  such  withholding  or  deduction  is  imposed  on a  payment  to  an
     individual  and is required to be made  pursuant  to the  Directive  or any
     other directive  implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting
     of 26-27  November  2000 or any law  implementing  or  complying  with,  or
     introduced in order to conform to, such directive; or

(d)  by or on  behalf  of a holder  who  would  have  been  able to  avoid  such
     withholding  or deduction by presenting the relevant Bond to another paying
     agent in a Member State of the European Union.

     Unless  previously   redeemed  for  tax  reasons,  as  provided  below,  or
repurchased by the Province, the Principal Amount of this Global Bond is due and
payable on January 20, 2012.

     The Bonds may be redeemed at the option of the  Province in whole,  but not
in part, at any time, on giving not less than 30 days' and no more than 60 days'
notice to  registered  holders  of Bonds in  accordance  with  Section 19 of the
Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  (which notice shall be  irrevocable),  at 100% of the
principal  amount  thereof,  together  with  interest  accrued  thereon  to  the
Redemption  Date,  if  (a)  the  Province  has or  will  become  obliged  to pay
Additional  Amounts  as  provided  herein,  as a result  of any  change  in,  or
amendment  to, the laws or  regulations  of Canada or any  province or political
subdivision  thereof, or any authority thereof or agency therein having power to
tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or
regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after January 13,
2009,  and  (b)  such  obligation  cannot  be  avoided  by the  Province  taking
reasonable  measures available to it, provided that no such notice of redemption
shall be given  earlier  than 90 days  prior to the  earliest  date on which the
Province  would be  obliged  to pay such  Additional  Amounts  were a payment in
respect  of the  Bonds  then  due.  Prior to the  publication  of any  notice of
redemption  pursuant  to this  paragraph,  the  Province  shall  deliver  to the
Registrar a  certificate  signed by an officer of the Province  stating that the
Province is entitled to effect such  redemption and setting forth a statement of
facts showing that the  conditions  precedent to the right of the Province so to
redeem have occurred.

     The Registrar has been appointed registrar for the Bonds, and the Registrar
will maintain at its office in the Borough of  Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York, a register (herein,  the "Register") for the registration of Bonds and
the   registration  of  transfers  and  exchanges  of  Bonds.   Subject  to  the
limitations,  terms and  conditions  set forth  herein and in the Fiscal  Agency
Agreement, this Global Bond may be transferred at the office of the Registrar by
surrendering  this Global Bond for  cancellation,  and  thereupon  the Registrar
shall issue and register in the name of the transferee,  in exchange herefor,  a
new  Global  Bond (or  other  global  security  in the case of a  transfer  to a
successor  depository)  having  identical terms and conditions and having a like
aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations.

     Upon the occurrence of certain events  specified in Section 6 of the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement,  this  Global  Bond  is  exchangeable  at the  office  of the
Registrar for Bonds in definitive  registered form without coupons of authorized
denominations  of US$5,000  and  integral  multiples  of US$1,000 for amounts in
excess of US$5,000 in an equal aggregate  principal  amount and having identical
terms and  conditions as this Global Bond,  except to the extent that such terms
and conditions  specifically relate to this Global Bond as a global security. On
or after such exchange,  the Registrar,  to the extent reasonably practicable in
the  circumstances,  shall make all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds
in definitive  registered form to the registered  holders thereof  regardless of
whether such exchange  occurred after the record date for such payment.  If this
Global Bond is  surrendered  for transfer,  it shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar and executed by the
registered  holder in person or by the  holder's  attorney  duly  authorized  in
writing.  No service charge will be imposed for any such transfers and exchanges
in the normal course of business,  but the Province may require payment of a sum
sufficient  to cover  any  stamp or other  tax or other  governmental  charge in
connection therewith.

     The Registrar shall not be required to register any transfer or exchange of
this  Global  Bond  during  the  period  from  any  Regular  Record  Date to the
corresponding  Interest  Payment  Date or during the period from the  Redemption
Record Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency  Agreement) to the Redemption Date.
Neither the Province nor the Registrar shall be required to make any exchange of
Bonds,  if as a result  thereof,  the  Province  may incur  adverse tax or other
similar consequences under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in effect
at the time of the  exchange.  No provision of this Global Bond or of the Fiscal
Agency Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Province,  which is
absolute and unconditional,  to pay the principal of and interest on this Global
Bond  at the  time,  place  and  rate,  and  in the  coin  or  currency,  herein
prescribed.

     The  Province,  the  Registrar and any Paying Agent may treat the holder in
whose name this Global Bond is registered  as the absolute  owner hereof for all
purposes,  whether or not this Global Bond is overdue, and none of the Province,
the  Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be affected by notice to the  contrary.
All payments to or on the order of the registered holder of this Global Bond are
valid and effectual to discharge the liability of the Province and the Registrar
and any Paying Agent hereon to the extent of the sum or sums paid.

     The  Province's  obligation  to pay an amount of interest on the Bonds will
cease if a claim for the  payment of such  interest is not made within two years
after the date on which such interest  becomes due and payable.  The  Province's
obligation to pay the principal  amount of the Bonds will cease if the Bonds are
not  presented  for  payment  within  two  years  after  the date on which  such
principal becomes due and payable.

     The  Province  and the  Registrar  may,  at any time or from  time to time,
without  notice to or the consent of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  enter
into one or more  agreements  supplemental  to the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  to
create and issue further bonds ranking pari passu with the Bonds in all respects
(or in all  respects  except for the payment of interest  accruing  prior to the
issue date of such  further  bonds or except for the first  payment of  interest
following  the issue date of such further  bonds) and so that such further bonds
shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Bonds and shall have the
same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds may be amended by the Province on
the one hand,  and the  Registrar,  on the other hand,  without notice to or the
consent  of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  for the  purpose of curing any
ambiguity,  or curing,  correcting or  supplementing  any  defective  provisions
contained  therein  or  herein,  or  effecting  the  issue of  further  bonds as
described  above or in any other manner which the Province may deem necessary or
desirable and which, in the reasonable opinion of the Province, on the one hand,
and the Registrar, on the other hand, will not adversely affect the interests of
the beneficial owners of Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement  contains  provisions for convening meetings of
registered  holders of Bonds to consent by Extraordinary  Resolution (as defined
below) to any  modification or amendment  proposed by the Province to the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement   (except  as  provided  in  the  two  immediately   preceding
paragraphs) and the Bonds (including the terms and conditions contained herein).

     An  Extraordinary  Resolution  duly  passed  at any such  meeting  shall be
binding on all registered holders of Bonds,  whether present or not; however, no
such  modification  or amendment to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement or to the terms
and conditions of the Bonds may, without the consent of the registered holder of
each such Bond affected  thereby:  (a) change the Maturity Date of any such Bond
or change any Interest Payment Date; (b) reduce the principal amount of any such
Bond or the rate of interest payable thereon; (c) change the currency of payment
of any such Bond; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the  enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to such Bond; or (e) reduce the percentage of the
principal  amount of Bonds  necessary  for the taking of any  action,  including
modification  or  amendment  of the  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  or the terms and
conditions  of the  Bonds,  or reduce  the  quorum  required  at any  meeting of
registered holders of Bonds.

     The  term  "Extraordinary  Resolution"  is  defined  in the  Fiscal  Agency
Agreement as a resolution passed at a meeting of registered  holders of Bonds by
the affirmative  vote of the registered  holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the
principal  amount of Bonds  represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and
voted on the  resolution or as an instrument in writing signed by the registered
holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal  amount of the outstanding  Bonds.
The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution is one or
more registered  holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy who represent at
least a majority in principal amount of the Bonds at the time outstanding, or at
any  adjourned  meeting  called by the  Province or the  Registrar,  one or more
persons being or representing registered holders of Bonds whatever the principal
amount of the Bonds so held or represented.

     All notices to the registered holders of Bonds will be published in English
in the Financial Times in London,  England, The Wall Street Journal in New York,
U.S.A., and The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Canada. If at any time publication in
any such newspaper is not practicable,  notices will be valid if published in an
English  language  newspaper with general  circulation in the respective  market
regions as the Province,  with the approval of the Registrar,  shall  determine.
Any  such  notice  shall  be  deemed  to have  been  given  on the  date of such
publication or, if published more than once or on different  dates, on the first
date on which publication is made.

     For so long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the Financial
Services  Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's  Regulated
Market and the rules of such stock exchange on which the Bonds are listed or the
rules of the Financial  Services  Authority  (UK) so require,  the Province will
maintain a paying agent in the United Kingdom.

     The  Province  agrees to appoint  and  maintain a paying  agent in a Member
State of the  European  Union that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax
pursuant to the European  Council  Directive  regarding  the taxation of savings
income   (Directive   2003/48/EC)  or  any  other  directive   implementing  the
conclusions  of the ECOFIN  Council  meeting of 26-27  November  2000 or any law
implementing  or  complying  with,  or  introduced  in order to conform to, such
directive.

     Unless the  certificate of  authentication  hereon has been executed by the
Registrar  by manual  signature,  this  Global Bond shall not be entitled to any
benefit  under the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement or be valid or  obligatory  for any
purpose.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Province of Ontario,  pursuant to due authorization
of law,  has  caused  this  Global  Bond to be duly  executed  by an  authorized
representative and the Seal of the Minister of Finance to be imprinted hereon.

DATED:  January 21, 2009      PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

                              By:
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                 Authorized Signing Officer


                              SEAL OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE


REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Bonds of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Fiscal Agency Agreement.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
  as Registrar

By:
   ---------------------------------------
         Authorized Signatory





Unless this  certificate  is presented by an  authorized  representative  of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) (the  "Depository"),  to the Province (as defined  below) or its agent for
registration of transfer,  exchange or payment,  and any  certificate  issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized  representative  of the Depository (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized  representative  of
the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof,  Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

REGISTERED
NO. PV-A0004                                                   CUSIP: 683234 B31
SERIES: PV                                                    ISIN: US683234B319

                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
                        2.625% BOND DUE JANUARY 20, 2012

     The  Province  of Ontario  (the  "Province"),  for value  received,  hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered  assigns,  the principal sum of
FIVE HUNDRED  MILLION UNITED STATES  DOLLARS  (US$500,000,000)  (the  "Principal
Amount")  in lawful  money of the United  States of America on January  20, 2012
(the  "Maturity  Date") (or on such  earlier  date as the  Principal  Amount may
become payable  hereunder),  upon presentation and surrender of this Bond and to
pay interest  thereon,  together with Additional  Amounts (as defined below), if
any, at the rate of 2.625% per annum from  January 21, 2009 until the  principal
hereof is paid.  Interest for the period from, and  including,  January 21, 2009
to, but excluding,  July 20, 2009 will be payable on July 20, 2009 (the "Initial
Interest  Payment Date").  Thereafter,  interest on this Bond will be payable in
two equal semi-annual installments in arrears on the 20th day of January and the
20th day of July in each year (each such date, and the Initial  Interest Payment
Date, an "Interest Payment Date").

     This is a fully registered  Global Bond (the "Global Bond") in respect of a
duly  authorized  issue of debt  securities  of the Province  designated  as its
2.625% Bonds due January 20, 2012 (the "Bonds").  This Global Bond is limited in
aggregate  principal  amount to  US$500,000,000.  This  Global  Bond and all the
rights of the registered  holder hereof are expressly subject to a fiscal agency
agreement dated as of January 21, 2009 (the "Fiscal Agency  Agreement")  between
the Province and The Bank of New York Mellon,  as fiscal agent,  transfer agent,
registrar and principal paying agent (the  "Registrar",  which term includes any
successor as fiscal agent, transfer agent, registrar and principal paying agent)
to which Fiscal Agency Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective  rights,  duties and  immunities of the  Province,  the Registrar and
holders  of the Bonds and the terms  upon  which the Bonds  are,  and are to be,
authenticated  and delivered.  This Global Bond and the Fiscal Agency  Agreement
together  constitute  a  contract,  all the  terms and  conditions  of which the
registered  holder by acceptance  hereof assents to and is deemed to have notice
of. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them
in the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement.  Further  references  herein to  principal  or
interest  shall be deemed to also refer to any  Additional  Amounts which may be
payable hereunder.

     This Global Bond is issued under the authority of Orders of the  Lieutenant
Governor in Council of Ontario,  made pursuant to the  Financial  Administration
Act (Ontario),  as amended.  This Global Bond shall for all purposes be governed
by, and  construed in accordance  with,  the laws of the Province of Ontario and
the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario.

