Intro Population Exercise

1. CGC
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY
1.
Complete the following chart.
Census Metropolitan Area Population (2011) Province
1 Toronto 5 583 064
2 Montreal 3 824 221
3 Vancouver 2 313 328
4 Ottawa-Gatineau 1 236 324
5 Calgary 1 214 839
6 Edmonton 1 159 869
7 Quebec 765 706
8 Winnipeg 730 018
9 Hamilton 721 053
10 Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo 477 160
11 London 474 786
12 St. Catharines - Niagara 392 184
13 Halifax 390 328
14 Oshawa 356 177
15 Victoria 344 615
16 Windsor 319 246
17 Saskatoon 260 600
18 Regina 210 556
19 Sherbrooke 201 890
20 St. John's 196 966
21 Barrie 187 013
22 Kelowna 179 839
23 Abbotsford- Mission 170 191
24 Greater Sudbury 160 770
25 Kingston 159 561
26 Saguenay 157 790
27 Trois-Rivieres 151 773
28 Guelph 141 097
29 Moncton 138 644
30 Brantford 135 501
31 Saint John 127 761
32 Thunder Bay 121 596
33 Peterborough 118 975

2. (a)
Plot these cities, Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA's), on the attached map of Canada.
Group the cities as follows for the purposes of mapping them:
Cities with population > 1 000 000
Cities with population between 500 000 - 999 999
Cities with population between 100 000 - 499 999
Use a different colour and symbol for each of the three categories.
Remember the rules for map-making in finishing your map construction!!
(b)
Which province contains the greatest number of CMA's?
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(c)
Which province(s) or territories have:
(i)
no top 20 cities?
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(ii)
no top 10 cities?
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(d)
How many cities are there in each group:
Cities with population > 1 000 000
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Cities with population between 500 000 - 999 999
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Cities with population between 100 000 - 499 999
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(d)
Which of the following best describes the distribution of the top 20 cities? Circle your
answer.
(i)
evenly distributed
(ii)
unevenly distributed
(iii)
concentrated
(iv)
both (i) and (ii)
(v)
both (ii) and (iii)
(e)
Describe the location of these cities with respect to the U.S.
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(f)
Is this location relative to the U.S. important?
Yes
No
Why?
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3. (e)
Why do you think Toronto, Montreal (and Vancouver) are so much larger than the other
cities?
(f)
Which cities would you expect to grow the most in the next 10 years? Why? (Hint:
Refer to the data set on page ___ of your workbook for some historical perspective)
2.
Complete the following chart: POPULATION
PROVINCE/TERR AREA (KM2) DENSITY
2011 Census
CANADA 33 476 688
Newfoundland 514 536
PEI 140 204
Nova Scotia 921 727
New Brunswick 751 171
Quebec 7 903 001
Ontario 12 851 821
Manitoba 1 208 268
Saskatchewan 1 033 381
Alberta 3 645 257
BC 4 400 057
Yukon Terr 33 897
NW Terr 41 462
Nunavut Terr 31 906