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Ontario: Canada's Tomato Capital Almost Gone to Brinks

Leamington, Ontario is a self proclaimed Tomato Capital of Canada and is also the home to a household ketchup giant, Heinz. Ontario is also the location of a tourist spectacle, one giant tomato statue that was partly funded by Heinz in 1961, to top it all of, also holds an annual tomato festival that was originally a company picnic. Because of its history, most of residents one way or another has a family member who has worked at the century old Heinz plant.