     Payment of the principal of and interest on this Global Bond is a charge on
and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Ontario. This Global Bond is
a direct  unsecured  obligation  of the  Province  and as among the other Bonds,
ranks pari passu and is payable without any preference or priority.  This Global
Bond ranks equally with all of the Province's other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness and obligations from time to time outstanding.

     Interest on this  Global  Bond will  accrue  from the most recent  Interest
Payment Date to which  interest has been paid,  or, if no interest has been paid
or duly provided for, from January 21, 2009, until the principal hereof has been
paid or duly made  available for payment.  Any overdue  principal or interest on
this Global Bond shall bear  interest at the rate of 2.625% per annum (before as
well as after judgment)  until paid, or if earlier,  when the full amount of the
moneys  payable has been received by the Registrar and notice to that effect has
been given in accordance  with the provisions set forth herein.  The interest so
payable,  and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will be paid to the  person  in  whose  name  this  Global  Bond (or one or more
predecessor Global Bonds) is registered at the close of business on January 5 or
July 5 (whether or not a Business  Day, as defined  below),  as the case may be,
next  preceding  such  Interest  Payment  Date (each such day a "Regular  Record
Date").  Any such interest not so  punctually  paid or duly provided for will be
paid to the person in whose name this  Global  Bond (or one or more  predecessor
Global Bonds) is  registered  at the close of business on a special  record date
for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Registrar,  notice
whereof  shall be given to the  registered  holder hereof not less than ten (10)
days  prior to such  special  record  date,  or be paid at any time in any other
lawful  manner.  Interest  payments on this Global  Bond will  include  interest
accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates. Interest will be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     For the purposes only of  disclosure  required by the Interest Act (Canada)
and without  affecting  the interest  payable to the  registered  holder of this
Global  Bond,  the yearly rate of interest  which is  equivalent  to the rate of
interest  for any period of less than one year is the rate of interest  for such
period multiplied by a fraction,  the numerator of which is the actual number of
days in the 12-month  period  constituting  such year and commencing on the same
day as such  period and the  denominator  of which is the actual  number of days
elapsed in such 12-month period.

     In the event that the  Maturity  Date,  any  Interest  Payment  Date or any
Redemption Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement) with respect to this
Global Bond shall be a day that is not a Business  Day,  the  registered  holder
hereof shall not be entitled to payment until the next  following  Business Day,
and no further  interest  shall be paid in respect of the delay in such payment,
unless such next following  Business Day falls in the next  succeeding  calendar
month,  in  which  case  the  related  payment  will be made on the  immediately
preceding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due. For purposes
hereof,  "Business Day" means a day on which banking institutions in the City of
New York,  the City of London  and the City of  Toronto  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive order to close.

     If Bonds in  definitive  registered  form are issued in  exchange  for this
Global  Bond,  payment  of the  principal  of  such  Bonds  will  be  made  upon
presentation  and  surrender  of  such  Bonds  at the  office  of the  Registrar
maintained  for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York,  or at the office of any Paying  Agent  appointed  by the Province for
such purpose  pursuant to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement.  Payment of interest due
prior to or on the Maturity Date will be made by forwarding by post or otherwise
delivering a cheque, to the registered addresses of registered holders of Bonds,
or,  at  the  option  of  the  Province,  otherwise  transferring  funds  to the
registered  holders of the Bonds.  If the Maturity Date, the Redemption  Date or
any  Interest  Payment  Date is a Business  Day but is a day on which any Paying
Agent is closed at the applicable place of payment,  the registered  holder will
not be entitled to payment at such  location  until the next  succeeding  day on
which  banking  institutions  in such place of  payment  are not  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive  order to be closed and no further  interest shall
accrue in respect of the delay in such payment.

     Payment of the  principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made in such
coin or  currency  of the  United  States as, at the time of  payment,  is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.

     This Global Bond is not subject to any sinking  fund and is not  redeemable
at the option of the Province,  unless certain events occur  involving  Canadian
taxation as set forth  below,  and is not  repayable at the option of the holder
prior to the Maturity Date.

     All payments of, or in respect of, principal of and interest on this Global
Bond will be made without withholding of or deduction for, or on account of, any
present or future taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges of whatsoever  nature
imposed or levied by or on behalf of the  Government of Canada,  or any province
or political  subdivision  thereof,  or any authority  thereof or agency therein
having  power to tax,  unless such  taxes,  duties,  assessments  or charges are
required  by  law or by  the  administration  or  interpretation  thereof  to be
withheld or  deducted.  In that  event,  the  Province  (subject to its right of
redemption  described  herein below) will pay to the  registered  holder of this
Global Bond such additional  amounts (the  "Additional  Amounts") as will result
(after  withholding  or  deduction  of the said taxes,  duties,  assessments  or
charges)  in the  payment to the  holders of Bonds of the  amounts  which  would
otherwise  have been  payable  in  respect  of the Bonds in the  absence of such
taxes,  duties,  assessments or charges,  except that no such Additional Amounts
shall be payable with respect to any Bond:

(a)  a beneficial owner of which is subject to such taxes,  duties,  assessments
     or charges in respect of such Bond by reason of such owner being  connected
     with Canada  otherwise  than merely by the ownership as a  non-resident  of
     Canada of such  Bond,  but only to the extent of such  owner's  interest(s)
     therein; or

(b)  presented for payment more than 15 days after the Relevant Date,  except to
     the  extent  that the  holder  thereof  would  have been  entitled  to such
     Additional  Amounts  on the last day of such  period  of 15 days.  For this
     purpose, the "Relevant Date" in relation to any Bond means whichever is the
     later of:

     (i)  the date on which the payment in respect of such Bond  becomes due and
          payable; or

     (ii) if the full  amount of the  moneys  payable on such date in respect of
          such Bond has not been  received by the  Registrar on or prior to such
          date,  the date on which  notice is duly given to the holders of Bonds
          that such moneys have been so received; or

(c)  where  such  withholding  or  deduction  is  imposed  on a  payment  to  an
     individual  and is required to be made  pursuant  to the  Directive  or any
     other directive  implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting
     of 26-27  November  2000 or any law  implementing  or  complying  with,  or
     introduced in order to conform to, such directive; or

(d)  by or on  behalf  of a holder  who  would  have  been  able to  avoid  such
     withholding  or deduction by presenting the relevant Bond to another paying
     agent in a Member State of the European Union.

     Unless  previously   redeemed  for  tax  reasons,  as  provided  below,  or
repurchased by the Province, the Principal Amount of this Global Bond is due and
payable on January 20, 2012.

     The Bonds may be redeemed at the option of the  Province in whole,  but not
in part, at any time, on giving not less than 30 days' and no more than 60 days'
notice to  registered  holders  of Bonds in  accordance  with  Section 19 of the
Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  (which notice shall be  irrevocable),  at 100% of the
principal  amount  thereof,  together  with  interest  accrued  thereon  to  the
Redemption  Date,  if  (a)  the  Province  has or  will  become  obliged  to pay
Additional  Amounts  as  provided  herein,  as a result  of any  change  in,  or
amendment  to, the laws or  regulations  of Canada or any  province or political
subdivision  thereof, or any authority thereof or agency therein having power to
tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or
regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after January 13,
2009,  and  (b)  such  obligation  cannot  be  avoided  by the  Province  taking
reasonable  measures available to it, provided that no such notice of redemption
shall be given  earlier  than 90 days  prior to the  earliest  date on which the
Province  would be  obliged  to pay such  Additional  Amounts  were a payment in
respect  of the  Bonds  then  due.  Prior to the  publication  of any  notice of
redemption  pursuant  to this  paragraph,  the  Province  shall  deliver  to the
Registrar a  certificate  signed by an officer of the Province  stating that the
Province is entitled to effect such  redemption and setting forth a statement of
facts showing that the  conditions  precedent to the right of the Province so to
redeem have occurred.

     The Registrar has been appointed registrar for the Bonds, and the Registrar
will maintain at its office in the Borough of  Manhattan,  the City and State of
New York, a register (herein,  the "Register") for the registration of Bonds and
the   registration  of  transfers  and  exchanges  of  Bonds.   Subject  to  the
limitations,  terms and  conditions  set forth  herein and in the Fiscal  Agency
Agreement, this Global Bond may be transferred at the office of the Registrar by
surrendering  this Global Bond for  cancellation,  and  thereupon  the Registrar
shall issue and register in the name of the transferee,  in exchange herefor,  a
new  Global  Bond (or  other  global  security  in the case of a  transfer  to a
successor  depository)  having  identical terms and conditions and having a like
aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations.

     Upon the occurrence of certain events  specified in Section 6 of the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement,  this  Global  Bond  is  exchangeable  at the  office  of the
Registrar for Bonds in definitive  registered form without coupons of authorized
denominations  of US$5,000  and  integral  multiples  of US$1,000 for amounts in
excess of US$5,000 in an equal aggregate  principal  amount and having identical
terms and  conditions as this Global Bond,  except to the extent that such terms
and conditions  specifically relate to this Global Bond as a global security. On
or after such exchange,  the Registrar,  to the extent reasonably practicable in
the  circumstances,  shall make all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds
in definitive  registered form to the registered  holders thereof  regardless of
whether such exchange  occurred after the record date for such payment.  If this
Global Bond is  surrendered  for transfer,  it shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar and executed by the
registered  holder in person or by the  holder's  attorney  duly  authorized  in
writing.  No service charge will be imposed for any such transfers and exchanges
in the normal course of business,  but the Province may require payment of a sum
sufficient  to cover  any  stamp or other  tax or other  governmental  charge in
connection therewith.

     The Registrar shall not be required to register any transfer or exchange of
this  Global  Bond  during  the  period  from  any  Regular  Record  Date to the
corresponding  Interest  Payment  Date or during the period from the  Redemption
Record Date (as defined in the Fiscal Agency  Agreement) to the Redemption Date.
Neither the Province nor the Registrar shall be required to make any exchange of
Bonds,  if as a result  thereof,  the  Province  may incur  adverse tax or other
similar consequences under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in effect
at the time of the  exchange.  No provision of this Global Bond or of the Fiscal
Agency Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Province,  which is
absolute and unconditional,  to pay the principal of and interest on this Global
Bond  at the  time,  place  and  rate,  and  in the  coin  or  currency,  herein
prescribed.

     The  Province,  the  Registrar and any Paying Agent may treat the holder in
whose name this Global Bond is registered  as the absolute  owner hereof for all
purposes,  whether or not this Global Bond is overdue, and none of the Province,
the  Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be affected by notice to the  contrary.
All payments to or on the order of the registered holder of this Global Bond are
valid and effectual to discharge the liability of the Province and the Registrar
and any Paying Agent hereon to the extent of the sum or sums paid.

     The  Province's  obligation  to pay an amount of interest on the Bonds will
cease if a claim for the  payment of such  interest is not made within two years
after the date on which such interest  becomes due and payable.  The  Province's
obligation to pay the principal  amount of the Bonds will cease if the Bonds are
not  presented  for  payment  within  two  years  after  the date on which  such
principal becomes due and payable.

     The  Province  and the  Registrar  may,  at any time or from  time to time,
without  notice to or the consent of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  enter
into one or more  agreements  supplemental  to the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  to
create and issue further bonds ranking pari passu with the Bonds in all respects
(or in all  respects  except for the payment of interest  accruing  prior to the
issue date of such  further  bonds or except for the first  payment of  interest
following  the issue date of such further  bonds) and so that such further bonds
shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Bonds and shall have the
same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds may be amended by the Province on
the one hand,  and the  Registrar,  on the other hand,  without notice to or the
consent  of the  registered  holder of any Bond,  for the  purpose of curing any
ambiguity,  or curing,  correcting or  supplementing  any  defective  provisions
contained  therein  or  herein,  or  effecting  the  issue of  further  bonds as
described  above or in any other manner which the Province may deem necessary or
desirable and which, in the reasonable opinion of the Province, on the one hand,
and the Registrar, on the other hand, will not adversely affect the interests of
the beneficial owners of Bonds.

     The Fiscal Agency Agreement  contains  provisions for convening meetings of
registered  holders of Bonds to consent by Extraordinary  Resolution (as defined
below) to any  modification or amendment  proposed by the Province to the Fiscal
Agency  Agreement   (except  as  provided  in  the  two  immediately   preceding
paragraphs) and the Bonds (including the terms and conditions contained herein).

