How is Canada Diverse?

How is Canada Diverse?

1. STUDY OF POPULATION

   • IMMIGRATION
     • Immigration makes a large part of Canada
       • Canadian culture today has been influenced by many other religions and beliefs.
       • Immigration helps increase the economy with more jobs and workers. There will be more businesses
       • Immigration Point System allows immigrants who are skilled
   • BABY BOOMERS
     • Baby boomers impact the economy
       • More susceptible to illness and disease, increasing the demand for healthcare services. Further research to treat and or cure certain diseases as well
       • Baby boomers make a large portion of Canada's work force. With most of them retiring, this will impact the Canadian economy
   • CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
     • There is a large variety of languages, culture and background
       • Canada's official languages are English and French. Despite this, there are many other langauges being spoken across Canada

2. MANAGING RESOURCES

   • INDUSTRIES
     • There are different industries across Canada
       • The Boreal forest covers a large portion of Canada, making it a huge part of the forestry industry which can be used as trade
       • Provinces in the maritimes are usually where the fishing industries are since they are near bodies of water
       • Canadian Shield is mainly comprised of rocks, where a lot of minerals can be found. Diamond mining is more likely to be found in large areas of clear land scattered across the Northwest Territories.
   • SUSTAINABILITY
     • We use both non renewable and renewable resources but it's important to maintain them sustainably
       • Rely on renewable resources such as wind and solar energy instead of fossil fuels which will eventually run out
       • We use a lot of our land to build houses, schools and hospitals which increases traffic and pollution increasing ecological footprint
   • TRADE
     • Trade agreements such as NAFTA and CETA help import things we don't have much of and export things we have plenty of

3. LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES

   • URBANIZATION
     • Some places are more urbanized than others
       • Places up north have a very low population and as a result, the quality of life is not as good. Services such as health care, transportation and education are not well funded and are low quality
       • Most people live in urban areas because the climate tends to be nicer, there is more infrastructure and the quality of services is much better
   • LIVEABILITY
     • Social, environmental, political and economic factors impact liveability
       • A city with more green space attracts people since it benefits the environment and also prvoides a space for recreational needs
       • Cities with high levels of pollution are bad for the environment making it less liveable

4. PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

   • GEOLOGICAL HISTORY
     • Plate movement, volcano eruptions all helped form each of the landforms
       • Each landform region was created during different geological times. The Canadian Shield was formed about 6 billion years ago during the Neoarchean era through processes of tectonic plates.
   • LANDFORM REGIONS
     • Each of the Landform regions are different from each other
       • The 7 landform regions are Arctic, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Appalachian Mountains, Western Cordillera, and the St Lawrence Lowlands
         • Each of these landform regions have climate factors that affect them. For example, the appalachian mountains are affected by elevation causing more precipitation on the windward side
       • Depending on the landform region, it can be a push/pull factor. Someone who skies a lot would prefer to live in the mountain regions
   • SOIL AND VEGETATION
     • Soil and Vegetation are greatly affected by climate regions
       • In the Arctic climate region, the soil is frozen and most plants are not able to grow in such harsh conditions.
       • The Boreal forest is the largest vegetation region in Canada covering 14% of Earth's land
   • CLIMATE REGIONS
     • Each Climate Region has different characteristics
       • The Arctic climate region is extremely cold, only a small portion of Canada's population is situated there.
       • The Southeastern climate region is the most dense and populated. It is located near the U.S. border

5. MAPPING

   • TYPES OF MAPS
     • Different types of landforms show different maps
       • Mountainous and rocky areas will have more contour lines to show the changes in elevation in a topographic map
       • Cities with water will be evident in a map, hinted by the blue
       • Areas where there is flatter land and a denser population will not have as many contour lines but more roads and buildings

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