[1][2][3] The design was built by Ontario Yachts in Canada, between 1974 and 1986, with a total of 160 boats completed during its production run.

[1][4][5] The Ontario 32 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.

It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a square transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long fin keel.

[1] The tall mast version has a PHRF racing average handicap of 177 with a high of 185 and low of 176.

[6] In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "The Ontario 32 is a no-nonsense cruising boat with respectable performance, and it remains in high demand...The Ontario 32's popularity is in large part due to the fact that Ontario Yachts built these boats to very high standards and included many sought-after cruising features including, for example, dorade boxes for added ventilation, three burner stove with an oven, shoal draft, large chart table, 6' 4" of headroom"[7] Similar sailboats