     An  Extraordinary  Resolution  duly  passed  at any such  meeting  shall be
binding on all registered holders of Bonds,  whether present or not; however, no
such  modification  or amendment to the Fiscal Agency  Agreement or to the terms
and conditions of the Bonds may, without the consent of the registered holder of
each such Bond affected  thereby:  (a) change the Maturity Date of any such Bond
or change any Interest Payment Date; (b) reduce the principal amount of any such
Bond or the rate of interest payable thereon; (c) change the currency of payment
of any such Bond; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the  enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to such Bond; or (e) reduce the percentage of the
principal  amount of Bonds  necessary  for the taking of any  action,  including
modification  or  amendment  of the  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  or the terms and
conditions  of the  Bonds,  or reduce  the  quorum  required  at any  meeting of
registered holders of Bonds.

     The  term  "Extraordinary  Resolution"  is  defined  in the  Fiscal  Agency
Agreement as a resolution passed at a meeting of registered  holders of Bonds by
the affirmative  vote of the registered  holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the
principal  amount of Bonds  represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and
voted on the  resolution or as an instrument in writing signed by the registered
holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal  amount of the outstanding  Bonds.
The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution is one or
more registered  holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy who represent at
least a majority in principal amount of the Bonds at the time outstanding, or at
any  adjourned  meeting  called by the  Province or the  Registrar,  one or more
persons being or representing registered holders of Bonds whatever the principal
amount of the Bonds so held or represented.

     All notices to the registered holders of Bonds will be published in English
in the Financial Times in London,  England, The Wall Street Journal in New York,
U.S.A., and The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Canada. If at any time publication in
any such newspaper is not practicable,  notices will be valid if published in an
English  language  newspaper with general  circulation in the respective  market
regions as the Province,  with the approval of the Registrar,  shall  determine.
Any  such  notice  shall  be  deemed  to have  been  given  on the  date of such
publication or, if published more than once or on different  dates, on the first
date on which publication is made.

     For so long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the Financial
Services  Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's  Regulated
Market and the rules of such stock exchange on which the Bonds are listed or the
rules of the Financial  Services  Authority  (UK) so require,  the Province will
maintain a paying agent in the United Kingdom.

     The  Province  agrees to appoint  and  maintain a paying  agent in a Member
State of the  European  Union that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax
pursuant to the European  Council  Directive  regarding  the taxation of savings
income   (Directive   2003/48/EC)  or  any  other  directive   implementing  the
conclusions  of the ECOFIN  Council  meeting of 26-27  November  2000 or any law
implementing  or  complying  with,  or  introduced  in order to conform to, such
directive.

     Unless the  certificate of  authentication  hereon has been executed by the
Registrar  by manual  signature,  this  Global Bond shall not be entitled to any
benefit  under the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement or be valid or  obligatory  for any
purpose.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Province of Ontario,  pursuant to due authorization
of law,  has  caused  this  Global  Bond to be duly  executed  by an  authorized
representative and the Seal of the Minister of Finance to be imprinted hereon.

DATED:  January 21, 2009      PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

                              By:
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                 Authorized Signing Officer


                              SEAL OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE


REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Bonds of the series  designated  therein  referred  to in the
within-mentioned Fiscal Agency Agreement.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
  as Registrar

By:
   ---------------------------------------
         Authorized Signatory















                                                                      CONFORMED COPY




                          Dated as of January 13, 2009



                               PROVINCE OF ONTARIO



                               U.S.$2,000,000,000



                        2.625% Bonds due January 20, 2012



                             ______________________


                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

                             ______________________









                               Province of Ontario

                             Underwriting Agreement

                                                                January 13, 2009



HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
As representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o        The Toronto-Dominion Bank
           Triton Court
           14-18 Finsbury Square
           London, UK, EC2A 1DB


Dear Sirs:

     The Province of Ontario  (the  "Province")  proposes to sell the  principal
amount of its securities  identified in Schedule II hereto (the "Securities") to
the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters"),  for whom you
are acting as representatives  (the  "Representatives").  The Securities will be
issued in the form of one or more fully registered  permanent global  securities
(the  "Global  Securities")  registered  in the name of Cede &  Co.,  as the
nominee of The Depository  Trust Company  ("DTC"),  subject to the provisions of
the  fiscal  agency  agreement  between  the  Province  and the Bank of New York
Mellon,  as fiscal  agent,  expected  to be dated the  Closing  Date (as defined
below) (the "Fiscal Agency  Agreement").  As of January 13, 2009,  (the "Time of
Sale"), the Province had prepared the following information  (collectively,  the
"Time of Sale  Information"):  a Preliminary Final Prospectus (as defined below)
dated  January 12,  2009,  and the Issuer Free  Writing  Prospectus  (as defined
below) in the form of Schedule I hereto.  As used  herein,  "Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus"  shall have the meaning  assigned to the term  "issuer  free writing
prospectus"  in Section 433 under the U.S.  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended
(the "U.S.  Securities Act"). This Agreement is to confirm the arrangements with
respect to the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters.

     1. Representations and Warranties. The Province represents and warrants to,
and agrees with, each Underwriter that:

     (i) The Time of Sale  Information,  at the Time of Sale and at the  Closing
Date, did not and will not,  contain any untrue  statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the  circumstances  under which they were made, not  misleading;
provided that the Province makes no  representation  or warranty with respect to
any  statements  or  omissions  made in  reliance  upon and in  conformity  with
information  furnished to the Province in writing by any Underwriter through the
Representatives  expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information.  The Issuer
Free  Writing  Prospectus  in the  form of  Schedule  I hereto  complies  in all
material respects with the U.S. Securities Act.

     (ii)  The  Province  has  filed  with  the  U.S.  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement or registration statements under
Schedule B of the U.S.  Securities Act, which has or have become effective,  for
the  registration of any Securities which may be sold in the United States under
the U.S.  Securities Act. Each such  registration  statement,  as amended at the
date of this Agreement,  complies in all material respects with the requirements
of the  U.S.  Securities  Act and the  rules  and  regulations  thereunder.  The
Province has filed a Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  (as defined below) with the
SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the U.S. Securities Act, which has been furnished
to the  Underwriters,  and  proposes  to file with the SEC  pursuant to Rule 424
under the U.S. Securities Act a supplement to the form of prospectus included in
the most recent registration statement, or amendment thereto, filed with the SEC
relating to the Securities and the plan of distribution  thereof and has advised
you of all  further  information  (financial  and  other)  with  respect  to the
Province to be set forth therein.  The  registration  statement or  registration
statements,  including the exhibits  thereto and the documents  incorporated  by
reference  therein,  as amended at the date of this Agreement,  is or are herein
called the  "Registration  Statement";  the  prospectus  in the form in which it
appears in the Registration  Statement,  including the documents incorporated by
reference therein,  is herein called the "Basic  Prospectus";  such supplemented
form of  prospectus,  in the form in which it shall be first  filed with the SEC
pursuant to Rule 424 after the date hereof (including the Basic Prospectus as so
supplemented),  including the documents  incorporated by reference  therein,  is
herein  called the "Final  Prospectus";  and any  preliminary  form of the Final
Prospectus  which has heretofore  been filed pursuant to Rule 424 (including the
Basic Prospectus as so  supplemented),  including the documents  incorporated by
reference therein, is herein called the "Preliminary Final Prospectus".

     (iii) The documents filed by the Province with the SEC pursuant to the U.S.
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S.  Exchange Act") that are
incorporated  by  reference in the  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  or the Final
Prospectus,  at the time they were filed with the SEC,  complied in all material
respects  with the  requirements  of the U.S.  Exchange  Act and the  rules  and
regulations thereunder.

     (iv) The Province will use all  reasonable  efforts to publish,  as soon as
possible  after the  Closing  Date,  a  prospectus  approved  by the UK  Listing
Authority  (as  defined  below)  (the  "UKLA  Prospectus")  in  compliance  with
Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus  Directive") and all laws, regulations and
rules  implementing the Prospectus  Directive,  as amended from time to time and
shall  submit (or  procure  the  submission  on its  behalf of) such  reports or
information  as may from time to time be required and otherwise  comply with the
Prospectus  Directive  and all  laws,  regulations  and rules  implementing  the
Prospectus Directive.

     (v) As of the  date  hereof,  when the  Final  Prospectus  is  first  filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the U.S.  Securities Act, when,  prior to the Closing
Date (as  hereinafter  defined),  any  amendment to the  Registration  Statement
becomes effective, when any supplement to the Final Prospectus is filed with the
SEC and at the Closing Date, (a) the  Registration  Statement,  as amended as of
any such time and the Final  Prospectus,  as amended or  supplemented  as of any
such time, complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder
and (b) the Registration  Statement,  as amended as of any such time, did not or
will not contain any untrue  statement  of a material  fact or omit to state any
material  fact  required to be stated  therein or necessary in order to make the
statements  therein  not  misleading,  and the Final  Prospectus,  as amended or
supplemented  as of any such time,  will not contain any untrue  statement  of a
material fact or omit to state any material  fact required to be stated  therein
or  necessary  in order  to make the  statements  therein,  in the  light of the
circumstances  under which they were made, not  misleading,  and the summary set
out in the Final Prospectus is not misleading,  inaccurate or inconsistent  when
read with  other  parts of the Final  Prospectus;  provided,  however,  that the
Province makes no representations or warranties as to the information  contained
in or omitted from the  Registration  Statement or the Final  Prospectus  or any
amendment thereof or supplement  thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with
information  furnished  in  writing  to  the  Province  by or on  behalf  of any
Underwriter through the Representatives  specifically for use in connection with
the preparation of the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus.

     2. Purchase and Sale.  Subject to the terms and  conditions and in reliance
upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Province agrees to
sell to each  Underwriter,  and each  Underwriter,  severally  and not  jointly,
agrees  to  purchase  from the  Province,  at the  purchase  price  set forth in
Schedule II hereto,  the principal  amount of the  Securities set forth opposite
such Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto.

     3. Delivery and Payment.  Delivery of and payment for the Securities  shall
be made at the offices of Shearman  &  Sterling  LLP,  Commerce  Court West,
Suite 4405, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (or such other place as may be agreed to by
the Representatives and the Province) at 9:00 a.m., Toronto time, on January 21,
2009 (or at such time on such later date not later than five business days after
such specified date as the  Representatives  and the Province shall agree upon),
which date and time may be postponed by  agreement  between the  Representatives
and the  Province  or as  provided  in Section 10 hereof  (such date and time of
delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the "Closing Date").
Delivery of the Global  Securities  shall be made to the  Representatives  or to
their order for the  respective  accounts of the  several  Underwriters  against
payment by the several  Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase
price  thereof to the  Province  in  immediately  available  (same day) funds by
transfer  to a U.S.  dollar  account  specified  by  the  Province.  The  Global
Securities  shall be  substantially  in the form  annexed to the  Fiscal  Agency
Agreement and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.

     The Global  Securities  shall be made available for inspection and checking
by the  Representatives  in Toronto,  Ontario not later than 3:00 P.M.  (Toronto
time) on the  business  day prior to the  Closing  Date.  For  purposes  of this
Agreement,  "business day" shall mean a day on which banking institutions in the
City of Toronto are not authorized or obligated by law or executive  order to be
closed.

     4. Listing.  The Province agrees with the  Underwriters to file or cause to
be filed an  application  to the Financial  Services  Authority (the "UK Listing
Authority") in its capacity as competent  authority under the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000, as amended ("FSMA"),  for the Securities to be admitted to
the Official List of the UK Listing  Authority (the "Official  List") and to the
London Stock  Exchange plc for the  Securities  to be admitted to trading on the
Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange plc (the "Stock Exchange") as soon
as possible  after the Closing Date.  References  herein to "list",  "listed" or
"listing" when used in relation to the Stock Exchange shall mean admitted to the
Official  List and  admitted  to  trading on the  Regulated  Market of the Stock
Exchange,  which is a  regulated  market  for the  purposes  of the  Markets  in
Financial  Instruments  Directive  (2004/39/EC).  The  Province  shall  use  all
reasonable efforts to cause the Securities to be listed on the Stock Exchange as
soon as possible after the Closing Date. The Province  further agrees to furnish
to the UK Listing  Authority and the Stock Exchange all documents,  instruments,
information and undertakings and to publish all advertisements or other material
that may be  necessary in order to effect the listing of the  Securities  and to
cause the listing of the Securities on the Stock Exchange to be continued for so
long as any of the Securities remain outstanding;  provided, however, that if in
the opinion of the  Province,  the  continuation  of such  listing  shall become
unduly  onerous,  then the  Province  may delist the  Securities  from the Stock
Exchange;  provided,  further, that if the Securities are to be so delisted from
the Stock  Exchange,  the  Province  will use its best  efforts  to  obtain  the
admission to listing,  trading  and/or  quotation of the  Securities  by another
listing  authority,  securities  exchange  and/or  quotation  system  reasonably
acceptable to the Representatives and the Province prior to the delisting of the
Securities from the Stock Exchange. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply
to any other listing authority,  securities  exchange and/or quotation system on
which the  Securities  may be  admitted  to listing,  trading  and/or  quotation
mutatis mutandis.

