Canada

Mr. Elder

Period 2

Canada

Canada

www.nationsencyclopedia.com on 1/28/15.

90% of the Canadian population is located within 160 km (100 miles) of the US border!

Montana’s Population Density

Canada –Population Density

Sure, PEI is the highest density… but the island is so small!

Canada - PopulationJust the two biggestprovinces – 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!

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.

Location

Prince Edward Island

Location46° 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

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.

Human-Environment Interaction

Alberta

Canada and the USA: Trade Partners

Region

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

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

Languages of the USA

Almost 20%!!

Place

Totem Poles in Vancouver

British Columbia

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!

Movement

Winnipeg-Churchill Train, VIA Rail, budget $157+tax…

you can either take the train or fly – no roads! Manitoba

Saskatchewan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctLSrvEOjeU

http://www.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=c1e0f73c-6ec6-49fd-946f-9273de46601e&slide=1

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

Ontario

Toronto – Canada’s biggest city!

Place

Toronto – Largest metropolitan

area in Canada – 5.5 million

people!

CN Tower…

Tallest in Canada, 1,815’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGxBJ34MgiI

Ontario

QuébecFairmont 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.”

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.

Movem

ent

Nova Scotia – Ferry System

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

St. John, Newfoundland

Distinctive colors make

this a place to see!

Place

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

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.

PlaceOne 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.

• What is the Arctic Circle anyhow?

• 66°33’ N. Lat.

• June 21 – Midnight Sun• Dec. 21 – Darkness

YukonTerritory 16,500’

19,551’

1,664 metersMt. Helena5,460’

Yukon Territory• Located in

the SW corner of the Yukon Territory.

• Using GPS, 19,551’

• August 1896

Yukon TerritoryKlondike 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.

Research Side Note!

Northwest Territories

Movement

Downtown Iqaluit,

Capital of Nunavut

Does this capital look a bit different than the one we live in??

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)

• Only 1% of Canada’s population.

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?

Location The Western Hemisphere – at night

The Sun’s position… 6:28 am

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The EndRemember we will have our test over this booklet

(an open-note test) on Friday!