Canada's population

Canada's population

1. Population Pyramids

   • A graph that shows a population by age and gender.
     • Left side is the males and the right side is female
     • Each bar represents 5 years of age called cohort
   • Stable graphs
     • Good brith rate
   • Deacresing graphs
     • Low birth rate
   • Increasing graphs
     • High birth rate low death rate

2. Canadian Trends

   • Increased by double in the 1956-2006
   • more immigrates then natural births in 1976-2051
   • More Asia and middle east immigrating to Canada in 2006
   • Not much people other then white people in 2006
   • most are south Asia+ China or they are black in 2006
   • youth is getting smaller yet older people are increasing

3. Immigration

   • Push and Pull factors
     • Push factors
       • Reasons why to leave a place
         • Extreme climate, war, poor living conditions, few jobs
     • Pull factors
       • Reason why you want to go to a place
       • Attractive feautures
         • Eg: Free heathcare, good schools, saftey
   • 3 types of immigrants
     • Family class
       • Must be sponsored by a close relative
     • Independent class
       • Business class
         • Investor
           • Has $800,000 net worth
             • Invests $400,000 in Canada
         • Entrepreneur
           • has $300,000 new worth
             • Agrees to set up a business
         • Self- employed
           • Plans to set up there own business
     • Skilled worker
       • Gets points to come to Canada
         • The pass mark is 67 but it can raise or lower
         • Education=25, language=20,work experience=25, age=10, arranged work experience=10, adaptability=10

4. Statistics

   • Death Rate
     • Described as the number of deaths per 1000 people.
       • Canada death rate is 3
   • Birth rate
     • The number of births is per 1000 people
     • Canada birth rate is 10
   • Natural increase
     • The difference between births and deaths
     • The natural increase now is 7
   • Population Density
     • Calculated by number of people per kilometers
     • A good way to compare population between countries
       • Canada density is about 3.1
     • Areas that are mostly populated near the U.S border in Canada
     • Most populated cities are Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal
     • Sparsely populated means people are spread out

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