     5. Agreements. (a) The Province and the Underwriters agree that:

     (i)  Prior  to the  termination  of the  offering  of the  Securities,  the
Province  will  not  file  any  amendment  to the  Registration  Statement,  any
supplement  to the Time of Sale  Information  or the  Final  Prospectus,  or any
document that would as a result thereof be incorporated by reference in the Time
of Sale Information or the Final  Prospectus,  unless the Province has furnished
to the  Underwriters  a copy for their  review prior to filing and will not file
any such proposed  amendment,  supplement or document to which the  Underwriters
reasonably object, except that the Underwriters may not object to the filing, as
exhibits to an amendment on Form 18-K/A to the Province's  Annual Report on Form
18-K, of reports prepared by the Province and the Ontario Electricity  Financial
Corporation  in the ordinary  course.  Subject to the  foregoing  sentence,  the
Province will cause any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus to
be filed  (or  mailed  for  filing)  with the SEC  pursuant  to Rule 424 and the
Province will file any Issuer Free Writing  Prospectus to the extent required by
Rule 433 under the U.S.  Securities  Act. The Province will promptly  advise the
Representatives  (i) when the Time of Sale Information,  the Final Prospectus or
any document that would as a result thereof be  incorporated by reference in the
Time of Sale  Information  or the Final  Prospectus  shall  have been  filed (or
mailed for filing) with the SEC,  (ii) when any  amendment  to the  Registration
Statement  relating to the Securities shall have become effective,  (iii) of any
request by the SEC for any amendment of the Registration  Statement or amendment
of or supplement to the Time of Sale  Information or the Final Prospectus or for
any additional  information relating thereto or to any document  incorporated by
reference in the Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final  Prospectus,  (iv) of
the issuance by the SEC of any stop order  suspending the  effectiveness  of the
Registration  Statement or the  institution or threatening of any proceeding for
that  purpose and (v) of the receipt by the  Province of any  notification  with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction  or the  initiation  or  threatening  of any  proceeding  for  such
purpose.  The Province  will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order and,  if issued,  to obtain as soon as possible  the  withdrawal
thereof.

     (ii) Before using or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,  other than
the  Issuer  Free  Writing  Prospectus  in the form of  Schedule  I hereto,  the
Province will furnish to the  Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a
copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing  Prospectus for review and will not use
or file any such Issuer Free  Writing  Prospectus  to which the  Representatives
reasonably object provided that the  Representatives  may not object to a filing
that is required.

     (iii) If, at any time  when a  prospectus  relating  to the  Securities  is
required to be delivered  under the U.S.  Securities  Act, any event occurs as a
result of which the Time of Sale  Information  or the Final  Prospectus  as then
amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements  therein in the
light of the circumstances  under which they were made not misleading,  or if it
shall be necessary to amend or supplement  the Time of Sale  Information  or the
Final  Prospectus  to  comply  with the U.S.  Securities  Act or the  rules  and
regulations  thereunder,  the Province  promptly  will prepare and file with the
SEC,  subject to the first  sentence in  paragraph  (a)(i) of this Section 5, an
amendment or supplement at its own expense which will correct such  statement or
omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance.

     (iv)  Subject  to the UKLA  Prospectus  being  approved  and  published  in
accordance  with  Section  1(iv),  the  Province  shall update or amend the UKLA
Prospectus by the publication in accordance  with the Prospectus  Directive of a
supplement  thereto or an update thereof in the event that (A) a significant new
factor,  material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information  included in
the  UKLA  Prospectus  which is  capable  of  affecting  the  assessment  of the
Securities  arises or is noted,  or (B) if there is any  Significant (as defined
below)  change  affecting  any  matter  contained  in the UKLA  Prospectus  or a
Significant new matter arises,  the inclusion of information in respect of which
would  have been so  required  if it had  arisen  when the UKLA  Prospectus  was
prepared,  or if such  supplement  or update would be required by the UK Listing
Authority  prior to the listing of such  Securities.  Without  prejudice  to the
generality of the foregoing, the Province undertakes that in the period from and
including  the date  when the UKLA  Prospectus  is  approved  by the UK  Listing
Authority to and including the date when the  Securities are issued it will only
prepare and publish a supplement to, or update of, the UKLA  Prospectus if it is
required,  or has reasonable grounds to believe that it is required, to do so in
order to comply with  Section 87G of the FSMA.  For the purposes of this clause,
"Significant"   means  significant  for  the  purposes  of  making  an  informed
assessment of (A) the assets and liabilities,  financial  position,  profits and
losses  and  prospects  of the  Province  and (B) the  rights  attaching  to the
Securities.

     (v) The Province will make generally  available to its security holders and
to the  Representatives  as soon as  practicable  after  the  close of its first
fiscal year  beginning  after the date  hereof,  statements  of its revenues and
expenditures  for such fiscal year which will satisfy the  provisions of Section
11(a)  of the U.S.  Securities  Act and the  applicable  rules  and  regulations
thereunder.

     (vi) The Province will furnish to the Representatives, upon request, copies
of  the  Registration   Statement  (including  exhibits  thereto  and  documents
incorporated by reference therein) and each amendment thereto which shall become
effective  on or  prior  to the  Closing  Date  and,  so long as  delivery  of a
prospectus by an Underwriter or a dealer may be required by the U.S.  Securities
Act or publication of a prospectus may be required by the Prospectus  Directive,
as many copies of any  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus,  any Issuer Free  Writing
Prospectus,  the Final  Prospectus  and the UKLA  Prospectus  and any amendments
thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.

     (vii) The Province will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for
offer and sale and the  determination of their  eligibility for investment under
the securities laws of such states and other  jurisdictions of the United States
as the  Representatives  may designate and will maintain such  qualifications in
effect so long as required for the  distribution  of the  Securities;  provided,
however,  that the Province shall not be obligated to consent to general service
of process under the laws of any state or other jurisdiction.

     (viii) If the Province has agreed with the relevant  Representative(s) that
the UK Listing  Authority will be requested to provide a certificate of approval
to the competent  authority of one or more EEA Member  State(s) under Article 17
and Article 18 of the Prospectus  Directive,  the arrangements  relating to such
request  (including,  but not  limited  to, the cost of  preparing  any  summary
required  pursuant  to Article 19 of the  Prospectus  Directive)  will be agreed
between the Province and the relevant Representative(s) at the relevant time.

     In any such case, the Province undertakes that it will request the delivery
of a certificate of approval by the competent authority in the United Kingdom to
the  competent  authority  in each such EEA Member  State as agreed  between the
Province and the relevant Representative(s).

     Any  translation  of the  summary set out in the UKLA  Prospectus  required
pursuant  to  Article  19 of the  Prospectus  Directive  shall be  accurate  and
complete in all material  respects and shall not be  misleading,  inaccurate  or
inconsistent when read together with the UKLA Prospectus.

     For the purposes of the above,  "EEA Member  State" means the member states
of the European Union, together with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.

     (ix) The  Province  will pay (i) all  expenses in  connection  with (a) the
preparation,  issue, execution and delivery of the Securities (including fees of
the registrar,  fiscal agent,  transfer agent and paying agents and the fees and
expenses of the Province's legal  advisors),  (b) the fee incurred in filing the
Registration  Statement  (including  all  amendments  thereto),  any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and any Time of Sale Information with the SEC, (c) all costs,
expenses, fees or commissions,  payable on or in connection with the approval of
the UKLA Prospectus by the UK Listing  Authority and the granting of listing for
the Securities on the Stock Exchange and (d) any fee payable to rating  services
in connection  with the rating of the  Securities,  (ii) the cost of copying the
documents  incorporated  by  reference in the Time of Sale  Information  and the
Final  Prospectus  in such  quantities  as the  Representatives  may  reasonably
request  and the cost of  delivering  the same to  locations  designated  by the
Representatives  and satisfactory to the Province in its reasonable judgment and
(iii) all stamp  duties or other  like  taxes and  duties or value  added  taxes
payable  under the laws of the United  Kingdom upon and in  connection  with the
execution,  issue  and  subscription  of the  Securities  or the  execution  and
delivery of this Agreement and the Fiscal Agency  Agreement.  Except as provided
in Section 9 hereof,  the Province shall not be required to pay or bear any fees
or expenses of the Underwriters.

     (x) The  Underwriters  will pay all costs  incurred in connection  with the
printing of the Final Prospectus, the UKLA Prospectus and each Preliminary Final
Prospectus (including all amendments thereof or supplements thereto), any Issuer
Free  Writing  Prospectus  and the  cost of  delivering  the  same to  locations
designated by the Underwriters, the Province and each of their counsel.

     (b) Each Underwriter agrees that:

     (i) It will cause the  Representatives  to deliver to the Province a letter
prior to the Closing Date  containing the total sales of the Securities  made in
the initial  distribution  in the United States together with an estimate of the
number of Securities  reasonably expected to be sold within the United States in
secondary  market  transactions  within 40 days of the Closing  Date;  provided,
however,  that the Underwriters shall bear no responsibility for any discrepancy
between such estimate and the actual number of Securities sold within the United
States pursuant to such secondary market transactions in such time period.

     (ii)  It has not  and  will  not  use,  authorize  use  of,  refer  to,  or
participate  in the  planning  for use of,  any "free  writing  prospectus"  (as
defined in Rule 405 under the U.S.  Securities  Act) (which term includes use of
any  written  information   furnished  to  the  SEC  by  the  Province  and  not
incorporated by reference into the Registration  Statement and any press release
issued by the Province) other than (A) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in the
form of Schedule I hereto or prepared pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) above, or (B)
any "free writing  prospectus"  prepared by such Underwriter and provided to and
consented  to by the  Province  in advance in writing  (each such "free  writing
prospectus"  referred  to in this  clause  (B),  an  "Underwriter  Free  Writing
Prospectus");  provided that the  Underwriters may use a Bloomberg term sheet in
accordance with Section 5(b)(iv) below.

     (iii) It has not and will  not  distribute  any  Underwriter  Free  Writing
Prospectus referred to in Section 5(b)(ii)(B) in a manner reasonably designed to
lead to its broad unrestricted  dissemination  unless the Province has consented
in advance in writing to such dissemination.

     (iv) It has not and will not,  without  the prior  written  consent  of the
Province,  use any "free writing  prospectus",  that contains the final terms of
the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in an Issuer Free
Writing  Prospectus  filed  or to be  filed  with  the  SEC;  provided  that the
Underwriters  may use a Bloomberg  term sheet that  contains  some or all of the
information in Schedule I hereto  without the consent of the Province;  provided
further that any  Underwriter  using such term sheet shall notify the  Province,
and provide a copy of such  Bloomberg  term sheet to the Province,  prior to, or
substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.

     (v) It is not subject to any  pending  proceeding  under  Section 8A of the
U.S.  Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly  notify the
Province if any such proceeding  against it is initiated  during the period that
delivery of a prospectus  by an  Underwriter  or a dealer may be required by the
U.S. Securities Act).

     6. Selling Restrictions.

     (a) European Economic Area.

     In relation to each Member  State of the European  Economic  Area which has
implemented the Prospectus  Directive  (other than the United Kingdom,  once the
UKLA Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority, each, a "Relevant
Member State"),  each of the  Underwriters,  on behalf of itself and each of its
affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities,  has
represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the
Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the "Relevant
Implementation  Date") it has not made and will not make an offer of Securities,
which are the subject of the  offering  contemplated  by the  Preliminary  Final
Prospectus and the Final  Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State
prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Securities which has
been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where
appropriate,  approved  in another  Relevant  Member  State and  notified to the
competent  authority in that Relevant  Member State,  all in accordance with the
Prospectus  Directive,  except that it may,  with effect from and  including the
Relevant  Implementation Date, make an offer of Securities to the public in that
Relevant Member State at any time:

     (i) to legal  entities  which are authorised or regulated to operate in the
financial markets or, if not so authorised or regulated, whose corporate purpose
is solely to invest in securities;

     (ii) to any  legal  entity  which has two or more of (1) an  average  of at
least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of
more  than  (euro)43,000,000  and  (3) an  annual  net  turnover  of  more  than
(euro)50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;

     (iii) to fewer than 100  natural or legal  persons  (other  than  qualified
investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior
consent of the relevant  Underwriter or  Underwriters  nominated by the Province
for any such offer; or

     (iv)  in  any  other  circumstances  falling  within  Article  3(2)  of the
Prospectus Directive;

     provided that no such offer of Securities shall result in a requirement for
the publication by the Province or the Underwriters of a prospectus  pursuant to
Article 3 of the Prospectus  Directive or a supplement to a prospectus  pursuant
to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.

