Over 60% of Canada's population of 34 million people live in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Most Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border, as 90% reside near the southern areas of the country. The document also notes that Toronto is Canada's largest city, and Vancouver has a very diverse population with over 20% being Chinese and many visible minorities. Finally, it provides brief descriptions of the other provinces and territories, climate and geographic variations across Canada.

1. Canada
Mr. Elder
Period 2

2. Canada

3. Canada
www.nationsencyclopedia.com on 1/28/15.
90% of the Canadian population is located within 160 km (100 miles) of the US border!

4. Montana’s Population Density

5. Canada –
Population Density
Sure, PEI is the highest density… but the island is so small!

6. Canada - Population
Just the two biggest
provinces – Ontario
and Québec – have
over 21 million of
Canada’s 34 million
people.
In other words, over
60% of Canada’s
population lives in
these two provinces…
AND most of them live
within 100 miles of the
US border!

7. Canada
We discussed the
Natural Gas flares in
Alberta and the plains
of eastern Montana…
and how 90% of
Canada’s people live
within 100 miles of the
USA border.

8. Location
Prince Edward Island

9. Location
46° 30’
North
Latitude
Prince Edward Island
How cool is this?? Compare where Maine is compared to Montana… we’re at the same
degree of latitude!
46° 30’
North
Latitude

10. Alberta
Edmonton
Calgary
• Approximately
81% of the
population live in
urban areas and
only about 19%
live in rural areas.
• The Calgary-
Edmonton
Corridor is the
most urbanized
area in the
province and is
one of the most
densely populated
areas of Canada.

11. Human-Environment Interaction
Alberta

12. Canada and the USA:
Trade Partners

13. Region

14. British Columbia – Native and New!
http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-562/p24-eng.cfm
Vancouver is a very diverse city – In fact, as of 2006:
•1 in 5 Vancouver residents is Chinese.
•Of Vancouver’s 2.1 million residents, 875,300 belonged to
a visible minority (what is that?) group in 2006.
•About 7 in 10 visible minorities in Vancouver were born
outside Canada; and nearly 2/3 of these people came to
Vancouver within the past 15 years.
Native People’s Totem Poles 

15. Languages of Canada
Language is not a simple topic when we study Canada…
What language(s) are spoken in each province/territory?
Québec? French. 80% of Quebec people speak French as their
dominant language. A French speaker is a Francophone.
Nunavut? Iqualuit.
British Columbia? English (although remember the diversity we
discussed in the city of Vancouver.
Alberta? English.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Website

16. Languages of the USA
Almost
20%!!

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Totem Poles in Vancouver
British Columbia

18. Manitoba
•Along the Hudson Bay.
•Roads (& people) are in the
south.
•The wetlands and terrain of
the Canadian Shield make it
difficult to move north.
People take the train in the
winter to go to Churchill and
watch the polar bears!

19. Movement
Winnipeg-Churchill Train, VIA Rail, budget $157+tax…
you can either take the train or fly – no roads! Manitoba

20. Saskatchewan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctLSrvEOjeU
http://www.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=c1e0f73c-6ec6-
49fd-946f-9273de46601e&slide=1

21. Ontario – “Land of the Shining Waters” [Iroquois]

22. Ontario
Toronto –
Canada’s
biggest city!

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Toronto – Largest
metropolitan
area in Canada –
5.5 million
people!
CN Tower…
Tallest in Canada,
1,815’
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=jGxBJ34MgiI
Ontario

24. Québec
Fairmont Chateau
Frontenac (Hotel)
Québec City –
imagine playing
“Geoguessr” and
seeing this image…
doesn’t it look
European?
Nope, it is in Canada!
Québec City has a
very European feel
with European-style
architecture.
Québec Tourist Promo – 30 seconds… “So Europe. So Close.”

26. Nova Scotia – Latin for “New Scotland”
•Nova Scotia was populated mainly by Scottish settlers.
•After the American Revolutionary War, many Americans
who liked the English Crown (Britain) moved to Nova
Scotia.
•Economy: shipbuilding and fishing.

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Nova Scotia – Ferry System

28. REGION
Reptiles and Amphibians in Kejimkujik National Park – important to
realize not all of Canada is cold and bleak year-round!
And remember, most of Nova Scotia is closer to the equator than
Helena, Montana is!
Nova Scotia

29. St. John, Newfoundland
Distinctive colors make
this a place to see!
Place

30. New Brunswick – Bay of Fundy
•Possibly the biggest tides in the world (other option is Ungava Bay –
also in Canada)!
•The tide has two highs and two lows daily, just over 6 hours from each high
to low… the tide in the bay changes 55.8 feet!
• time-lapse photography of tide (1 min. long):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2AtORivSY
• Explanation of tide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=qfhNjpu_IU4

31. Confederation Bridge – Connecting Prince
Edward Island & New Brunswick
 Longest Bridge in the World (over
ice – many longer bridges have
been built, especially in Asia)
 8 miles long
 Connects PEI and New Brunswick
 Large debate over whether to build
in 1980s. Many on the island were
afraid of the change that would
come with the bridge. The 1988
vote on the matter: 59% said “YES”
to a solid link with the mainland.
 Toll paid when leaving the island. If
you come by ferry, you only pay
when leaving. Or, only pay the
ferry if you leave that way! Ferry is
more expensive… with a vehicle,
ferry is $60+ and bridge only costs
$45.

32. Place
One of New Brunswick’s Larger Cities:
Moncton
(St. John & Fredericton are the other two
larger areas)
New Brunswick
Moncton’s Skyline – approx. pop. 64,000
2006 Memorial Cup – Québec Remparts Defeated
the Moncton Wildcats, 6-2.

33. • What is the Arctic
Circle anyhow?
• 66°33’ N. Lat.
• June 21 – Midnight Sun
• Dec. 21 – Darkness
Yukon
Territory 16,500’
19,551’
1,664 meters
Mt. Helena
5,460’

34. Yukon Territory
• Located in
the SW
corner of
the Yukon
Territory.
• Using
GPS,
19,551’

35. • August 1896
Yukon Territory
Klondike Gold Rush
• 100,000 headed up, only 30,000
made it.
• Temporarily made Dawson the
largest city north of San
Francisco.
• Chilcoot Trail was the route.
• Est. $1 Billion worth of gold was
found.

36. Research Side Note!
Northwest Territories

37. Movement
Downtown Iqaluit,
Capital of Nunavut
Does this capital look a
bit different than the one
we live in??

38. Nunavut
 The newest of the three territories – created in
1999.
 Population of the territory: 33,220 (2010).
Helena’s city limits: <30,000.
 Nunavut is about 777,000 sq. miles, compared to
Montana’s 147,000 (don’t need to write this
down, as you have the bar graph of all on p. 33 of
Canada booklet already)!
 Language: Inuit, English, and French are the three
official languages!
http://langcom.nu.ca/nunavuts-official-
languages/
 Brain-Pop on Inuit (Nunavut people)

42. • Only 1% of Canada’s population.

43. How the Sun Affects Canada
Pick a spot in Canada and watch how the sun comes and goes in a day…
•Are there spots where the sun never rises?

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51. The End
Remember we will have our test over this booklet
(an open-note test) on Friday!