     For the purposes of this provision,  the expression an "offer of Securities
to the public" in relation to any Securities in any Relevant  Member State means
the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient  information on the
terms of the offer and the  Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor
to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities,  as the same may be varied in
that Member State by any measure  implementing the Prospectus  Directive in that
Member  State  and  the  expression   "Prospectus   Directive"  means  Directive
2003/71/EC  and  includes  any relevant  implementing  measure in each  Relevant
Member State.

     (b) United Kingdom. Each of the Underwriters,  on behalf of itself and each
of  its  affiliates  that  participates  in  the  initial  distribution  of  the
Securities, represents and agrees that:

     (i) it has only  communicated  or caused to be  communicated  and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in
investment  activity  (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by
it in connection  with the issue or sale of the Securities in  circumstances  in
which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Province; and

     (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable  provisions of the
FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the  Securities in, from
or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

     (c) Japan.  The Securities  have not been and will not be registered  under
the  Financial  Instruments  and Exchange  Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948,  as
amended) and, accordingly, the Underwriters, on behalf of themselves and each of
their respective affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the
Securities, each undertake that they have not offered or sold and will not offer
or sell any  Securities,  directly  or  indirectly,  in Japan or to,  or for the
benefit of, any Japanese Person or to others for re-offering or resale, directly
or indirectly,  in Japan or to or for the benefit of any Japanese  Person except
pursuant to an exemption  from the  registration  requirements  of the Financial
Instruments  and  Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948,  as  amended),  and
under  circumstances  which will result in compliance with all applicable  laws,
regulations and guidelines promulgated by the relevant Japanese governmental and
regulatory  authorities  and in effect at the relevant time. For the purposes of
this  paragraph,  "Japanese  Person"  shall mean any person  resident  in Japan,
including any corporation or other entity  organized under the laws of Japan. As
part  of  the  offering  of the  Securities,  the  Underwriters  may  offer  the
Securities  in Japan to a list of 49 offerees in  accordance  with this  Section
6(c).

     (d) Hong Kong.  Each of the  Underwriters,  on behalf of itself and each of
its affiliates that participates in the initial  distribution of the Securities,
represents  and agrees that (1) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or
sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document,  any  Securities  other than (i) to
"professional  investors"  within the  meaning  of the  Securities  and  Futures
Ordinance  (Cap.  571) of Hong Kong  ("SFO") and any rule made under the SFO, or
(ii)  in  other  circumstances  which  do not  result  in the  document  being a
"prospectus"  within the meaning of the Companies  Ordinance  (Cap.  32) of Hong
Kong or which do not  constitute  an offer to the public  within the  meaning of
that  Ordinance;  and (2) it has not  issued  or had in its  possession  for the
purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes
of issue,  whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere,  any advertisement,  invitation or
document  relating to the  Securities,  which is directed at, or the contents of
which are likely to be accessed  or read by, the public in Hong Kong  (except if
permitted  to do so under the  securities  laws of Hong  Kong)  other  than with
respect to  Securities  which are  intended  to be  disposed  of only to persons
outside Hong Kong or only "professional investors" within the meaning of the SFO
and any rules made thereunder.

     (e) Switzerland.  Each of the Underwriters, on behalf of itself and each of
its affiliates that participates in the initial  distribution of the Securities,
represents and undertakes  that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or
sell any Securities,  directly or indirectly,  in or from Switzerland other than
to a limited group of persons  pursuant to article  652a(2) of the Swiss Code of
Obligations.

     (f) Sale and Distribution.  In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a),
(b), (c), (d) and (e) above, each of the  Underwriters,  on behalf of itself and
each of its respective  affiliates that participates in the initial distribution
of the  Securities,  represents to and agrees with the Province that it and each
of its respective affiliates (i) has not offered, sold or delivered and will not
offer,  sell or  deliver,  directly  or  indirectly,  any of the  Securities  or
distribute the Basic Prospectus,  any Preliminary  Final  Prospectus,  the Final
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information,  any "free writing prospectus", or any
other offering material relating to the Securities,  in or from any jurisdiction
except under  circumstances  that will, to the best of its knowledge and belief,
after  reasonable  investigation,  result in compliance with the applicable laws
and  regulations  thereof  and which  will not  impose  any  obligations  on the
Province except as contained in this  Agreement,  and (ii)  notwithstanding  the
foregoing  clause (i), will not distribute any Preliminary  Final  Prospectus or
the other Time of Sale Information outside the United States.

     (g)  Authorizations.  Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a),
(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and except for the  qualification  of the  Securities
for offer and sale and the  determination  of their  eligibility  for investment
under   the   applicable   securities   laws  of  such   jurisdictions   as  the
Representatives  may designate pursuant to Section  5(a)(vii),  and the approval
and  publication  of the UKLA  Prospectus  and any  arrangements  under  Section
5(a)(viii),  the  Province  shall  not  have  any  responsibility  for,  and the
Underwriters  agree with the Province that the Underwriters and their respective
affiliates will obtain, any consent,  approval or authorization required by them
for the  subscription,  offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities
under the laws and  regulations in force in any  jurisdiction  to which they are
subject or in or from which they make such subscription, offer, sale or delivery
of any of the Securities.

     7.  Conditions to the Obligations of the  Underwriters.  The obligations of
the  Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of
the  representations and warranties on the part of the Province contained herein
as of the date hereof,  as of the date of the  effectiveness of any amendment to
the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing
of any document  incorporated by reference  therein) and as of the Closing Date,
to the  accuracy of the  statements  of the  Province  made in any  certificates
pursuant to the  provisions  hereof,  to the  performance by the Province of its
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

     (a)  No  stop  order  suspending  the  effectiveness  of  the  Registration
Statement,  as  amended  from  time to  time,  shall  have  been  issued  and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been  instituted or threatened;  and the
Final  Prospectus  shall have been filed with the SEC  pursuant  to Rule 424 not
later than 5:00 P.M.,  New York City time, on the second  business day following
the date hereof or  transmitted  by a means  reasonably  calculated to result in
filing with the SEC by such date;  and each Issuer Free Writing  Prospectus,  to
the extent  required by Rule 433 under the U.S.  Securities Act, shall have been
filed with the SEC under the U.S. Securities Act.

     (b) The Province shall have furnished to the Representatives,  on behalf of
the  Underwriters,  on or prior to the Closing Date, a written opinion dated the
Closing Date of the Deputy Attorney General,  Assistant Deputy Attorney General,
Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the Province or any solicitor who is
an employee of the Crown and seconded to the Legal Services Branch,  Ministry of
Finance and  Ministry of Revenue,  addressed  to the  Minister of Finance of the
Province  to the  effect  that,  based on the  assumptions  and  subject  to the
qualifications set forth therein:

     (i) this Agreement has been duly authorized,  executed and delivered by the
Province in accordance  with the laws of the Province and the Order or Orders of
the Lieutenant Governor in Council applicable thereto,  and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding  agreement of the Province  enforceable in accordance with its
terms;

     (ii) the Fiscal  Agency  Agreement has been duly  authorized,  executed and
delivered  by the Province in  accordance  with the laws of the Province and the
Order or Orders of the Lieutenant Governor in Council applicable  thereto,  and,
assuming due execution  and delivery by the Fiscal  Agent,  constitutes a legal,
valid and binding  agreement of the Province  enforceable in accordance with its
terms;

     (iii) the Securities  have been duly  authorized and the Global  Securities
have been duly  executed  by the  Province  in  accordance  with the laws of the
Province  and  the  Order  or  Orders  of the  Lieutenant  Governor  in  Council
applicable thereto, and, when authenticated in accordance with the provisions of
the Fiscal Agency  Agreement  and delivered to and paid for by the  Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Province, enforceable in accordance with their terms;

     (iv) the  statements  in the  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  and the Final
Prospectus  under the  headings  "Description  of Debt  Securities  and Warrants
—  Canadian  Income  Tax  Considerations"  and  "Taxation  —  Canadian
Taxation" are accurate in all material  respects  subject to the  qualifications
therein stated;

     (v) the payment of principal of and  interest on the  Securities  will be a
charge on and payable out of the  Consolidated  Revenue  Fund of the Province of
Ontario (as defined in the Financial Administration Act (Ontario));

     (vi)  no  authorization,   consent,  waiver  or  approval  of,  or  filing,
registration, qualification or recording with, any governmental authority of the
Province of Ontario or of Canada is required in connection  with the  execution,
delivery and  performance by the Province of this Agreement or the Fiscal Agency
Agreement  or  the  sale  of  the  Securities  by the  Province  in  the  manner
contemplated in this Agreement and the Final Prospectus, except for the Order or
Orders of the Lieutenant Governor in Council and an approval under section 28 of
the Financial Administration Act (Ontario), which have been obtained;

     (vii) no stamp or other  similar duty or levy is payable  under the laws of
the  Province  of Ontario or the laws of Canada  applicable  in the  Province in
connection with the execution,  delivery and performance by the Province of this
Agreement and the Fiscal Agency  Agreement,  or in connection with the issue and
sale of the  Securities  by the  Province  in the  manner  contemplated  in this
Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Prospectus; and

     (viii) Her  Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario may be sued in the courts
of the Province of Ontario with regard to any claims  arising out of or relating
to the obligations of the Province under the Securities.  No law in the Province
of Ontario  requires the consent of any public official or authority for suit to
be brought or judgment to be obtained  against Her Majesty the Queen in right of
Ontario  arising out of or relating to the obligations of the Province under the
Securities,  though in certain  circumstances  prior notice and particulars of a
claim  must be given to Her  Majesty  the Queen in right of  Ontario.  An amount
payable by Her Majesty  the Queen in right of Ontario  under an order of a court
of the  Province  of Ontario  that is final and not subject to appeal is payable
out of the Consolidated  Revenue Fund of the Province of Ontario pursuant to the
Proceedings Against the Crown Act (Ontario).

     (c) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received
on the Closing Date from Shearman & Sterling LLP,  United States  counsel to the
Province, favorable opinions dated the Closing Date to the effect that:

     (i) the statements in the Preliminary Final Prospectus,  read together with
the  Time of Sale  Information,  and the  Final  Prospectus  under  the  caption
"Description  of  Bonds"  and  "Underwriting",  in each  case,  insofar  as such
statements  constitute  summaries  of  documents  referred  to  therein,  fairly
summarize in all material respects the documents referred to therein;

     (ii) the statements in the Preliminary Final Prospectus, read together with
the  Time of Sale  Information,  and the  Final  Prospectus  under  the  caption
"Description  of Debt  Securities and Warrants  —  United States Income Tax
Considerations", as supplemented by "Taxation — United States Taxation", in
each case,  insofar as such  statements  constitute  summaries of legal  matters
referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the legal matters
referred to therein;

     (iii) the  statements in the  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  and the Final
Prospectus under the caption "Taxation — United Kingdom Taxation",  insofar
as such statements  purport to summarize certain tax laws of the United Kingdom,
constitute a fair summary of the matters addressed therein;

     (iv) each of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, excluding
the  documents  incorporated  by  reference  therein,  and  any  supplements  or
amendments  thereto (other than the financial  statements and other financial or
statistical  data  contained  therein  or  omitted  therefrom,  as to which such
counsel  need not express any opinion)  appears on its face to be  appropriately
responsive in all material  respects to the requirements of the U.S.  Securities
Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and

     (v) each of the  documents  incorporated  by reference  in the  Preliminary
Final Prospectus, read together with the Time of Sale Information, and the Final
Prospectus  (other  than  the  financial   statements  and  other  financial  or
statistical  data  contained  therein  or  omitted  therefrom,  as to which such
counsel  need  express  no  opinion),  except to the extent  that any  statement
therein is modified or superseded  in the  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus,  at the time it was filed with the SEC, appears on its face to
be appropriately  responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the
U.S.  Exchange  Act  and  the  applicable  rules  and  regulations  of  the  SEC
thereunder.

     Such counsel shall also state that although they have not verified, are not
passing  upon  and  do  not  assume  any   responsibility   for,  the  accuracy,
completeness  or  fairness  of the  statements  contained  in  the  Registration
Statement,  the Time of Sale Information or the Final Prospectus  (including the
documents  incorporated  by  reference  therein),  such  counsel  has,  however,
generally  reviewed and discussed such  statements with  representatives  of the
Ontario Financing  Authority and Ministry of Finance of the Province and, in the
course of such  review  and  discussion,  no facts  have come to such  counsel's
attention which gives them reason to believe that (A) the Registration Statement
(including  the  documents  incorporated  by reference  therein,  other than the
financial  statements and other financial or statistical data contained  therein
or  omitted  therefrom,  as to which  such  counsel  has not been  requested  to
comment),  as of the date of this Agreement,  contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated  therein
or necessary in order to make the  statements  therein not  misleading,  (B) the
Final  Prospectus  as amended or  supplemented,  if  applicable  (including  the
documents incorporated by reference therein, other than the financial statements
and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted  therefrom,
as to which such counsel has not been  requested to comment),  as of the date of
such Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented,  if applicable, or the Closing
Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to  state a  material  fact  necessary  in  order  to make the  statements
therein,  in the light of the  circumstances  under  which they were  made,  not
misleading or (C) the Time of Sale Information,  at the Time of Sale (which such
counsel may assume to be the date of the Underwriting Agreement) (other than the
financial  statements and other financial or statistical data contained  therein
or  omitted  therefrom,  as to which  such  counsel  has not been  requested  to
comment),  contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements  therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     In  giving  such  opinions,  such  counsel  may rely,  without  independent
investigation,  as to matters  relating to the federal law of Canada or the laws
of the  Province of  Ontario,  on the  opinion of the Deputy  Attorney  General,
Assistant Deputy Attorney  General,  Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General of
the  Province or any  solicitor  who is an employee of the Crown and seconded to
the Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Revenue, rendered
pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof.

     (d) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received
on the Closing Date from Davis Polk & Wardwell,  United  States  counsel for the
Underwriters,  and Stikeman Elliott LLP,  Canadian counsel for the Underwriters,
favorable  opinions  dated the Closing  Date as to the form and  validity of the
Securities and as to the proceedings  and other related matters  incident to the
issuance   and  sale  of  the   Securities   on  the  Closing   Date,   and  the
Representatives,  on behalf of the  Underwriters,  shall  have  received  on the
Closing  Date from Davis Polk & Wardwell a favorable  opinion  dated the Closing
Date with respect to the  Registration  Statement,  the Time of Sale Information
and the Final  Prospectus and other related matters as the  Representatives  may
reasonably require. In giving their opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell may rely upon
the opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP as to matters of Canadian and Ontario law.

     (e) The Province shall have furnished to the Representatives,  on behalf of
the Underwriters,  on the Closing Date a certificate of the Province,  signed by
the duly  authorized  officer of the  Province  (who may rely as to  proceedings
pending or contemplated upon the best of his knowledge), dated the Closing Date,
to the effect that:

     (i) the  representations  and  warranties of the Province in this Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with
the same effect as if made on the Closing  Date and the  Province  has  complied
with all the  agreements  and  satisfied  all the  conditions  on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

     (ii)  no  stop  order  suspending  the  effectiveness  of the  Registration
Statement,  as amended, has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or, to the Province's knowledge, threatened; and

     (iii) there has been no material adverse change in the financial,  economic
or political  conditions of the Province from those set forth in or contemplated
by the  Registration  Statement,  the  Time of Sale  Information  and the  Final
Prospectus other than changes arising in the ordinary and normal course.

     (f)  Subsequent to the  execution of this  Agreement and on or prior to the
Closing  Date,  there shall not have been any  decrease in the ratings of any of
the  Province's  long-term  debt  securities  by  Moody's  Investors  Service or
Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

     (g) Prior to the Closing  Date,  the Province  shall have  furnished to the
Representatives  such further  information,  certificates  and  documents as the
Representatives may reasonably request.

     If any of the  conditions  specified  in this Section 7 shall not have been
fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if
any of the  opinions  and  certificates  mentioned  above or  elsewhere  in this
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably  satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representatives,  this Agreement and all obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing
Date by the  Representatives.  Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the
Province in writing or by telephone or  facsimile  transmission,  in either case
confirmed in writing.

     8. Stabilization and Over-allotment. The Underwriters (or persons acting on
their behalf) may over-allot  Securities or effect  transactions  with a view to
supporting  the market price of the Securities at a level higher than that which
might otherwise prevail. Any stabilization action may begin on or after the date
on which  adequate  public  disclosure of the terms of the offer of the relevant
Securities is made and, if begun,  may be ended at any time,  but it must end no
later than the earlier of 30 days after the date on which the Province  received
the  proceeds of the issue,  and 60 days after the date of the  allotment of the
Securities.  Any over-allotment or stabilization transaction by the Underwriters
in connection with the  distribution of the Securities shall be effected by them
on their own  behalf  and not as agents  of the  Province,  and any gain or loss
arising therefrom shall be for their own account.  The Underwriters  acknowledge
that the Province has not been  authorized to issue  Securities in excess of the
principal  amount  set  forth  in  Schedule  I  hereto.  The  Underwriters  also
acknowledge  that  the  Province  has not  authorized  the  carrying  out by the
Underwriters  of  stabilization  transactions  other  than  in  conformity  with
applicable laws and rules,  including  those made pursuant to applicable  United
Kingdom   legislation  and  Regulation  M  under  the  U.S.   Exchange  Act  (if
applicable).  The  Province  authorises  the  Underwriters  to make such  public
disclosure of information relating to stabilization as is required by applicable
law, regulation and guidance.

     9. Indemnification and Contribution.

     (a) The Province agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and
each of its affiliates  that  participates  in the initial  distribution  of the
Securities  and each person who controls any  Underwriter  or any such affiliate
within the meaning of either the U.S.  Securities  Act or the U.S.  Exchange Act
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which they or any of them may become subject under the laws of any jurisdiction,
including but not limited to the U.S.  Securities Act, the U.S.  Exchange Act or
other United States Federal or state statutory law or regulation,  at common law
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in  respect  thereof)  arise out of or are based upon any  untrue  statement  or
alleged  untrue  statement  of a material  fact  contained  in the  Registration
Statement for the  registration of the Securities as originally  filed or in any
amendment thereof,  including all documents incorporated by reference, or in the
Basic  Prospectus,  any Preliminary  Final  Prospectus,  any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus,  any Time of Sale  Information  or the Final  Prospectus,  or in any
amendment thereof or supplement  thereto,  or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged  omission to state  therein a material  fact  required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements  therein not misleading,  and
agrees to reimburse,  as incurred, each such indemnified party, for any legal or
other expenses  reasonably  incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,  however,
that (i) the Province will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss,  claim,  damage or liability  arises out of or is based upon any such
untrue  statement or alleged  untrue  statement or omission or alleged  omission
made  therein  in  reliance  upon and in  conformity  with  written  information
furnished  to the  Province  by or on  behalf  of any  Underwriter  through  the
Representatives  specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof
and (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Basic  Prospectus,  any  Preliminary
Final  Prospectus,  any  Issuer  Free  Writing  Prospectus  or any  Time of Sale
Information  shall not enure to the  benefit  of any  Underwriter  or  affiliate
thereof (or any person  controlling  any Underwriter or affiliate) from whom the
person  asserting  any such  loss,  claim,  damage or  liability  purchased  the
Securities which are the subject thereof if such person did not receive the Time
of Sale  Information  at or prior to the sale of such  Securities to such person
and the untrue  statement or omission of a material fact  contained in the Basic
Prospectus,  any  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  or  any  Issuer  Free  Writing
Prospectus  was  corrected  in the  Time of  Sale  Information.  This  indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability  which the Province may otherwise
have.

     (b) Each  Underwriter,  severally and not jointly,  agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Province:

     (i) to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Province to such
Underwriter, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement  or omission  or alleged  omission  was made in  reliance  upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Province by or on behalf of
such  Underwriter  through  the  Representatives  specifically  for  use  in the
preparation of the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity;

     (ii) against any and all losses, claims,  damages or liabilities,  joint or
several,  to  which  the  Province  may  become  subject  under  the laws of any
jurisdiction,  including  but not limited to the U.S.  Securities  Act, the U.S.
Exchange  Act  or  other  United  States  Federal  or  state  statutory  law  or
regulation, at common law or otherwise,  insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or  liabilities  (or actions in respect  thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any document  prepared by such  Underwriter  and distributed by it in connection
with the offering of the Securities, including any "free writing prospectus", or
which arise out of or are based upon the  omission or alleged  omission to state
therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and  which  statement  or  omission  is  not  contained  in  the  Time  of  Sale
Information, the Final Prospectus or the agreed press releases; and

     (iii) against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities,  joint or
several,  to  which  the  Province  may  become  subject  arising  out  of or in
connection with a breach by such Underwriter (or its affiliates that participate
in the initial distribution of the Securities) of any representation, or failure
to perform or observe any agreement, contained in Section 6 of this Agreement.

     Each  Underwriter,  severally  and not  jointly,  agrees to  reimburse,  as
incurred,  any legal or other  expenses  reasonably  incurred by the Province in
connection  with  investigating  or  defending  any such  loss,  claim,  damage,
liability  or action  referred to in clauses  (i),  (ii) and (iii)  above.  This
indemnity  agreement will be in addition to any liability  which any Underwriter
may otherwise  have. The Province  acknowledges,  for the purposes of clause (i)
above,  that the statements set forth under the heading  "Underwriting"  (except
for the statements in the paragraphs relating to the European Economic Area, the
FSMA and the securities laws of Japan and Hong Kong and the sentence relating to
stamp taxes and other charges and expenses of the  offering) in any  Preliminary
Final  Prospectus  or the  Final  Prospectus  constitute  the  only  information
furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters for inclusion in any of
the  documents  referred to in the  foregoing  indemnity,  and the  Underwriters
confirm that such statements are correct;  provided that such acknowledgement by
the Province  does not extend to any "free  writing  prospectus"  other than the
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in the form of Schedule I hereto.

     (c) Each of the Province and the  Underwriters  agree that the Underwriters
shall have and hold the covenants of the Province contained in this Section 9 in
respect  of  the  Underwriters'  controlling  persons  (as  defined  above)  and
affiliates in trust for the benefit of their controlling persons and affiliates.
The  Underwriters  agree to accept the trusts in this paragraph (c) declared and
provided for and agree to enforce those covenants on behalf of such persons.

     (d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified  party under this Section 9 of
notice of the  commencement  of any action,  such  indemnified  party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 9, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the  omission so to notify the  indemnifying  party will not relieve it from
any liability  which it may have to any  indemnified  party otherwise than under
this Section 9.

     In case any such action is brought  against any indemnified  party,  and it
notifies the indemnifying  party of the commencement  thereof,  the indemnifying
party will be entitled to appoint counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party
to represent the indemnified party in such action;  provided,  however,  that if
the  defendants in any such action  include both the  indemnified  party and the
indemnifying  party and the indemnified  party shall have  reasonably  concluded
that  there  may be legal  defenses  available  to it and/or  other  indemnified
parties  which  are  different  from or  additional  to those  available  to the
indemnifying  party,  the  indemnified  party or parties shall have the right to
select  separate  counsel to defend  such  action on behalf of such  indemnified
party or parties.  An  indemnifying  party will not,  without the prior  written
consent of the  indemnified  parties  (which  consent shall not be  unreasonably
withheld  or  delayed),  settle or  compromise  or  consent  to the entry of any
judgment  with  respect to any  pending or  threatened  claim,  action,  suit or
proceeding in respect of which  indemnification  or  contribution  may be sought
hereunder  (whether  or not the  indemnified  parties  are  actual or  potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such  settlement,  compromise or consent
includes an unconditional  release of each indemnified  party from all liability
arising out of such claim,  action, suit or proceeding.  In order to be entitled
to an indemnity with respect to a claim  hereunder,  an  indemnified  party will
not,  without  the prior  written  consent of the  indemnifying  parties  (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),  settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment  with respect to such pending or threatened
claim,  action,  suit or  proceeding  in  respect  of which  indemnification  or
contribution  may be sought hereunder  (whether or not the indemnifying  parties
are actual or potential parties to such claim or action).

     Upon  receipt of notice  from the  indemnifying  party to such  indemnified
party of its  election so to appoint  counsel to defend such action and approval
by the indemnified  party of such counsel,  the  indemnifying  party will not be
liable to such  indemnified  party  under this  Section 9 for any legal or other
expenses  subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof unless:

     (i)  the  indemnified   party  shall  have  employed  separate  counsel  in
accordance  with  the  proviso  to the  first  sentence  of the  next  preceding
paragraph (it being understood,  however,  that the indemnifying party shall not
be liable for the  expenses of more than one separate  counsel,  approved by the
Representatives in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 9, representing the
indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) who are parties to such action),

     (ii) the  indemnifying  party shall not have  employed  counsel  reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified  party to represent the indemnified party within
a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or

     (iii) the  indemnifying  party has authorized the employment of counsel for
the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that,
if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of
the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii).

     (e)  In  order  to  provide  for  just  and   equitable   contribution   in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) of this
Section 9 is due in  accordance  with its terms but is for any reason  held by a
court to be unavailable from the Province on grounds of policy or otherwise, the
Province and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses,  claims,
damages and liabilities  (including legal or other expenses  reasonably incurred
in connection  with  investigating  or defending same) to which the Province and
the  Underwriters may be subject in such proportion so that the Underwriters are
responsible for that portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting
discount  specified in Schedule II hereto bears to the public  offering price of
the  Securities  specified in Schedule I hereto and the Province is  responsible
for the balance; provided, however, that (a) in no case shall any Underwriter be
responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting  discount applicable to
the Securities purchased by such Underwriter  hereunder and (b) no person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the U.S.
Securities  Act) shall be entitled to  contribution  from any person who was not
guilty of such  fraudulent  misrepresentation.  For  purposes of this Section 9,
each  person  who  controls  an  Underwriter  within  the  meaning  of the  U.S.
Securities Act shall have the same rights to contribution  as the  Underwriters,
and each  person  who  controls  the  Province  within  the  meaning of the U.S.
Securities  Act and each  official  of the  Province  who shall have  signed the
Registration  Statement  shall  have  the same  rights  to  contribution  as the
Province.  Any party entitled to  contribution  will,  promptly after receipt of
notice of commencement of any action,  suit or proceeding  against such party in
respect of which a claim for  contribution  may be made against another party or
parties  under this  paragraph  (e),  notify  such  party or  parties  from whom
contribution may be sought,  but the omission to so notify such party or parties
shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from
any other  obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this
paragraph (e).

     10. Default by an Underwriter.  If any one or more Underwriters  shall fail
to purchase  and pay for any of the  Securities  agreed to be  purchased by such
Underwriter  or  Underwriters  hereunder  and such  failure  to  purchase  shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their  obligations  under this
Agreement,  the remaining  Underwriters shall be obligated  severally to take up
and pay for (in the  respective  proportions  which the amount of Securities set
forth opposite  their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate  amount
of Securities  set forth  opposite the names of all the remaining  Underwriters)
the Securities  which the  defaulting  Underwriter  or  Underwriters  agreed but
failed to  purchase;  provided,  however,  that in the event that the  aggregate
amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase  shall exceed 10% of the aggregate  amount of Securities  set
forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining  Underwriters shall have the right to
purchase  all,  but shall not be under any  obligation  to purchase  any, of the
Securities,  and if such  nondefaulting  Underwriters  do not  purchase  all the
Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting
Underwriter or the Province. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set
forth in this Section 10, the Closing  Date shall be postponed  for such period,
not exceeding seven days, as the  Representatives  shall determine in order that
the required changes in the  Registration  Statement and the Final Prospectus or
in any other documents or  arrangements  may be effected.  Nothing  contained in
this  Agreement  shall relieve any defaulting  Underwriter of its liability,  if
any, to the Province and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by
its default hereunder.

     11.  Termination.  This  Agreement  shall be subject to  termination in the
absolute discretion of the  Representatives or the Province,  by notice given to
the Province or the  Representatives,  as the case may be, prior to delivery and
payment for the  Securities,  if prior to that time,  there shall have  occurred
such a change in  national or  international  financial,  political  or economic
conditions  or  currency  exchange  rates or  exchange  controls  which,  in the
reasonable judgment of the Representatives or the Province,  as the case may be,
is material and adverse and such changes, singly or together with any other such
change,  makes it, in the  reasonable  judgment  of the  Representatives  or the
Province,  as the case may be,  impracticable  to market the  Securities  on the
terms and in the  manner  contemplated  in the Time of Sale  Information  or the
Final  Prospectus.  Notwithstanding  any such  termination,  the  provisions  of
Sections 9, 12, and 15 hereof shall remain in effect.

     12.  Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations,  warranties,  indemnities and other  statements of the Province
and of the  Underwriters  set forth in or made pursuant to this  Agreement  will
remain in full force and effect,  regardless of any investigation  made by or on
behalf of the Underwriters or the Province or any of the officers,  directors or
controlling  persons referred to in Section 9 hereof,  and will survive delivery
of and payment for the Securities.

     13. Notices. All communications  hereunder will be in writing and effective
only  on  receipt,  and,  if  sent  to  the  Representatives  on  behalf  of the
Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed
to them care of The Toronto-Dominion  Bank, Triton Court, 14-18 Finsbury Square,
London,  UK,  EC2A 1DB (Fax No.  +44 207 628 1054) or, if sent to the  Province,
will be mailed,  delivered,  telecopied or telegraphed  and confirmed at Ontario
Financing Authority,  One Dundas Street West, Suite 1400, Toronto,  Ontario, M5G
1Z3, attention:  Director, Capital Markets Operations, Capital Markets Division,
Ontario Financing Authority (Telecopier No. (416) 325-8111).

     14. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will enure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns  and the  officials  and  controlling  persons  referred to in Section 9
hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. Neither
this  Agreement nor any interest or obligation in or under this Agreement may be
assigned by the  Underwriters  without the prior written consent of the Province
or by the Province without the prior written consent of the  Representatives  on
behalf of the Underwriters.

     15.  Governing  Law.  This  Agreement  will be governed by and construed in
accordance  with the laws of the  Province of Ontario  and the  federal  laws of
Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario.

     16.   Counterparts.   This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in  one  or  more
counterparts  (including  counterparts  by facsimile) and when a counterpart has
been executed by each party hereto all such  counterparts  taken  together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.

     17.  Advertisements.  All  advertisements of the issue of the Securities or
publication  of such formal  notice as may be required by the rules of the Stock
Exchange in connection  with the listing of the securities on the Stock Exchange
shall be published in a form or forms and manner to which the Province  consents
in writing  prior to the date of  publication.  The  Province  may  withhold its
consent  in  its  discretion  regarding  the  use  of any  symbol  in  any  such
advertisement and the publication in which such advertisement is to appear.

     18. Time of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement.

     19.  Representation  of  Underwriters.   In  all  dealings  hereunder,  the
Representatives  shall,  and have all  necessary  authority to, act on behalf of
each of the  Underwriters,  and the  Province  shall be entitled to act and rely
upon any statement,  request,  notice or agreement given by the Representatives,
jointly or individually, on behalf of any of the Underwriters.



     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please  sign and return to us the  enclosed  duplicate  hereof,  whereupon  this
letter  and your  acceptance  shall  represent  a  binding  agreement  among the
Province and the Underwriters.

                                 Very truly yours,
                                 Province of Ontario


                                 By:         /S/ Irene Stich
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                 Name:           Irene Stich
                                 Title:          Director
                                                 Capital Markets Operations
                                                 Capital Markets Division
                                                 Ontario Financing Authority



The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.

The Toronto-Dominion Bank


By:      /S/ Mordecai Jungreis
------------------------------
         Authorized Signatory

Name:    Mordecai Jungreis
     -------------------------
Title:   Managing Director



J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.


By:      /S/ K. Mehta
   ---------------------------
         Authorized Signatory

Name:    K. Mehta
     -------------------------
Title:   Vice President


J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. for itself, The Toronto-Dominion Bank for itself and
on behalf of HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and the several Underwriters.





                                   SCHEDULE I


Final Term Sheet

           Issuer:                              Province of Ontario

           Expected Ratings:                    Moody's Aa1; S&P AA; DBRS AA

           Title:                               2.625% Bonds due 20 January 2012

           Aggregate Principal Amount:          U.S.$ 2,000,000,000

           Denominations:                       U.S.$5,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 for amounts in excess
                                                of U.S.$5,000

           Trade Date:                          13 January 2009

           Settlement Date:                     21 January 2009

           Maturity:                            20 January 2012

           Interest Payment Dates:              20  January  and 20 July of each  year,  commencing  with a short  first  coupon
                                                payable on 20 July 2009. Interest will accrue from 21 January 2009.

           Spread to Treasury:                  CT3 + 155.5 basis points

           Benchmark Treasury:                  UST 1.125% January 15, 2012

           Treasury Spot/Yield:                 1.09%

           Yield to Maturity:                   2.645% semi-annual

           Interest Rate:                       2.625%

           Public Offering Price:               99.943% plus accrued  interest from 21 January 2009 if  settlement  occurs after
                                                that date

           Day Count Convention:                30/360

           Underwriters:                        HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
                                                J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.
                                                The Toronto-Dominion Bank
                                                CIBC World Markets Corp.
                                                National Bank Financial Inc.
                                                RBC Capital Markets Corporation
                                                Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
                                                Bank of Montreal, London Branch
                                                Barclays Capital Inc.
                                                BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
                                                Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
                                                Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
                                                Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
                                                Merrill Lynch International
                                                UBS Securities LLC

           Prospectus and Prospectus            Prospectus dated as of June 12, 2008 and a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement:
                                                Supplement dated as of January 12, 2009
                                                http://idea.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74615/000090956709000025/o42202e424b2.htm

           CUSIP# / ISIN#:                      683234 B31/ US683234B319

           Listing:                             Admission to the United Kingdom Listing Authority's Official List and to trading
                                                on the London Stock Exchange plc's regulated  market may be completed  following
                                                settlement on a best efforts basis.

           Legends:                             The Issuer has filed a registration  statement (including a prospectus) with the
                                                SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you
                                                should read the prospectus in that  registration  statement and other  documents
                                                the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer
                                                and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the
                                                SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively,  the Issuer, any underwriter or any
                                                dealer  participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if
                                                you request it by calling TD Securities toll-free at 1-800-263-5292, JPMorgan at
                                                1-212-834-4533 or HSBC at 1-866-811-8049.

           European Economic Area Legends:      If and to the extent that this  announcement is communicated in, or the offer of
                                                the bonds to which it relates  is made in, any  European  Economic  Area  Member
                                                State that has implemented Directive  (2003/71/EC) (the "Prospectus  Directive")
                                                (other than the United  Kingdom,  once the UKLA  Prospectus as defined below has
                                                been approved by the Financial  Services  Authority),  this announcement and the
                                                offer are only addressed to and directed at persons in that Member State who are
                                                qualified  investors within the meaning of the Prospectus  Directive (or who are
                                                other persons to whom the offer may lawfully be addressed) and must not be acted
                                                upon by other persons in that Member State.

                                                This  document  does not  constitute  or form part of any offer or invitation to
                                                sell  these  bonds and is not  soliciting  any  offer to buy these  bonds in any
                                                jurisdiction  where such offer or sale is not  permitted.  This document is, for
                                                the purposes of Article 15 of the Prospectus Directive,  not a prospectus but an
                                                advertisement,  and investors in the European Economic Area should not subscribe
                                                for or purchase these bonds once admitted to trading on the regulated  market of
                                                the London  Stock  Exchange plc except on the basis of  information  in the UKLA
                                                Prospectus (as defined below).  The Province intends to file a single prospectus
                                                (the "UKLA Prospectus") pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Prospectus Directive with
                                                the Financial  Services  Authority in its capacity as competent  authority under
                                                the  Financial  Services  and Markets Act 2000,  as amended,  for the purpose of
                                                having  these bonds  admitted to trading on the  regulated  market of the London
                                                Stock  Exchange  plc as  soon as  possible  after  closing  of  this  issue.  In
                                                compliance with the Prospectus Directive,  the UKLA Prospectus will be published
                                                in due course,  subject to its approval by the United Kingdom Listing Authority,
                                                and  investors  will be able to  obtain a copy of the UKLA  Prospectus  from the
                                                office of the Province at the Ontario  Financing  Authority,  One Dundas  Street
                                                West, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1Z3 and the United Kingdom paying
                                                agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, One Canada Square,  London E14 5AL, England.
                                                Investors  in the  European  Economic  Area should not  subscribe  for any bonds
                                                referred to in this advertisement except on the basis of information in the UKLA
                                                Prospectus.

           Swiss Legend:                        The  prospectus  dated  as of  June  12,  2008  and the  preliminary  prospectus
                                                supplement  dated as of January  12, 2009 and this  notice do not  constitute  a
                                                public offering  prospectus as that term is understood  pursuant to article 652a
                                                or 1156 of the Swiss Code of  Obligations.  The prospectus  dated as of June 12,
                                                2008 and the preliminary  prospectus supplement dated as of January 12, 2009 and
                                                this notice may not be issued,  circulated  or  distributed  or  otherwise  made
                                                publicly  available in or from  Switzerland  and are not intended as an offer or
                                                solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of the bonds by the public.

           Other:                               ANY  DISCLAIMERS  OR OTHER  NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT  APPLICABLE TO
                                                THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED.  SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES
                                                WERE AUTOMATICALLY  GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS  COMMUNICATION  BEING SENT VIA
                                                BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.





                                   SCHEDULE II



                                                                                                 Principal Amount
                                                                                                 of Securities to
         Underwriter                                                                                 be Purchased
         -----------                                                                                 ------------
         HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.                                                             U.S.$ 486,668,000
         J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.                                                                  486,666,000
         The Toronto-Dominion Bank                                                                    486,666,000
         Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.                                                                    143,000,000
         RBC Capital Markets Corporation                                                               97,000,000
         CIBC World Markets Corp.                                                                      70,000,000
         National Bank Financial Inc.                                                                  70,000,000
         Bank of Montreal, London Branch                                                               20,000,000
         Barclays Capital Inc.                                                                         20,000,000
         BNP Paribas Securities Corp.                                                                  20,000,000
         Citigroup Global Markets Inc.                                                                 20,000,000
         Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited                                                     20,000,000
         Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.                                                                 20,000,000
         Merrill Lynch International                                                                   20,000,000
         UBS Limited                                                                                   20,000,000
                  Total                                                                        U.S.$2,000,000,000
                                                                                               ==================



         Purchase Price (include                        99.793% plus accrued interest from
         accrued interest or amortization,              January 21, 2009 if settlement occurs
         if any, minus underwriting discount):          after that date

         Underwriting Discount:                         0.150%















                                                        OPINION OF THE LEGAL COUNSEL



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Ministry of the            Ministère du
Attorney General           Procureur général

Legal Services Branch      Direction des services juridiques
Ministry of Finance        Ministère des Finances
Ministry of Revenue        Ministère du Revenu

777 Bay Street             777 rue Bay
11th Floor                 11e étage
Toronto ON M5G 2C8         Toronto ON M5G 2C8

Telephone: (416) 325-0035  Téléphone:   (416) 325-0035
Facsimile: (416) 325-1460  Télécopieur: (416) 325-1460
Nicole.Symeonides@Ontario.ca



January 21, 2009

The Honourable Dwight Duncan
Minister of Finance
7 Queen's Park Crescent East
7th Floor, Frost Building South
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1Y7

Dear Minister:

Subject:          Province of Ontario Issue of U.S. $2,000,000,000
                  2.625% Bonds due January 20, 2012
________________________________________________________________________________

     I am counsel to the Province of Ontario (the "Province") in connection with
the issue of 2.625% Bonds due January 20, 2012 of the Province in the  aggregate
principal amount of U.S.  $2,000,000,000 (the "Bonds") and the sale of the Bonds
by the Province  pursuant to an  underwriting  agreement dated as of January 13,
2009, (the "Underwriting Agreement"),  between the Province and the Underwriters
named therein.

     This  opinion  is  being  delivered  pursuant  to  paragraph  7(b)  of  the
Underwriting  Agreement.  Terms  used  but not  defined  herein  shall  have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Underwriting Agreement.

     I have examined originals or copies,  certified or otherwise  identified to
my satisfaction, of the following:

(a)  the Underwriting Agreement;

(b)  a fiscal agency agreement dated as of January 21, 2009, (the "Fiscal Agency
     Agreement"),  between  the  Province  and  The  Bank  of New  York  Mellon,
     including the forms of global bonds appended thereto;

(c)  the  supplemented  form of prospectus of the Province,  including the Basic
     Prospectus as so supplemented  and the documents  incorporated by reference
     therein,  dated January 13, 2009,  relating to the offering and sale of the
     Bonds  (the  "Final  Prospectus"),  and the  preliminary  form of the Final
     Prospectus dated January 12, 2009 (the "Preliminary Final Prospectus");

(d)  the Financial Administration Act (Ontario);

(e)  the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 (Ontario);

(f)  the Legislation Act, 2006 (Ontario);

(g)  the Proceedings Against the Crown Act (Ontario);

(h)  the Currency Act (Canada);

(i)  a certified copy of the Order of the Lieutenant  Governor in Council of the
     Province of Ontario  numbered  O.C.  1502/2008  made on September  10, 2008
     pursuant to the Financial Administration Act (Ontario) and a certified copy
     of the Order of the  Lieutenant  Governor  in  Council of the  Province  of
     Ontario  numbered  O.C.  1416/2008  made on August 12, 2008 pursuant to the
     Ontario Loan Act,  2008 and the  Financial  Administration  Act  (Ontario),
     (together  the "Orders in Council")  authorizing  the issue and sale of the
     Bonds;

(j)  a certificate  of the Province  dated January 21, 2009 as to the incumbency
     of certain representatives of the Province;

(k)  a  certificate  of the  Province  dated  January 21,  2009  relating to the
     borrowing authority remaining under the Orders in Council;

(l)  a  certificate  of the  Province  dated  January  21,  2009  related to the
     approval  required  under  section 28 of the Financial  Administration  Act
     (Ontario);

(m)  a  written  order  of  the  Province  to  the  Registrar  relating  to  the
     authentication and delivery of the Global Bonds (as such term is defined in
     the Fiscal Agency Agreement); and

(n)  the Global Bonds dated  January 21, 2009,  executed by and sealed on behalf
     of the Province.

     I have also examined such  certificates of public  officials and such other
certificates, documents and records and such matters of law as I have considered
necessary as a basis for or relevant to the opinions hereinafter expressed.

     For the  purposes  of this  opinion,  I have  assumed,  with  regard to all
documents examined by me, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of
all  documents  submitted to me as  originals  and the  conformity  to authentic
original  documents of all documents  submitted to me as  certified,  conformed,
telecopies or photostatic  copies. I have also assumed,  for the purposes of the
opinions  expressed in paragraphs 1 and 2 below,  the due execution and delivery
of all agreements by the parties thereto other than the Province.

     This opinion is based upon  legislation as in effect on the date hereof and
is limited to the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada
applicable in Ontario.  I have assumed that,  insofar as any obligation is to be
performed in any  jurisdiction  outside  Ontario,  its  performance  will not be
illegal or ineffective by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction.

     I have also assumed  that,  for the  purposes of the opinions  expressed in
paragraphs 1 and 6 below,  the  Underwriters,  and each of their affiliates that
participate  in the initial  distribution  of the Bonds in Ontario,  will at all
times  comply with the selling  restrictions  specified  in Section  6(e) of the
Underwriting  Agreement  as they  relate  to  Ontario  and  have  relied  on the
undertaking of the Underwriters in this regard.

     The opinions  given in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8 below are subject to the
following limitations and qualifications:

(A)  the  enforceability  of  Underwriting  Agreement  may be limited by general
     equitable principles;

(B)  the  availability of equitable  remedies is in the discretion of a court of
     competent jurisdiction (subject to further qualifications below);

(C)  pursuant to the Currency Act (Canada) a judgment by a court of the Province
     of Ontario must be awarded in Canadian  currency  and such  judgment may be
     based on a rate of  exchange  in  existence  on a day other than the day of
     payment;

(D)  a court of the  Province  of Ontario  may  refuse to  enforce  any right of
     indemnity or contribution  under the  Underwriting  Agreement to the extent
     such is found to be contrary to public  policy,  as that term is understood
     under the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable
     in Ontario; and

(E)  a court of the Province of Ontario may not against Her Majesty the Queen in
     right of Ontario:

     (i)   grant an injunction or make an order for specific performance,

     (ii)  make an order for  recovery or delivery of real or personal  property,
           or

     (iii) issue execution or attachment or process in the nature thereof, other
           than garnishment in certain limited circumstances.

     Subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

(1)  The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
     by the Province in accordance  with the laws of the Province and the Orders
     in Council and  constitutes  a legal,  valid and binding  agreement  of the
     Province enforceable in accordance with its terms.

(2)  The  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  has  been  duly  authorized,  executed  and
     delivered by the Province in  accordance  with the laws of the Province and
     the Orders in Council and constitutes a legal,  valid and binding agreement
     of the Province enforceable in accordance with its terms.

(3)  The Bonds have been duly  authorized  and the  Global  Bonds have been duly
     executed  by and sealed on behalf of the  Province in  accordance  with the
     laws of the Province  and the Orders in Council and,  when the Global Bonds
     are  authenticated  in accordance  with the provisions of the Fiscal Agency
     Agreement and delivered  and paid for by the  Underwriters  pursuant to the
     Underwriting  Agreement,  they will  constitute  legal,  valid and  binding
     obligations of the Province, enforceable in accordance with their terms.

(4)  The statements in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus
     under the headings  "Description of Debt  Securities and  Warrants-Canadian
     Income Tax Considerations" and "Taxation- Canadian Taxation",  are accurate
     in all material respects, subject to the qualifications therein stated.

(5)  The payment of  principal  of and interest on the Bonds will be a charge on
     and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province of Ontario
     (as defined in the Financial Administration Act (Ontario)).

(6)  No authorization,  consent, waiver or approval of, or filing, registration,
     qualification or recording with, any governmental authority of the Province
     of Ontario  or of Canada is  required  in  connection  with the  execution,
     delivery and performance by the Province of the Underwriting Agreement, the
     Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  or the sale of the Bonds by the  Province in the
     manner contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and the Final Prospectus,
     except for the Orders in Council and the approval  under  section 28 of the
     Financial Administration Act (Ontario), which have been obtained.

(7)  No stamp or other  similar  duty or levy is  payable  under the laws of the
     Province  of Ontario or the laws of Canada  applicable  in the  Province in
     connection with the execution,  delivery and performance by the Province of
     the  Underwriting  Agreement,  the Fiscal Agency Agreement or in connection
     with  the  issue  and  sale of the  Bonds  by the  Province  in the  manner
     contemplated in the  Underwriting  Agreement,  the Time of Sale Information
     and the Final Prospectus.

(8)  Her  Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario may be sued in the courts of the
     Province of Ontario with regard to any claims arising out of or relating to
     the  obligations of the Province under the Bonds. No law in the Province of
     Ontario  requires the consent of any public  official or authority for suit
     to be brought or judgment  to be obtained  against Her Majesty the Queen in
     right of Ontario  arising  out of or  relating  to the  obligations  of the
     Province under the Bonds, though in certain  circumstances prior notice and
     particulars  of a claim must be given to Her  Majesty the Queen in right of
     Ontario.  An amount  payable by Her  Majesty  the Queen in right of Ontario
     under an order of a court of the  Province of Ontario that is final and not
     subject to appeal is payable out of the  Consolidated  Revenue  Fund of the
     Province  of Ontario  pursuant  to the  Proceedings  Against  the Crown Act
     (Ontario).

     By reason of the matters  aforesaid,  I hereby advise that each of the said
Bonds of the Province is not  inconsistent  with any  overriding law in force in
the  Province  and that there is no  requirement  of the law  applicable  in the
Province which has not been met or fulfilled.

     This opinion may be delivered to the  Underwriters  who may rely thereon in
connection with the transactions  contemplated under the Underwriting  Agreement
to the same extent as if such opinion were addressed to them. In this regard,  I
wish to call to the attention of the Underwriters  that,  pursuant to section 43
of the Financial  Administration  Act  (Ontario),  where,  in the opinion of the
Minister  of Finance of  Ontario,  a person is indebted to the Crown in right of
Ontario or in right of Canada or any agency of the Crown in any  specific sum of
money, the Minister has the discretion to retain by way of deduction or set-off,
out of money that is due and payable by the Province to that person, such sum as
the  Minister  considers  fit in the  circumstances  to be applied  against such
indebtedness of that person.

     I consent to the  inclusion of this  opinion in a Form 18-K/A  amendment to
the  Province's  annual  report on Form 18-K for the year ended March 31,  2008,
which annual report is incorporated by reference into Registration Statement No.
333-151612  filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  of the United
States of America.

                                                  Yours truly,


                                                  /s/ Nicole Symeonides
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Nicole Symeonides
                                                  Legal Counsel
                                                  Legal Services Branch
                                                  Ministry of Finance and
                                                  Ministry of Revenue















                                                            SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES



                           Schedule of Expenses


     It is estimated that the expenses of the Province of Ontario in connection
with the sale of the Bonds will be as follows:


Securities and Exchange Commission fee.............................US$   52,700.00

Printing expenses.............................................................0.00

Fiscal Agent, Paying Agent and
DTC Custodian fees and expenses....................................US$    9,000.00

Legal fees and expenses............................................US$   55,000.00

Rating Agency fees and expenses....................................US$   26,800.00

Listing fees and expenses..........................................US$   14,800.00

Underwriters' expense reimbursement...........................................0.00
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T0TAL                                                              US$  158,300.00
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